[NEohioPAL] Cleveland Public Theatre Presents Jeanne Madison's "Showin' Up Black" starting this week!

[Kim Furganson]

cleveland PUBLIC theatre<https://www.cptonline.org/>
Presents
Showin’ Up Black<https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2024-2025/showin-up-black-2/>
By Jeanne Madison
Directed by Jimmie Woody
February 20 through March 8, 2025

Cleveland Public Theatre announces the world premiere of local playwright Jeanne Madison’s play Showin’ Up Black February 20 through March 8, 2025. Following a sold-out run in the theatre’s popular annual new play development series Test Flight in 2023 and recently receiving a $15,000 grant from National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the theatre is elated to bring this rarely told story to life.  Many performances are sold-out already, so advance ticket purchases are highly recommended!

Description: On the eve of their daughter's cotillion, the Hopegoodes, an affluent African American family in Cleveland, see their plans for the perfect debutante ball collide with a Black Lives Matter protest. As the protest gets nearer, secrets and competing desires get shaken loose, tearing at the fabric of the family, challenging what, exactly, it is to be Black. 
FEATURING: Ashley Aquilla, Drew Pope, Tamicka Scruggs, Makayla Smith, Darryl Tatum

CREATIVE PRODUCTION TEAM
Director: Jimmie Woody
Producer: Raymond Bobgan
Line Producer: Kadijah Wingo
Scenic Designer: Richard Morris
Costume Designer & Props Designer: Mia Jones
Sound Designer: Vince Tyree
Lighting Designer: TL Codella
Free Bev Friday – Every Friday night at CPT is Free Bev Friday when a selection of post-show beverages is free to audience members.
Covid-Conscious Performances (Sundays at 3pm) ─Face masks are required by all audience members for these performances.
Ticket And Show Information
Tickets for Showin’ Up Black can be purchased here<https://www.cptonline.org/get-tickets/?spektrix=https%3A%2F%2Ftickets.cptonline.org%2Fclevelandpublictheatre%2Fwebsite%2FEventDetails.aspx%3FEventId%3D30001&show_id=30701> through the theater’s Choose-What-You-Pay option which allows patrons to pay what they’d like with no handling fees. For interviews with Jeanne Madison and more info about the show visit www.cptonline.org<http://www.cptonline.org>.
[Icon  Description automatically generated]Cleveland Public Theatre’s Gordon Square Theatre, where this production will be presented, is ADA-compliant with an all-gender, wheelchair accessible restroom.




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