PANDEMONIUM 2021: THE BREAK OF DAWN

September 18, 2021

7:00-midnight, Cleveland Public Theatre campus All guests, volunteers, artists, and staff at Pandemonium are required to be VACCINATED against COVID-19.

We’re thrilled you want to come to PANDEMONIUM 2021! Online ticketing has closed, but you’ll still be able to buy tickets at the door. Doors open at 6:45, and you’re welcome to line up early and enjoy our fabulous storefront performers.

Pandemonium transforms the CPT campus into a labyrinth of theatre, dance, visual art, and performance in every corner. Tickets are all-inclusive, featuring fabulous local food, free valet, and complimentary drinks served all night long. A feast for the eyes, mind, appetite, and imagination—Pandemonium proceeds benefit CPT’s groundbreaking artistic work and life-changing education programs.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Pandemonium 2020 was adapted into Awakenings: A Virtual Gala, an experience that took guests inside the labyrinth—from the comfort of their own homes. With the generosity of CPT’s 2020 PAN Award Honoree Micki Byrnes, Awakenings: A Virtual Gala premiered a one-hour special on WKYC Channel 3, followed by a virtual After-Party on Zoom.

You may be wondering how COVID-19 is impacting this year’s event. The majority of THE PARTY WILL TAKE PLACE OUTSIDE: at this time, 80% of performances and 100% of food and beverage service are planned for outdoors… and under tent canopies so that we can celebrate rain or shine!

Tickets: $180 ($100 is tax deductible)

PLAN YOUR EVENING

Pandemonium Map & Schedule HERE!

Program & Artists Listing Here!

TRAVEL & PARKING

In general, please plan plenty of time for travel. As parking space is limited, we encourage you to take advantage of the complimentary valet parking beginning at 6:30pm.

: Photo by Steve Wagner.

: Photo by Steve Wagner.

PANDEMONIUM 2021: THE BREAK OF DAWN

CPT celebrates the artist within us all:
Pull back the veil of night… and welcome a new day!

CPT’s education programs empower youth and adults to discover their inner light,
creating magnificent and illuminating performances for the community.

CPT is on a mission to inspire creativity, innovation, and renewal on the west side of Cleveland.

Pandemonium 2021 Artists

(list subject to change)

Dance Performances by Verb Ballets; Inlet Dance Theatre; Ballet Legato; Bella Sin; De’Aja Mon’e & Ahaadii Rice Live Music Performances by Pureplex DJs featuring Neil Chastain and DJ Square Biz; The Katy; Anthony Covatta; Harmony; DJ Chris Pulse, Post Saga and more Original Theatrical Work by Raymond Bobgan & Cleveland CORE Ensemble; Carrie Williams & Amy Schwabauer; Amanda Lin Boyd; The Dark Room featuring plays by Tim Collingwood, Craig Webb, Renee Schilling, Molly McFadden; Andrew Aaron Valdez; Zuggie Tate; Raja Belle Freeman; Patrick Warner; Holly Holsinger; Cassandra Harner; Avery LaMar Pope; Syrmylin Cartwright; Luna Larkinsong, and many more Additional Performances by Mark Zust; Martinique Mims; Erin E. Dolan & Stratosphere; Ohio City Theatre Project; Nadia Tarnawsky; Toby Vera Bercovici; Daniel Wasdahl; Radio on the Lake Theatre; Window Performances with Maya Nicholson, Ananias J. Dixon, Sidney Smith, Michelle Guerry, Kristen Zajac, Jordan Thompson, Jason Samuel, & Alisha M. Caraballo, Art Acts; Kriss Mills & Caddie Harner; Yacht Lemonade; Generation L.Y.G.H.T; Real Live Theatre; Statosphere; Kyle Rakotci, Lydia Benson, Maja Paar, Forrest Paige, and others Visual Art Installation & Multimedia by Inda Blatch-Geib Designs; Cara Romano; Benjamin Gantose & Cayla Destefano; Dale Good; Beth Wood, and more.

CHECK OUT THE VIDEOs OF AWAKENINGS: A VIRTUAL GALA AND PANDEMONIUM 2019: ALCHEMY

Click here or on the image below to watch the video from Awakenings: A Virtual Gala

Video produced by WKYC Studios

Click here or on the image below to watch the video from Pandemonium 2019: Alchemy

Video produced by Ted Sikora.

2021 PAN AWARD HONOREE: RANDELL MCSHEPARD

RANDELL IS AN ADVOCATE FOR EQUITY AND INCLUSION, THE ENVIRONMENT, AND OUR GREATER CLEVELAND COMMUNITY.

Randell McShepard serves as the Vice President of Public Affairs and Chief Talent Officer for RPM International Inc.

Randell is active on several boards in the Cleveland area including Baldwin Wallace University, Destination Cleveland, and Taylor Oswald LLC. He is Co-Founder and Chairman of PolicyBridge, a public policy think tank serving the Northeast Ohio region, and Co-Founder of the Rid-All Green Partnership, a thriving urban farm and environmental education campus in Cleveland’s Lower Kinsman neighborhood. He also currently serves as a member of the Cuyahoga County Citizens’ Advisory Council on Equity, established in 2020.

Randell has been a lover of Pandemonium for many years. We are thrilled to be recognizing him as our 2021 PAN Award recipient!

Sponsorship Opportunities

Click here or on the thumbnail above to view Sponsorship Opportunities for Pandemonium 2021.

VOLUNTEERS MAKE PANDEMONIUM HAPPEN!

Click here or on the image above for more information on how to join the team.

: Photo from Awakenings, A Celebration of Cleveland Public Theatre.

: Photo by Steve Wagner.

HONORARY CHAIR

Mayor Frank G. Jackson
Tom & Sandra Sullivan (in memoriam)

CO-CHAIRS

Kristen Baird Adams
Brent D. Ballard
Micki Byrnes*
Luis & Jessica Cartagena
Joe & Nelda DiRocco
Chris Gorman
Hon. Peter Lawson Jones & Lisa Payne Jones
Robyn Minter Smyers
Sean Richardson
Jan Roller & David Abbott
Frank C. Sullivan

*past Pandemonium Honoree

HOST COMMITTEE

Peter Anagnostos
Teresa Metcalf Beasley
Margaret Bernstein
Carrie Carpenter
Bill & Judie Caster
Hon. Joe Cimperman & Nora Romanoff*
Diane Downing & Tom Corrigan
Marianne Crosley
Trina Evans & Ken Birch
Margie & Danny Flynn
Char & Chuck Fowler
Lee Friedman & Joe Gogol
David Gilbert
Arne F. Goldman
Dr. Magda Gómez
Brian E. Hall*
Phyllis Seven Harris
George Hrbek & Stephanie Morrison-Hrbek
Dr. Alex Johnson
Ira C. Kaplan
William Lacey
Eric Langston & Christopher Panek
Brian McDonald
Greg McDonald
Joanne Montagner-Hull
Philip M. Oliss & Rachel McQuade-Oliss
Jeffery K. Patterson
Dick Pogue
Albert & Audrey Ratner
Denise Reading
Ronald B. Richard
Natalie & Chris Ronayne
Mark Ross*
Victor A. Ruiz
Hon. Jasmin Santana
Kevyn R. Shaw
Hon. Jenny Spencer
Sally & Terry Stewart
Michael J. Taylor
Dan & Molly Walsh
Andrew & Randy Watterson*
Margie & John Wheeler
Dr. Marie A. Simon & John Michael Zayac
Brian Zimmerman
Hon. Matt & Michelle Zone*