The goal of Big Box is to support new work and local artists. CPT provides:

– The James Levin Theatre
– Basic production staff, stage management, box office support
– Marketing and advertising support

The artists provide the rest! The writers, directors, actors, and designers selected for Big Box dedicate themselves to creating new and original work, or stretching their artistic powers by working in new disciplines.

Week #7: February 28 – March 2

Love in a Time of Media

Written by Sasha Thackaberry
Directed by Amanda Lin Boyd
Acting Coach PeterVoinovich
Featuring Bridget Chebo, Bobby Coyne, Jeremy Jenkins, Debbie Keppler

Love in a Time of Media, a fusion of live theatre and film, is a piece about the complex nature of love in a world saturated with technology.

Jake and Lola want to share and preserve their love by recording the history of their relationship in a StoryCorp bus for the NPR radio series. Over the course of the interview, minor betrayals are magnified and it becomes clear that a decision has to be made. Should Jake and Lola risk everything to stay together or surrender to the temptation of their individual world views and end the relationship?

More info at http://tinyurl.com/Love-in-a-Time-of-Media

Artist Bio:
Sasha Thackaberry began writing plays two years ago in an incubation writing group at Ensemble Theater. Her first play, Destroying the Light, was an outgrowth of that workshop, and it was performed in the first annual Colombi New Plays Festival. Love in a Time of Media is her second full-length play. She has been steeped in the arts for her entire life, having danced for twenty years (ballet and Graham technique) and choreographed and produced her own dance and theater fusion projects with illuminata dance theater, including g(r)owing up, and The Ava Project. She lives in Cleveland with her husband and compatriot in life, Peter, and their daughter Molly. She would like to thank Cleveland Public Theater for including this work in Big Box, as well as Celeste Costentino and Ian Hinz of Ensemble Theater, without whose risk her first play would never have come to life. “There is no such thing as autobiography. There is only art and lies.” – Jeanette Winterson

Amanda Lin Boyd is thrilled to be a part of the creative team of this project as well as her first time participating in Big Box. Amanda is a company stage manager for both the Actors’ Summit in Akron, Ohio as well as the Keegan Theatre Company based out of Washington D.C., a company whom she traveled with to Ireland for three tours. Directing credits include,The Vagina Monologues and various short art films. Amanda lives in Lakewood with her fiancé and their dog Crouton.

Peter Voinovich (Acting Coach)’s last project was directing his wife’s play Destroying the Light for Ensemble Theater’s New Playwrights Festival. He recently directed Bully at Actors’ Summit Theater in Akron. As an actor and member of Actor’s Equity, Peter has performed numerous roles around Cleveland and Akron. He lives in Cleveland with his wife Sasha Thackaberry and their daughter Molly.