Cleveland Public Theatre presents

BARBECUE by Robert O’Hara

FEBRUARY 16 – MARCH 11

In this hilarious and devastating comedy by Robert O’Hara (Bootycandy, Antebellum), the pill-popping, chain-smoking, whiskey-swilling and foul-mouthed O’Mallerys have gathered in their local park to share some barbecue and straight talk with their trainwreck of a sister Barbara, whose spiral of drugs and recklessness has forced her siblings to stage an open-air intervention. When the story twists to reveal two parallel families – one white, one black – the event becomes raucous and unpredictable. Racial politics collide with family stereotypes, survival, and America’s fascination with self-destruction as entertainment. Regional Premiere.

CAST

Ashley Aquilla, Tonya Broach, Scott A. Campbell, Teresa DeBerry, Maryann Elder, Sally Groth*, Katrice Monee Headd, Jill Levin, Ray McNiece & Pamela Morton

*Actor appears courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

CREATIVE PRODUCTION TEAM

Raymond Bobgan (Producer); Beth Wood (Director), Benjamin Gantose (Lighting Designer); Ryan T. Patterson (Scenic Designer); Inda Blatch-Geib (Costume Designer); Kerry McCarthy (Sound Designer), India Nicole Burton (Assistant Director); TiaMarshae E. Sanford (Stage Manager).

Tickets are $12 – $30. Students/Seniors receive $3 off on Friday and Saturday nights.

All Thursdays and Mondays are $12. Friday/Saturday previews are $20.

6415 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland OH 44102

CPT is located in the heart of the Gordon Square Arts District.

Tickets available at www.cptonline.org or CPT Box Office (216) 631-2727 ext. 501.

(Order early at CPT – no sneaky ticket fees, ever.)

Caitlin Lewins

New Play Associate

Cleveland Public Theatre

6415 Detroit Ave

Cleveland OH, 44102

(216) 631-2727 x211