cleveland PUBLIC theatre

Presents

Showin’ Up Black

By Jeanne Madison

Directed by Jimmie Woody

Through March 8, 2025

 

Following a sold-out run in CPT’s quintessential new play development series Test Flight, Showin' Up Black is back with a full production and continuing to play to sold-out performances!

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: T.L. 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 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.

CLICK HERE FOR A CHANNEL 5 PREVIW OF THE SHOW.

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Description automatically generatedCleveland Public Theatre’s Gordon Square Theatre, where this production will be presented, is ADA-compliant with an all-gender, wheelchair accessible restroom.