The Caucasian Chalk Circle Opens Shahrazad Theatre Company’s Inaugural Season Ensemble Theatre presents Shahrazad Theatre Company’s adaptation of Bertold Brecht’s Caucasian Chalk Circle October 27 -- November 12 Fridays & Saturdays - 8pm Sundays - 2pm Ensemble’s Playground Theatre Space Cleveland Heights, OH (October 24, 2017) -- Ensemble Theatre ushers in the next generation of Cleveland theatre as the incubator for the new Shahrazad Theatre Company (STC). The new company is co-founded by three Artistic Associates of Ensemble and graduates of Hiram College, Kayla Davis (‘14), Kyle Huff (‘14), and August Scarpelli (‘16). Shahrazad Theatre Company’s inaugural production is of Bertolt Brecht’s parable, The Caucasian Chalk Circle (translated and adapted by STC) performed in Ensemble’s Playground Theatre -- 2843 Washington Blvd, Cleveland Heights OH 44118. Much like Ensemble Theatre, STC is dedicated to works that “celebrate the human spirit and it’s struggle.” Much like the revolutionary playwrights and artists who changed the conversations theatre could have, STC believes a fresh and living light can be shed on the facets and flaws of the modern human condition. Chalk Circle features a group of well-known local actors including Robert Hawkes, Valerie Young, James Rankin, Tim Young, Andrew Keller, Katelyn Rotuno, Hannah Storch, Steve Vase-Hansell, Allen Branstein, Kayla Davis, and August Scarpelli. Kyle Huff is directing the STC adaptation. About The Caucasian Chalk Circle: With the help of a few wayward actors, two divided and destitute post-war villages in the middle of a heated debate over “their” land, share the story of Grusha, a peasant who is given an abandoned and noble child whom she chooses to raise as her own. It is a long and dangerous journey into the northern mountains to find the child a home; all while her beloved fiance is at war. Meanwhile, the city is in flames -- a scoundrel and drunkard is appointed judge, and suddenly the child's mother decides she wants him back! Grusha is put on trial. In this "golden age,” law and justice will be tested; will it bend or will it break? In light of Ensemble theatre’s 2017/18 season entitled “We the People” and the recent events concerning the future of the Coventry Corner, the last lines of the play resound clearly: “And you who have listened to the story of the chalk circle, Bear in mind the age-old wisdom: That all things should belong to those who would do well by them, Children to the motherly, so they may thrive, Cars to good drivers, so they may be well driven. And the valley to the waterers, that it may bear fruit”. Tickets are $12-15 and are available atwww.EnsembleTheatreCLE.org <http://www.ensembletheatrecle.org/> For reservations and information, call216-202-0938 <(216)%20202-0938>. BERTOLT BRECHT’S CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE October 27th -- November 12th Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm Sundays at 2pm BOX OFFICE INFORMATION 216-202-0938 <(216)%20202-0938> EnsembleTheatreCLE.org info@ensemble-theatre.org WHERE 2843 W. Washington Blvd Cleveland Heights, OH 44118 PARKING Parking can be found in the Coventry School parking lot to the south of the theatre, also along Washington Blvd and surrounding streets.