Blank Canvas Theatre is announcing our 7th season here in Cleveland!
Blank Canvas Theatre is dedicated to inspiring a new love for those new to theatre in the Cleveland community, while providing another quality venue for those who already love the arts. The annual season is diverse, designed to attract many different types of theatre-goers – whether you prefer American classics, new works, off-beat musicals, drama, or comedy, you’ll find something to enjoy at Blank Canvas Theatre; all at an affordable price! BCT is one of the most inexpensive professional theaters in town. This season's main shows are musicals however, our Factory series will focus on non-musicals. This yet to be announced Factory Series focuses on rarely produced plays or new locally written works while giving the opportunity for local actors, directors, designers, and writers a chance to collaborate on Cleveland premieres and new works. This year's Factory Series will be announced in the coming weeks.
Show Times: Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm. Sundays at 7pm.
Tickets: $18
(440)-941-0458
Seating: All seating is general seating.
Parking: Convenient FREE on-site parking is available.
Purchase your 2018 Season Pass and SAVE!! Season pass holders enjoy special events throughout the year as well as the security of knowing you won't get sold out of any of our 2018 shows. Purchase now to see all SIX Blank Canvas Theatre primary shows, The Laughter League sketch comedy shows, as well as our Factory Series shows ALL for ONE LOW PRICE. It's like seeing five of our shows for FREE -- that's a $70 savings!!
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SWEENEY TODD
The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
A Musical Thriller
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by Hugh Wheeler
From an Adaption by Christopher Bond
Originally Directed On Broadway by Harold Prince
Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick
Directed by Jonathan Kronenberger
Music Direction by Matt Dolan
Assistant Music Direction by Bradley Wyner
Featuring
Patrick Ciamacco as Sweeney Todd
and
Trinidad Snider as Mrs. Lovett
February 23 – March 10
An infamous tale, Sweeney Todd, an unjustly exiled barber, returns to nineteenth century London, seeking vengeance against the lecherous judge who framed him and ravaged his young wife. The road to revenge leads Todd to Mrs. Lovett, a resourceful proprietress of a failing pie shop, above which, he opens a new barber practice. Mrs. Lovett's luck sharply shifts when Todd's thirst for blood inspires the integration of an ingredient into her meat pies that has the people of London lining up... and the carnage has only just begun!
Rated: R
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SIDESHOW
Book and Lyrics by Bill Russell
Music by Henry Krieger
Directed by Patrick Ciamacco
Music Direction by Lawrence Wallace
Choreography by Katie Zarecki
April 13 – 28
Based on the true story of Siamese twins Violet and Daisy Hilton who became stars during the Depression, Side Show is a moving portrait of two women joined at the hip whose extraordinary bondage brings them fame but denies them love. Told almost entirely in song, the show follows their progression from England to America, around the vaudeville circuit and to Hollywood on the eve of their appearance in the 1932 movie Freaks.
With a completely reworked plot and new songs like "VERY WELL CONNECTED", "ALL IN THE MIND", and "THE GREAT WEDDING SHOW", the 2014 revival delves deeper into the backstory of the Hilton twins. With the implementation of the twins' relationship with Harry Houdini and of a proposed separation surgery, the new book fleshes out characters and situations that endow the songs with more sophistication and truth.
Nominee! 2015 Drama Desk Award, Best Revival of a Musical
Nominee! 2015 Outer Critics Circle Award, Best Revival of a Musical
Rated: PG13
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HEDWIG
AND THE ANGRY INCH
Text By John Cameron Mitchell
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Trask
Directed by Alison Garrigan
Music Direction by Bradley Wyner
Choreography by Katie Zarecki
June 8 - 23
Hedwig and the Angry Inch tells the tale of how a “slip of a girlyboy” from communist East Berlin, Hanschel, becomes the “internationally ignored song stylist” known as Hedwig after a botched sex change operation. The show daringly breaks the fourth wall, as Hedwig directly tells the audience of her past tribulations and heartbreak in the form of an extended monologue paired with rock songs. With a little help from her band and her back-up singer Yitzhak, Hedwig examines her quest for her other half, for love, and ultimately for her identity. Featuring a groundbreaking rock musical score by Stephen Trask, Hedwig and the Angry Inch is hilarious, harrowing, and essentially uplifting for anyone who’s ever felt different.
Rated: R
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THE CLEVELAND PREMIERE of
WE WILL ROCK YOU
Music and Lyrics By Queen
Story and Script by Ben Elton
Directed by Patrick Ciamacco
Music Direction by Matt Dolan
Choreography by Katie Zarecki
August 3 - 18
Featuring more than 20 hit Queen songs, We Will Rock You follows two revolutionaries as they try to save Rock in a post apocalyptic world. Featuring the songs “Another One Bites the Dust,” “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Killer Queen,” “We Will Rock You,” “Somebody To Love,” “We Are The Champions,” “Don’t Stop Me Now” and many more.
Rated: PG13
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2018 Blank Canvas Theatre Benefit
*Show title to be announced
August 31 & September 1
This concert is dedicated to raising money for Blank Canvas Theatre. This TWO-NIGHT event will feature hors d'oeuvres and music from 7:00 to 7:50 pm, followed by an 8:00 pm performance by some of Cleveland's most talented actor-singers!
We’ll also have amazing raffle baskets donated by Cleveland’s finest merchants – purchase raffle tickets for $1, and you could win an amazing prize package!
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Trey Parker’s
CANNIBAL! THE MUSICAL
Book, Music and Lyrics by Trey Parker
co-creator of TV’s “SOUTH PARK” and co-creator of
Broadway’s “BOOK OF MORMON”
Directed by Patrick Ciamacco
Music Direction by Matt Dolan
Choreography by Katie Zarecki
October 5 - 27
From the co-creator of South Park and The Book of Mormon, comes the “All Singing! All Dancing! All Flesh Eating!” Trey Parkers’ Cannibal! The Musical live on stage.
This show will have a SPLATTERZONE!!!
Cannibal! The Musical is the true story of the only person convicted of cannibalism in America - Alfred Packer. The sole survivor of an ill-fated trip to the Colorado Territory, he tells his side of the harrowing tale to news reporter Polly Pry as he awaits his execution. And his story goes like this: While searching for gold and love in the Colorado Territory, he and his companions lost their way and resorted to unthinkable horrors, including toe-tapping songs!
Rated: R
*This show contains adult language and content.
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Avenue Q
Music & Lyrics by Jeff Marx & Robert LopezBook by Jeff Whitty
Directed by Patrick Ciamacco
Music Direction by Matthew Dolan
Choreography by Katie Zarecki
December 7 -22
The laugh-out-loud musical tells the timeless story of a recent college grad named Princeton, who moves into a shabby New York apartment all the way out on Avenue Q. He soon discovers that, although the residents seem nice, it's clear that this is not your ordinary neighborhood. Together, Princeton and his new-found friends struggle to find jobs, dates and their ever-elusive purpose in life.
Filled with gut-busting humor and a delightfully catchy score, not to mention puppets, Avenue Q is a truly unique show that has quickly become a favorite for audiences everywhere. Although the show addresses humorous adult issues, it is similar to a beloved children's show; a place where puppets are friends, monsters are good and life lessons are learned.
Rated: R