[NEohioPAL] Mamai Theatre Co. Closes Season 2014 with Regional Premiere of Marina Carr's WOMAN AND SCARECROW

[Christine McBurney via NEohioPAL]

Mamaí Theatre Company
Presents
WOMAN AND SCARECROW by Marina Carr


Cleveland, Ohio,  September 2, 2014 — Mamaí Theatre Company closes its
critically-acclaimed second season with the regional premiere of Irish
playwright Marina Carr's WOMAN AND SCARECROW 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.  This Irish journey of magical realism,
mythology, and transformation features Co-Founders Derdriu Ring and
Bernadette Clemens.

Director Pandora Robertson says WOMAN AND SCARECROW inspires her: "It gets
at the humanity and heart of what can make us great: our vitality, grit,
and sheer will power to hang on and value life despite its hardships and
disappointments. We are able to find gratitude, forgiveness and love for
each other and ourselves no matter how ridiculous and tragically flawed we
are. Even in the jaws of death, Woman and Scarecrow eek out the poetry and
humor from every last bittersweet moment. They never stop trying to get
their story right. As Woman says, 'Now that’s what I call a passion for
living'.”

In 2013 The Plain Dealer announced, “Mamaí Theatre Company...has made a
howling entrance onto the city’s artistic scene” and named their inaugural
production, Medea, a top-10 theatre event of the year. In 2014
LandofCleve.net added, “In only a few short years, Mamaí Theatre Company
has established themselves as a major player in the Cleveland theatre
community.”
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.

WOMAN AND SCARECROW

By Marina Carr
Directed by Pandora Robertson
Scenic & Costume Design by Inda Blatch-Geib
Lighting Design by Robert Peck
Sound Design by Cyrus O. Taylor
With:
Derdriu Ring*
Bernadette Clemens*
James Lally
Mary Jane Nottage

      *Actor appears courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association

October 30 - November 16, 2014
Thursdays - Saturdays at 7:30pm
Sundays at 2:30pm

Pilgrim Congregational Church in Historic Tremont 2592 West 14th Street
Cleveland, OH 44113 (The theatre is ADA accessible.)

TICKETS: www.mamaitheatreco.org
Telephone:
(216) 382-5146

Adults: $20
Seniors (65 & Older): $18
Students (25 & Under): $10

Open seating with the exception of press and sponsors. Please arrive early.

Web: www.mamaitheatreco.org
Facebook:  mamaitheatreco Twitter:  @mamaitheatreco Email:
mamaitheatrecocleveland at gmail.com
We are a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.

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Christine

Co-Artistic Director, Mamaí Theatre Company <http://www.mamaitheatreco.org/>

web: http://christinemcburney65.wix.com/christinemcburney
twitter: @Christine_McB
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