*Press Release: For immediate release.*Contact: *info@ensemble-theatre.org <info@ensemble-theatre.org> ::* *216-321-2930 * *ENSEMBLE THEATRE celebrates a new location and a return to in person programming with our 43rd 2022/2023 Season!* *All performances will take place in the Performing Arts Center on the campus of Notre Dame College in South Euclid. * *All performances are Fridays & Saturdays @7:30. Sundays @2:00 unless otherwise specified. Please check for updates! * *CLYBOURNE PARK * By *Bruce Norris* Directed by *Celeste Cosentino* September 23-October 9, 2022 Winner of both the *Pulitzer Prize* and the *Tony Award for Best Play*, *Clybourne Park* is a razor-sharp satire about the politics of race. In response to Lorraine Hansberry’s *A Raisin in the Sun*, playwright Bruce Norris setup *Clybourne Park* as a pair of scenes that bookend Hansberry’s piece. Act One takes place in 1959, as white community leaders anxiously try to stop the sale of a home to a black family. Act Two is set in the same house in the present day, as the now predominantly African-American neighborhood battles to hold its ground in the face of gentrification. *“Vital, sharp-witted and ferociously smart” -The New York Times“A savagely funny and insightful time bomb” -The Hollywood Reporter* *DESCRIBE THE NIGHT * By *Rajiv Joseph * Directed by *Celeste Cosentino* *CLEVELAND Premiere.*October 28 - November 13, 2022 In 1920, the Russian writer Isaac Babel wanders the countryside with the Red Cavalry. Seventy years later, a mysterious KGB agent spies on a woman in Dresden and falls in love. In 2010, an aircraft carrying most of the Polish government crashes in the Russian city of Smolensk. Set in Russia over the course of ninety years, this thrilling and epic play traces the stories of eight men and women connected by history, myth, and conspiracy theories. *…DESCRIBE THE NIGHT is much more than an engrossing tall tale, however: It heroically wrestles with the slippery nature of truth itself, and unnervingly demonstrates why its alternatives are so seductive.” * —TheaterMania.com. *THE RIVER * By *Jez Butterworth * Directed by *Ian Wolfgang Hinz* *CLEVELAND Premiere. *February 17-March 5, 2023 On a moonless night in August when the sea trout are ready to run, a man brings his new girlfriend to the remote family cabin where he has come for the fly-fishing since he was a boy. But she's not the only woman he has brought here – or indeed the last. A bewitching story from the author of global smash hit* Jerusalem*, Jez Butterworth's play *The River* was first performed at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in October 2012. *'Bewitchingly strange - watery and wild but deftly crafted' -Evening Standard * *THE LIGHT * By *Loy A. Webb* Directed by *Jeannine GaskinCLEVELAND Premiere. * May 26-June 11, 2023 A surprise proposal gift puts the future of Genesis and Rashad's relationship at risk when they are forced to confront a devastating secret from the past. The Light is a 70-minute, real-time rollercoaster ride of laughter, romance, and despair that uncovers how the power of radical love can be a healing beacon of light. *What is impressive about the writing is how Webb keeps intensifying both the stakes and seriousness of the relationship even as she builds the threat of that which is tearing it apart." - Chicago Tribune* *STAY TUNED FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE RETURN OF THESE PROGRAMS FOR 2022 & 2023! * -THE RETURN OF ENSEMBLE'S *COLOMBI NEW PLAY FESTIVAL.* -THE *THIRD EPISODE* OF ENSEMBLE'S CO-PRODUCTION *IN OUR OUR WORDS: OUR STORIES :OUR VOICES *SERIES. -*STAGED READINGS* OF NEW WORKS THROUGHOUT THE SEASON FROM ENSEMBLE'S *STAGEWRIGHTS UNIT* AND LOCAL WRITERS! *SINGLE TICKETS are $15-$32 (On Sale by the End of July)* *SEASON MEMBERSHIPS are $55-$130. (On Sale NOW!) * Ensemble Season Memberships are FLEX TICKET PACKAGES that can be used in any combination for any production! Visit our website for more information! *Visit: * *www.ensembletheatreCLE.org <http://www.ensembletheatrecle.org/>* to purchase online! Call *216-321-2930 *or email *info@ensemble-theatre.org* <info@ensemble-theatre.org> for more information! *Please visit our COVID-19 Protocols tab on our website for up to date information on our pandemic protocol. * Ensemble Theatre is excited for this new chapter as part of the Notre Dame College and South Euclid communities, but we look so forward to seeing ALL of our Northeast Ohio family in person again! *We are excited to be back and look forward to seeing you in our audiences! * -