CPT presents DanceWorks 10!

Award Winning Dance Series Returns to Cleveland Public Theatre
April 1 - April 18

CPT Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan is proud to present DanceWorks 10. Over the course of three weekends, the CPT campus is taken over by six talented companies from Northeastern Ohio presenting exciting new dance! Premiere performances from MegLouise Dance, Inlet Dance Theatre, Verb Ballets, MorrisonDance, Antaeus Dance and Travesty Dance Group take center stage this April at CPT.

Click on the following links for more information on DanceWorks performances:

MegLouise Dance presents Outside the Lines
Inlet Dance Theatre presents Create and Beauty in Tension
Verb Ballets presents Fresh Inventions
MorrisonDance presents Mysterious
Antaeus Dance presents prospect and refuge and Travesty Dance Group presents Dawning

Showtimes
Gordon Square Theatre: Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:00pm, Sundays at 3:00pm
James Levin Theatre: Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm, Sundays at 3:00pm

Tickets: $21 General Admission | $19 Online Advance Purchase | $2 discount for students and seniors | $10 for all Thursday performances

CPT welcomes Turkish playwright Ozen Yula

Cleveland Public Theatre is proud to announce the arrival of Ozen Yula for a 9 month residency
Unique residency made possible by the Cleveland Foundation's Creative Fusion International Artist in Residence Program

"For too long Cleveland has rested on the laurels of the 19th and early 20th century industry and culture that shaped our city's historic identity and economy. The world has changed. Its perceptual size has shrunk while the impact of its creative and cultural diversity has greatly expanded." - The Cleveland Foundation

Creative Fusion, the Cleveland Foundation's International Artist in Residence Program, is dedicated to fostering creative and cultural diversity and bringing new global perspectives to our communities. To that end, Cleveland State University and Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) are pleased to announce that their organizations have been chosen by the Cleveland Foundation to host the first Creative Fusion International Artist in Residence.

Creative Fusion is unique in the U.S. because the program is multi-year and brings artists of diverse cultures to the community for extended periods of time. Ozen Yula, an internationally successful playwright and director from Turkey, was welcomed by northeast Ohio's theater and artistic community at a private reception on Tuesday, February 23.

Ozen Yula is one of the world's most daring, avant-garde playwrights and directors. His collected plays have been published in 5 volumes and translated into more than 10 languages, including Bosnian and Arabic. His work is characterized as dark, comical, visually daring and at the forefront of controversial issues of social justice and human rights facing our global society. His other collected works, including novels, short story collections and essays, have been printed by several publishing companies. He has written 8 books and his works have been performed around the globe.

The Dark Room returns to CPT! Tuesday, March 9th

Stop into The Dark Room every month at CPT!

The Dark Room is a place where the writers take center stage and their work has a chance to grow. The Dark Room is a co-production of CPT and The Cleveland Theatre Collective and is an ongoing event held on the second Tuesday of each month (subject to change).

Tuesday, March 9th in the Church at CPT!

This month: Open Mic Returns!

7:15pm - Writers can bring up to 10 pages of work to be read
7:30pm: Open Mic Session readings

And don't forget - FREE Magic Hat Beer!

Writers - bring your work! Actors - come out and read!

New Showtimes! New Ticket Prices!

Please note the following NEW showtimes and ticket prices for the 2009-2010 season at CPT!

GORDON SQUARE THEATRE
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays are now at 7:00pm. Sundays at 3:00pm, Mondays at 7:00pm. For evening performances, we strongly suggest you arrive no later than 6:30-6:45 to allow enough time to park, pick up tickets at the box office and select seats.

JAMES LEVIN THEATRE and STOREFRONT STUDIO
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm. Sundays at 3:00pm, Mondays at 7:30pm. For evening performances, we strongly suggest you arrive no later than 7:00-7:15 to allow enough time to park, pick up tickets at the box office and select seats.

TICKET PRICES
$21 General Admission | $19 Online Advance Purchase | $2 Discount for Students and Seniors | $10 Mondays and Thursdays

Purchase tickets online in advance and receive a discounted ticket price and NO service fees!

Looking for somewhere to park?

There is plenty of free parking in the neighborhood!

Click here to download a map of available parking lots! (PDF)In addition to parking lots, there is plenty of street parking available on Detroit Ave. as well as the surrounding residential side streets.

Please click here to get specific directions to Cleveland Public Theatre.

If you have any additional questions related to parking, please call 216.631.2727 x 212.

CPT announces Request for Projects for 2010-2011 season

CPT Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan is beginning to put together the 2010-2010 CPT season and is looking for strong creative projects. Artists who have a project that fits CPT and what we are all about are encouraged to submit materials.

Continue reading for details and more information.

CPT Announces the 2009-2010 Season!

Cleveland Public Theatre Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan is proud to announce the 2009-2010 Season:

Ahead of the Curve...Right on Track

"Cleveland Public Theatre is the place for bold, new, adventurous and relevant works of performance," says Bobgan. "Our exciting line-up includes amazing new works from local and national playwrights and is full of world premieres." The 2009-2010 season includes 4 World Premieres, 2 Ohio premieres, 8 weeks of Big [BOX], the return of Little Box and the 10th anniversary of CPT's acclaimed performance series DanceWorks. Bobgan adds, "Though we have been struck with the same challenges facing non-profits across the country, CPT's programming is vital and we are finding the way to increase services to the community and enact our mission to nurture great artists and produce fulfilling and compelling theatre."

CPT's philosophy - that the arts can literally change the world - is actualized through strategic programming and investing resources in new plays and emerging artists that deal directly with relevant issues of our times. The mission of CPT is to raise consciousness and nurture compassion through ground-breaking performances and life changing educational programs.

Click on the links below for more information about each production.

Pandemonium 09: Forbidden Knowledge
The Alice Seed by Michael Sepesy (World Premiere)
No Child... by Nilaja Sun
Why Torture is Wrong and the People Who Love Them by Christopher Durang (Ohio and Regional Premiere)
Little Box (Premiere Performances)
The CPT/Y-Haven Theatre Project by the Men of Y-Haven (Original Work)
Browns Rulesby Eric Schmiedl (World Premiere)
The Santaland Diaries by David Sedaris
Big [BOX] (Premiere Performances)
Anna Bella Eema by Lisa D'Amour (Regional Premiere)
DanceWorks 10 (Premiere Performances)
Things of Dry Hours by Naomi Wallace (Regional and Ohio Premiere)
Wanderlust: A History of Walking Adapted by Matthew Earnest (World Premiere)
Open Mind Firmament: An Evening of W.B. Yeats Developed by Raymond Bobgan (Original Work)

Raymond Bobgan recognized by American Theatre Magazine

Cleveland Public Theatre Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan was selected by American Theatre Magazine, the monthly publication from the Theatre Communications Group as one of 25 theatre artists who are working to shape the next 25 years of theatre in America.

Bobgan is part of a group of richly accomplished theatre artists who have, according to the magazine "Demonstrated something special in their approach to the art and craft of theatremaking that convinced us they have not only vision and foresight about the field they've chosen, but the tenacity and commitment it will take to realize their aspirations over time." The artists chosen include Mike Daisey, Young Jean Lee, Will Power and Sarah Ruhl among many others.