[NEohioPAL] Mamaí Theatre Company Opens Season 2 with an All-Star Benefit at Nighttown

[Christine McBurney]

Chagrin Falls, Ohio,  February 15, 2014 -- Following its award-winning
inaugural season, Mamaí Theatre Company
<http://www.mamaitheatreco.org/>proudly announces its expanded second
season which includes a Benefit /
Staged Reading of the rarely performed James Joyce's Ulysses in Nighttown,
a co-production with Theater Ninjas <http://theaterninjas.com/>: the
regional premiere of Cleveland playwright Eric Coble's Stranded on
Earth(the second
play in the "Alexandra trilogy," whose third play is the current Broadway
offering, The Velocity of Autumn), Tom Stoppard's majestic Arcadia, and
Irish playwright Marina Carr's evocative dreamscape Woman and Scarecrow.
 All productions will be at our new venue location: Pilgrim
Church<http://pilgrimchurch.org/>located at 2592
W 14th St, Cleveland, OH in Historic Tremont <http://tremontwest.org/>,
except James Joyce's Ulysses in Nighttown which will be held at
Nighttown<http://www.nighttowncleveland.com/>in Cleveland Heights.

On Monday, June 16 only, "Bloomsday," Brendan Ring, owner of
Nighttown,12387 Cedar Rd, Cleveland Heights,
will host a Benefit / Staged Reading: James Joyce's Ulysses in
Nighttownfor Mamaí Theatre Company.  The play is dramatized
and transposed by Marjorie Barkentin, under the supervision of Padraic
Colum, edited by Bill Kennedy, and directed by Artistic Associate Derdriu
Ring. Bloomsday celebrates Thursday 16 June 1904 as that day is depicted in
James Joyce's novel Ulysses. The day is named after Leopold Bloom, the
central character in Ulysses. The novel follows the life and thoughts of
Leopold Bloom and a host of other characters - real and fictional - from 8
am on 16 June 1904 through to the early hours of the following morning. The
benefit evening begins at 5:30 pm sharp with a 3-course Joycean-inspired
dinner, designed by Nighttown's proprietor himself, followed by the staged
reading.

The cast includes:

George Roth* (as Leopold Bloom)     Christopher M. Bohan*     Allan Byrne*
   Bernadette Clemens*

Ali Garrigan     Bob Goddard     Natalie Green     Dana Hart*     Jeremy
Jenkins     Bill Kennedy

Rose Leininger     Maryann Nagel*     Larry Nehring*    Cathleen O'Malley
    Michael Regnier

Greg Violand*    Beth Wood     & musicians Mike O'Malley and Roland Kausen

Seating is limited.  Tickets are $75 and can be purchased at
www.mamaitheatreco.org<http://www.mamaitheatreco.org/home/current-season/ulysses-in-nighttown>
.

We open season 2 with our first co-production.  Mamaí partners with Theater
Ninjas <http://theaterninjas.com/> to bring you Stranded on Earth, written
by Eric Coble <http://ericcoble.com/>, Directed by Jeremy Paul, and
featuring Artistic Associate Derdriu Ring.   Comprising the middle of
Cleveland playwright Eric Coble's "Alexandra Plays" trilogy, this regional
premiere tells the story of visual artist Alexa as she contemplates the
exchange between personal freedom and putting down roots against the
backdrop of a personal tragedy.  This extraordinary one woman show runs June
5-22, 2014.  Note: this production is in the gym space at Pilgrim Church
which is not ADA accessible.  It also includes one Monday evening
performance.

Mamaí is proud to host a rare theatre event for Cleveland audiences as 10
members of Actors Equity Association gather to self-produce George Bernard
Shaw's masterpiece Heartbreak House.  The group presents under the auspices
of the AEA with a company that includes: Bernadette Clemens*, Paula
Duesing*, Mitchell Fields*, Thomas Q. Fulton, Jr.*, Anjanette Hall*, Dana
Hart*, John Hedges*, Laura Perrotta*, Juliette Regnier*, George Roth*, and
 Tom Woodward*.  Scenic and Lighting Design by Jason Coale; Sound Design by
Cyrus O. Taylor; Costume Design by Inda Blatch-Geib.   A favorite 20th
Century masterpiece, this eclectic drama features an ensemble of unexpected
visitors to an unusual home.  Shaw pays tribute to pre-World War I
innocence with charming exposure of its ignorance as well.  This  script
for virtuoso artists plays like a haunting symphony that champions human
wonder in the face of fear and change    Heartbreak House runs  June 12-29,
2014.  TICKETS FOR HEARTBREAK HOUSE ARE SOLD AT THE DOOR ONLY.

Our second production is Tom Stoppard's majestic Arcadia, directed by
Co-Artistic Director, Christine McBurney.  Part detective story, part love
story, part comedy of manners, Arcadia is also a crash course in
mathematics, landscape architecture, literature, and chaos theory.  One of
the finest plays ever penned toggles between the 19th and 20th centuries
investigating the depths of a mystery hermitage, a transitory tortoise, and
a brilliant young female mind eluding the historical record. The cast
includes: Christopher M. Bohan*, Scott Esposito, Amy Fritsche, Meghan
Grover, Charles Hargrave, Khaki Hermann, Stuart Hoffman, Jason Kaufman*,
James Lally, Joseph Milan, Michael Regnier, and Valerie Young.  Scenic
Design by Don McBride; Costume Design by Jenniver Sparano: Lighting Design
by Benjamin Gantose; Sound Design by Cyrus O. Taylor.  Arcadia runs July
17-August 3, 2014.

Our third production is the regional premiere of Woman and Scarecrow,
written by Irish playwright, Marina Carr and directed by Pandora Robertson.
 In a play critics describe as "brilliant" and "imaginative," a dying woman
is visited by a figure called 'Scarecrow,' an enigmatic character that
might be her alter ego, or a morphine-induced hallucination, or the very
thing keeping death at bay.  An Irish journey of magical realism,
mythology, and transformation.  Featuring Co-Artistic Director Bernadette
Clemens*, Artistic Associate Derdriu Ring*, James Lally, and Mary Jane
Nottage.  Scenic & Costume Design by Inda Blatch-Geib; Lighting Design by
Robert Peck.  Woman and Scarecrow runs October 30-November 16, 2014.


Tickets for James Joyce's Ulysses in Nighttown, Stranded on Earth, Arcadia,
and Woman and Scarecrow, are now on sale at www.mamaitheatreco.org.  You
may also purchase a season subscription and become a sponsor of Cleveland's
newest classical theatre company.  Again, tickets for Heartbreak House can
only be purchased at the door.

*Actor appears courtesy of Actors' Equity Association.  Unless otherwise
noted above, shows run Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:30pm and Sundays at
2:30pm.

Mamaí Theatre Company is proud to partner with the Games to make them a
success! Use discount code CLEARTS to save $30 on the general registration
fee. Learn more about the Games at www.GG9CLE.com <http://www.gg9cle.com/>

In 2013, the Plain Dealer said,"Mamai Theatre Company has made a howling
entrance onto the city's artistic scene" and named our inaugural
production, Medea, a top 10 theatre
even<http://www.cleveland.com/onstage/index.ssf/2013/12/bloody_good_shows_made_clevela.html>t
of the year.  Also, in 2013, The Cleveland Critics' Circle honored actor Tracee
Patterson with a Best Actress Circle Award for her role as
Medea<http://clevelandtheaterreviews.blogspot.com/>in our inaugural
production directed by Co-Artistic Director Bernadette
Clemens.

Mamaí Theatre Company was founded in 2010 by Bernadette Clemens, Wendy
Kriss, Christine McBurney, and Derdriu Ring.  Mamaí (pronounced Mah' may)
is the Gaelic word for "mother."  Four working mothers, theatre artists,
colleagues, and friends arrived at a place where it was time to create
opportunities for themselves and their community.  "Don't wait to create"
became the inspiration for Mamaí Theatre Company.  Our mission is to create
intelligent, relevant classical theatre that offers an artistic home for
Cleveland's theatre artists, and equal opportunity for women in the
professional theatre community.

Learn more about us at Mamaí Theatre Company<http://www.mamaitheatreco.org/>

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-- 
Christine McBurney <http://christinemcburney65.wix.com/christinemcburney>
Co-Artistic Director, Mamaí Theatre Company <http://www.mamaitheatreco.org>
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