*Playwrights Local PresentsA World PremiereTHE PANTHER DANCERA new play by Logan Cutler SmithDirected by Jimmie Woody------------------------------SHOWDATESMay 11 – 26, 2018Thursday, Friday, & Saturday at 7:30 pmHalf-price Preview: Thursday, May 10 at 7:30 pmVENUECreative Space at Waterloo Arts397 East 156th StreetCleveland, OH 44110TICKETS$18 Adults | $15 Seniors & Groups | $12 Studentshttp://www.playwrightslocal.org/the-panther-dancer/ <http://www.playwrightslocal.org/the-panther-dancer/> (216) 302-8856------------------------------The Panther Dancer is an innovative new play that digs deep beneath the iconicity of a childlike American star. A series of inventive vignettes, this knowing parody follows a young wonder as he strives to become, in his own person, the very greatest show on earth. Tracing the arc of his campaign, the play becomes a playful synthesis of biography and tabloid journalism–a sidelong glance at a meteoric rise and a catastrophic fall.CASTAndrea BelserRobert BranchCorin B. SelfKim SimbeckAnthony VelezCREATIVE TEAMStephanie Bahnij...Stage ManagerChelby Benson...Set DesignerInda Blatch-Geib...Costume DesignerWes Calkin...Lighting DesignerTyler Collins...Social Media CoordinatorSusan Dicken...Production ManagerMike Fields...Projection DesignerTom Hayes...CarpenterJocelyn Laracuente...Assistant DirectorDavid Todd...DramaturgBrianna Williams...Sound Designer------------------------------COMPANYPlaywrights LocalCleveland, Ohiohttp://www.playwrightslocal.org/ <http://www.playwrightslocal.org/> *