*ENSEMBLE THEATRE CONTINUES ITS 2017-2018 MAINSTAGE SEASON * *"WE THE PEOPLE"* *THE HAIRY APE* By *Eugene O'Neill. * Directed by *Ian Wolfgang Hinz.* *(Two time winner of Cleveland Critics Circle Award for Best Direction!)* Written in 1921 by Nobel Prize-winning playwright Eugene O’Neill, this iconic piece of expressionist drama is a searing social commentary on the divide between the rich and poor. Yank, an unthinking laborer, embarks on a search for a sense of belonging in a world controlled by the wealthy. His journey from the bowels of a transatlantic ocean liner to the wealthy neighborhoods of New York society serve as a metaphor for the struggle between the working man and the industrial complex found at the heart ofthe play. *"The subject here is the same ancient one that always was and always will be the one subject for drama, and that is man and his struggle with his own fate. The struggle used to be with the GODS, but is now with himself, his own past, his attempt to 'belong'. * – Eugene O’Neill *“O’Neill is writing about the plight of these workers, not America’s original sin. Yank is the sacrificial figure, the toughest of the lot who is also the most vulnerable.” * –Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times *“Writing from inside Yank’s deepest desires, dreams, and innocence, O’Neill created one of his more densely and poetically conceived scripts, about a world where language and the body confuse one another, and end up cancelling each other out.” * –Hilton Als, The New Yorker *November 17 – December 10* Fridays & Saturdays* @8pm*. Sundays *@2pm.* *Opening night reception (11/17) with Celeste’s chocolate covered strawberries! * *With a great CAST of CLEVELAND ACTORS: * *Joe Milan* Yank *Alan Branstein* Paddy *Brittany Ganser* Mildred Douglas *James Alexander Rankin* Long *Mary Alice Beck* Mildred’s Aunt *Santino Montanez* The Ape, Ensemble (Yank U/S)z *Keith Kornajcik* *Whit Lowell* *Kyle Huff* *August James Scarpellii* *Aziz Ghrabat* *Steve Vasse-Hansell* Ensemble *Tickets $12-$25.* Senior, Student, & Group discounts available! *Special BOGO for opening weekend! * *Pay-What-You-Can performance Sunday November 19. * *2843 W. Washington BlvdCleveland Heights, OH 44118* *PARKINGParking can be found in the Coventry School parking lot to the south of the theatre, also along Washington Blvd and surrounding streets. * *216.321.2930 | tickets@ensemble-theatre.org <tickets@ensemble-theatre.org>www.ensembletheatrecle.org <http://www.ensembletheatrecle.org> to purchase tickets online! * *Executive Artistic Director: *Celeste Cosentino *Associate Artistic Director:* Tyler Whidden *Director: *Ian Wolfgang Hinz *General Manager/Production Stage Manager:* Becca Moseley *Set Design: *Walter Boswell *Technical Director: *Stephen Vasse-Hansell *Carpenter:* August Scarpelli *Light Design:* Andrew Eckert *Costumes:* Meg Parish *Box Office: *Amy J. Strumbly & Kayla Davis. *We look forward to seeing you in our audience!* -- *Information* info@ensemble-theatre.org 2843 Washington Blvd. Cleveland Hts., OH 441118 216-321-2930/216-202-0938 *www.ensembletheatrecle.org <http://www.ensembletheatrecle.org>*