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 Through March 8, 2025 After a sold-out run in the theatre’s popular annual new play development series Test Flight in 2023, performances are selling out for the show’s full run! 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. ENSEMBLE: 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 free beverages is served after the performance. Ticket And Show Information Tickets for Showin’ Up Black can be purchased at www.cptonline.org<http://www.cptonline.org> through the theater’s Choose-What-You-Pay option which allows patrons to pay what they’d like with no handling fees. Check out a preview of the show from Channel 5 here<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzvoF5pXLXw&t=2s>. For more information and interviews with the playwright click here<https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2024-2025/showin-up-black-2/>. [Icon Description automatically generated]The Gordon Square Theatre is ADA-compliant featuring a patron elevator and an all-gender, wheelchair accessible restroom.