VIRTUAL AFTER-PARTY
Saturday, September 12, 2020
8:15pm (ET) in Zoom
The mission of Cleveland Public Theatre is to raise consciousness and nurture compassion through groundbreaking performances and life-changing education programs.
Executive Artistic Director: Raymond Bobgan
Line Producer: Beth Wood
Director of Organizational Advancement: Caitie H. Milcinovic
Director of Audience Engagement & Media Relations: Caitlin Lewins
Zoom Managers: Lauren Calevich, Steph Rienzi
PAN Award Artist: Shawn Godwin
Awakenings Artwork: Sean Higgins of The Bubble Process
Stage Managers: India Nicole Burton, Tyree Franklin, Colleen McCaughey, Cole Sajovie, Michael Seevers, Jr., Chris Seibert, Jaytionna Wells
Zoom Managers & Hosts: Adrien Brizzolara, Lauren Calevich, Nicole Futoran, Caitlin Lewins, Casey Lowenthal, Caitie H. Milcinovic, Steph Rienzi
2020 PAN AWARD HONOREE
Micki Byrnes
HONORARY CHAIR
Mayor Frank G. Jackson
HOST COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS
Margaret Bernstein
Tim Clepper
Joe & Nelda DiRocco
Debbie & Mac Donley
Cindy Flynn
Matt Kaulig
Mark Ross
HOST COMMITTEE
Kristen Baird Adams
Peter Anagnostos
Denise A. Carkhuff
Bill & Judie Caster
Loren & Heidi Chylla
Diane Downing & Tom Corrigan
Judi & Tom Embrescia
Heather & Jeff Ettinger
Trina Evans & Ken Birch
Rob Falls
Lee Friedman & Joe Gogol
Arne F. Goldman
Ira C. Kaplan
Tommy Marzella
Greg McDonald
Philip M. Oliss & Rachel McQuade-Oliss
Jeffery K. Patterson
Sam Pines
Sean Richardson
Shawn M. Riley
Bob & Susan Smith
Randy & Tracey Stephens
Sally & Terry Stewart
Hon. Joan & Roger Synenberg
Michelle Tomallo
Julie C. Tutkovics
Karen A. White
Dr. Marie A. Simon & John Michael Zayac
2020 PAN AWARD HONOREE: MICKI BYRNES
Micki is an advocate for education, community building, and the arts.
Micki is an advocate for education, community building, and the arts.Micki Byrnes serves as President & General Manager of WKYC Media, overseeing all operations of the broadcast station and its digital platforms. She joined Channel 3 in 1997 as Director of Marketing and was named Vice President, Advertising and Promotion in 2000, and Station Manager in 2014. Read more about our honoree here.
PAN Award Artist Shawn Godwin
Shawn Godwin has created the Cleveland Public Theatre PAN Award each year since it was established in 2004. The award is a unique and personalized piece of art, inspired by the mission of CPT as symbolized by an architectural detail from the historic Gordon Square Theatre and the recipients’ biographies. Read more about PAN Award Artist Shawn Godwin here.
PERFORMANCES
THE POETRY PSYCHIC PROJECT
{discover if you can you find your fortune in a random poem}
Created & Performed by: Denis Michael Griesmer | In collaboration with & Directed by: Chris Seibert | readings@poetrypsychicproject.com
RUSTED HEART BROADCAST
{action & poetry in a surreal journey to the depths in search of light}
Created by: Raymond Bobgan & Cleveland CORE Ensemble | Performed by: Faye Hargate, Holly Holsinger, Kat Shy, Anastasia Urozhaeva, Hillary Wheelock, Eric Wloszek
MOTHER EARTH
{a woman asks if we can save ourselves}
Created by: Raymond Bobgan | Performed by: Zyrece Montgomery | Special Thanks to: Alisha Stranges
SHEFFIA’S STOREFRONT CABARET
{celebrate love & light with a cover of “Higher Ground” by Stevie Wonder}
Performed by: Sheffia Randall Dooley (2019/2020 Premiere Fellow)
I HEARD YOU SURVIVED
{a poetic dance piece giving tribute to anyone who has experienced severe trauma & survived}
Created & Performed by: Siaara Freeman & Nehemiah “Neemo” Spencer
HOLLY LOUSH’S COVID COCK-TAIL
{one of the wild Loush sisters shares her COVID coping mechanisms}
Created by: Beth Wood & Michael Seevers, Jr., with Liz Conway | Performed by: Beth Wood
Board of Directors
Philip M. Oliss, President
Kristofer Spreen, Vice President
Joanne Montagner-Hull, Treasurer
Cindy Marx, Secretary & Chair of Governance Committee
Christopher Panek, Executive Committee Member
Kevyn R. Shaw, Executive Committee Member
Andrew Watterson, Chair of Development Committee & Executive Committee Member
Dr. Douglas Amberman
Joshua Gonzalez
Omar Kurdi
Patricia Leebove
Daniel Petricig
Erin Dorsey Robinson
Shellie Sedlak
Matthew Wilhelm
Tiffany R. Wright
Marcia W. Levine (Emeritus Board Member)
Cleveland Public Theatre Staff
Raymond Bobgan, Executive Artistic Director
Denis M. Griesmer, Chief Financial Officer & General Manager
Faye Hargate, Director of Community Ensembles / Interim Cleveland Act Now Manager
Caitlin Lewins, Director of Audience Engagement & Media Relations
Caitie H. Milcinovic, Director of Organizational Advancement
Beth Wood, Associate Artistic Director & Director of Production
Adrien Brizzolara, Audience Engagement & Social Media Manager
India Nicole Burton, Artistic Associate
Nicole Futoran, Development Assistant
Ashante Green, Custodian
Casey Lowenthal, Patron Services Associate
Colleen McCaughey, Associate Director of Development
Zyrece Montgomery, Education Associate
Hillary Wheelock, Finance Associate
Emma Wolpert, Graphic Designer
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