Presents
not-for-profit
(or the equity, diversity and inclusion play)
Directed by Jeannine Gaskin
October 24 through November
9, 2024
Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) kicks off its
2024/2025 “Cultivate season with the World Premiere of
not-for-profit (or the equity, diversity and inclusion play) by francisa da silveira*. This marks the second collaboration between Cleveland Public Theatre and da silveira with the first being
can I touch it? from the 2022/2023 season. da silveira, a playwright on a fast track, was a 2023 Finalist for the prestigious
Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. This satirical look inside of a not-for-profit mentoring program was the catalyst for the playwright’s TV writing career which includes a stint with HBO’s
Industry.
Description:
It’s a typical day for the employees of RiseUp, an education nonprofit focused on urban youth mentorship―Interim CEO Lisa is dealing with un-woke board members who can’t remember what organization they’re supporting, Gen X Melissa is trying to use the latest
Gen Z slang in a sentence, Kiki thinks they’re being held back because they go by “they,” Nadine is too lazy to call IT even though she hasn’t received an email in a month, “cultural” consultant Nick is a total FREE-gan who spends most of the day raiding the
staff lunch room for freebies, and Alkanna’s got the tea-flavored Lacroix on everybody. Will they take the time out of their day to…you know…check on the children? francisca da silveira’s
not-for-profit (or the equity, diversity and inclusion play) takes a satirical look inside a fictitious non-profit going through it.
Featuring:
Kim Akins, Diwe Augustin-Glave, Alexandrea Decatur-Benally, Rachel Lee Kolis, Michael J. Montanus, Sydney Smith
Director:
Jeannine Gaskin
Producer: Raymond Bobgan
Line Producer: Paige Conway
Stage Manager: Lauren Lash
Scenic Designer: Cameron Caley Michalak
Costume Designer: Amanda Rowe-Van Allen
Sound Designer: J’niah Davison
Lighting Designer: Libby Zamiska
Props Designer: Mia Jones
NON-PROFIT WORKER NIGHT
Friday, October 25, 2024
In celebration of those of us who work in the Industry!
Non-profit workers will find plenty of funny-'cause-it's-true moments in
not-for-profit. What better way to heighten these moments than laughing, cringing, and nodding along in a room full of people who get it?
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