[NEohioPAL] Mamai Theatre Company Presents THREE SISTERS

Sat May 9 15:53:22 PDT 2015

For Immediate Release

Contact: Christine McBurney, Co-Producing Artistic Director

mamaitheatrecocleveland at gmail.com

216.382.5146 <file://localhost/tel/216.382.5146>

*Mamai Theatre Company*

*Presents*

*THREE SISTERS**  by Anton Chekhov*

*Cleveland, Ohio,  May 9, 2015* — Mamai Theatre Company
<http://www.mamaitheatreco.org/> opens its third season with new private
and public funding grants, two new venues, and a production of Anton Chekhov
<http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/Anton_Chekhov_with_bow-tie_sepia_image.jpg>'s
beloved classic, THREE SISTERS, directed by Co-Producing Artistic Director,
Bernadette Clemens.

*THREE SISTERS*

*THREE SISTERS* follows Olga, Masha, and Irina as they struggle to let go
 of their past and to shape their future. A domineering sister-in-law,
romance, soldiers, and money all challenge the Prozorov family’s  happiness
and unity. With artful depiction of three very different women, Chekhov
fascinates audiences with his ability to articulate the chaos or peace of a
single moment and the comedy of life’s struggles.

Director Bernadette Clemens notes: “*THREE SISTERS* is like a very fine
still-life painting. The play has rich composition, intriguing contrast,
and dark shadow highlighting the most delicate, ephemeral detail. It is
everything we suspect a classic of a major playwright to be. Just when we
enjoy the most infinitesimal, personal moment --a clock striking, a top
spinning, finding a loose fork on the terrace-- Chekhov invites us to peek
at the gaping, universal experience: love, war, time. Only Chekhov lets us
laugh this way at the very things that are so frustrating, so mysterious
about living. In *THREE SISTERS, *as in all of Chekhov’s plays, life is
never about the future. It is inevitably, torturously, gloriously, and
comically about the present moment.”

 Three Sisters

by Anton Chekhov

Directed by Bernadette Clemens

Scenic Design by Don McBride

Costume Design by Debbie Marino

Sound Design by Bernadette Clemens

Lighting Design by Jeff Lockshine

Live Music by Joseph Milan, Accordion & Joshua Smalley, Violin

*JUNE 4 - 21, 2015        *

Cleveland Masonic Performing Arts Center <http://www.paccleveland.com/>

DeMolay Room

3615 Euclid Avenue

Cleveland, Ohio 44115

*Thursdays - Saturdays at 7:30 pm*

*Sundays at 2:30 pm*

*With, as the Three Sisters:*

Natalie Green+ *as Olga*

Anjanette Hall* *as Masha*

Meghan Grover *as Irina*

*And:*

Tom Woodward* *as Vershinin*

Robert Hawkes *as Chebutykin*

Nate Miller *as Tuzenbach*

Curt Arnold *as Kulygin*

Shawn Mann *as Andrei*

Hillary Wheelock *as Natasha*

Tony Zanoni+ *as Solyony*

Ryan Stafford *as Fedotik*

Patrick D. Mooney *as Rohde*

Bernice Bolek *as Anfisa*

Stephen Vasse-Hansell *as Ferapont*

Joseph Milan *as Accordion/Ensemble*

Joshua Smalley *as Violin/Ensemble*

Kayla McDonald *as Maid/Ensemble*

*     *Actor appears courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association*

     *+**Equity Membership Candidate*

*Sunday, June 6th post-show talk-back event:*

*ANTON CHEKHOV'S PLAYS: LAUGH, LOVE, LIVE!*

*With Special Guest, Tom Fulton*

*Veteran director of THREE SISTERS, THE SEAGULL,*

*& THE CHERRY ORCHARD*

*Director, Academy for the Performing Arts*

*Former Artistic Director, Center Repertory Theatre, Phoenix Theatre
Ensemble, Cain Park Summer Theatre, Cleveland Theatre Company, & Fairmount
Center for the Arts*

*Former 5-year Company Member, The Cleveland Play House*

*& the Cast of THREE SISTERS*

*TICKETS: *  <http://sic.brownpapertickets.com/>www.mamaitheatreco.org  or
216.382.5146 <file://localhost/tel/216.382.5146>

*Adults: $22*

*Seniors (65 & older): $20*

*Students (25 & under): $15*

*Air-Conditioned. Ample free parking in gated lot and on street. Open
seating with the exception of press and sponsors. Please arrive early.*

*Mamai Theatre Company *was co-founded in 2010 by Bernadette Clemens, Wendy
Kriss, Christine McBurney, and Derdriu Ring. Mamai (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 Mamai 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.*

In 2013 *The Plain Dealer* announced, “Mamai 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, Mamai Theatre Company
has established themselves as a major player in the Cleveland theatre
community. We are a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.

*Subscription Series Continues with...*

A Streetcar Named Desire

by Tennessee Williams
<http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/Tennessee_Williams_NYWTS.jpg>

Directed by Mitchell Fields

JULY 16 - AUGUST 2, 2015

Cleveland Masonic Performing Arts Center <http://www.paccleveland.com/>

DeMolay Room

3615 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44115

*Sunday, July 19th post-show talk-back event:*

*TENNESSEE WILLIAMS ON STAGE & SCREEN With Special Guest, Mitchell Fields *
*Director of A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE & Adjunct Professor of Film and
Theatre, Baldwin Wallace University*

*& the cast of A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE*

*Air-Conditioned. Ample free parking in gated lot and on street. Open
seating with the exception of press and sponsors. Please arrive early.*

Death and the Maiden

by Ariel Dorfman
<http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/DorfmanA1.jpg/250px-DorfmanA1.jpg>

Directed by Katia P. Schwarz

SEPTEMBER 17 - OCTOBER 4, 2015

Kennedy's at Playhouse Square
<http://www.playhousesquare.org/venues/detail/kennedys-theatre>

1501 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44115

*Sunday,  September 20th & 27th talk back events:*

*Sunday, September 20th*

* LIVING UNDER A DICTATORSHIP Panelists will include guests who have
experienced life under dictatorship. Sunday, September 27th HEALING FROM
TRAUMA Panelists will include Alexander Leslie, Director of Prevention
Programs from the Cleveland Rape Crisis Center.*

*Air-Conditioned. Ample area garage and street parking. Open seating with
the exception of press and sponsors. Please arrive early.*

Note: This production venue is *not* ADA Accessible.

 www.mamaitheatreco.org         <http://www.mamaitheatreco.org/>

mamaitheatrecocleveland at gmail.com

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