[NEohioPAL] Dark Room at CPT April 9th - Featuring new work by Denis Griesmer and Open Mic!

[Mindy Herman]

*The Dark Room at CPT on April 9th *
*This month: Featured Performance of “The Poetry Psychic Show” by Denis
Michael Griesmer and Open Mic!*

The Dark Room is a place where writers take center stage and their work has
a chance to grow. The Dark Room is an ongoing event held on the second
Tuesday of each month. The Dark Room affords emerging and veteran
playwrights the space and resources to develop new works. It offers a venue
to workshop plays, novels, poems, or any other written work in a
supportive, yet critical environment.


*Tuesday, April 9th*
The Church at CPT
(Just east of the Gordon Square Theatre Box Office)
Cleveland Public Theatre
6407 Detroit Ave, Cleveland, OH 44102

*7:00pm: *Sign-up begins for writers and actors (space is limited). Writers
can bring up to 10 pages of work to be read; actors will be cast on the
spot!

*7:30pm: *Featured Performance of  “The Poetry Psychic Show” by Denis
Michael Griesmer

*8:15pm:* Open Mic Session readings begin

*And don't forget - FREE Great Lakes Brewing Company beer!*

Suggested donation of $5 is welcomed at the door, but not required.

*ABOUT THE FEATURED READING:* “Can you see your fortune in a random
poem?” Take a seat across from Denis Michael Griesmer as he casts light on
how coincidence and accident, stories and insights - and especially random
poetry - can illuminate the choices you have in deciding your fate.

After years of research, Mr. Griesmer has developed a unique
and unorthodox method of divination for our difficult and
overly-rational times. Using a set of carefully selected, mostly
modern, mostly American poems, Mr. Griesmer coaxes forth stories and
confessions, insights and revelations. Join Mr. Griesmer to receive a
poem to help determine “What is the Universe trying to tell me tonight?”

*ABOUT THE CREATIVE TEAM: *Denis Griesmer has been CFO & General Manager at
Cleveland Public Theatre since 2007 and has been part of CPT since 1999.
Denis was also Director of the CPT’s Y-Haven Theatre Project from 2006 to
2009. Other notable artistic roles also include Associate Producer for
CPT’s original production, *Blue Sky Transmission: A Tibetan Book of the
Dead*. A graduate of the Northwestern University School of Speech Theatre
Program, Denis was Production Manager and then Associate Producer for San
Francisco’s acclaimed Pickle Family Circus. He later worked as Production
Coordinator on feature films by Cleveland screenwriter Joe Eszterhaus
including *Telling Lies in America* and *Burn, Hollywood, Burn*. Other
theatre credits include production and artistic roles at San Jose Repertory
Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, The Cleveland Play House and the
Valley Shakespeare Festival (Saratoga, CA). Denis has served on the board
of Network of Ensemble Theaters which is dedicated to propelling ensemble
theatre practice to the forefront of American culture and society.

Chris Seibert has created over 40 original performance works – new plays,
solo performances, dance theatre and original adaptations – through a
variety of collaborative methods, engaging both professional and community
artists in the creative process. Current projects include *Fa(r)ther*, a
touring solo show and writing workshop for young adults; Reckoning, a dance
theatre duet, and *Love’s Lost Raree Box*, an original street
performance. *Love's
Lost Raree Box* and *The Poetry Psychic Show* will appear in BorderLight
International Theatre + Fringe Festival this summer and will be further
developed through an Artist Residency with Gordon Square Arts District in
the Fall 2019. Prior to developing these works, Chris created several solo
performances while a core ensemble member at Cleveland Public Theatre. As
Director of Education at CPT she facilitated the creation of original
performances by immigrant and refugee teens, adults in recovery, and
children in public housing, and developed over fifteen outdoor touring
plays/adaptations by low-income teens in collaboration with professional
artists.



Open session readings are first come, first serve until all slots have been
allotted. All submissions should be made to Mindy Herman at
herman.mindy at gmail.com
<https://remote.cptonline.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=1f797af3010b4ab1922624e9b2fd98f4&URL=mailto%3aherman.mindy%40gmail.com>
or
to John Busser at jpbusser at gmail.com
<https://remote.cptonline.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=1f797af3010b4ab1922624e9b2fd98f4&URL=mailto%3ajpbusser%40gmail.com>
.


See you in the Dark Room!

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Mindy Childress Herman
www.footstepsmediallc.com
www.mindychildress.com
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