CLEVELAND
PUBLIC THEATRE PRESENTS
THE AWARD-WINNING BIG [BOX] SERIES
Big [BOX]
January
2 – January 25, 2004
The Upstairs
Theatre
CLEVELAND,
OH – Executive director James Levin and artistic director Randy
Rollison are proud to present the award-winning BIG [BOX] series,
now in its second year. Big [BOX] focuses on the independent creative
artist and the exciting things that can happen when one is given
the space and time to create. Throughout January 2004, Cleveland
Public Theatre turns the Upstairs Theatre over to a different individual
or set of artists each week. Writers, directors, actors, and designers
will dedicate themselves to creating new and original work, or stretching
their artistic powers by working in new disciplines.
Two
of last year’s BIG [BOX] artists are part of CPT’s current season:
Charge, written by Eric Kaiser, will have a full production
in February 2004, co-produced with TITLEWave theatre. Antaeus Dance
will be part of Danceworks 04, presented in March 2004.
Additionally,
two of last year’s participants moved their shows to theatre festivals
in August 2003: David Hansen’s I Hate This ran at the Minnesota
Fringe Festival, and Michael Sepesy’s Loserville was produced
at the New York International Fringe Festival.
The
2003 BIG [BOX] series received a Cleveland Theater Collective award
of achievement this past June, honoring CPT’s commitment to artists.
Formed in 2000 to promote the professional development of
Cleveland area theater artists, CTC initiated the awards this year
as a way to celebrate and validate excellence in local theater.
Following is the 2004
BIG [BOX] schedule. All performances take place in the Upstairs
Theatre, 6415 Detroit Ave., Cleveland, OH, 44113. Performances are
Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m., and Sundays at 3:00 p.m. All
tickets are $10. Reservations can be made by calling 216/631-2727.
January 2 - 4
The Secretaries
Due to the Director being ill, the Secretaries has been cancelled.
January 9 - 11
4 Minutes to Happy
written and
performed by Sarah Morton
"I've always been a good test taker," says our over-achieving
narrator. So what happens when she flunks a doctor-administered
depression test? In this comic and revealing solo piece,
one woman sets out on a quest for the perfect way to "get
happy," trying everything from hot showers to hip hop. Will
she succeed? A poetic and timely look at the pitfalls and
detours we sometimes encounter on the road to happiness.
January 16 - 18
The Eclectic Circus
created by Aaron Bonk,
John Flower, Vincent J. Polowy, and Cassandra Vincent
Multi-disciplinary
performance artists, the EC brings together magic, music,
mime, dance, juggling, and clowning, all in a visual and
electric evening!
January 23 - 25
Written, directed, and
performed by Alex P. Michaels
This semi-autobiographical,
audience interactive play looks at how a black man can feel
just as good as any white man. Why does America not get
it?
The
mission of Cleveland Public Theatre is to inspire, nurture, challenge,
amaze, educate, and empower artists and audiences, in order to make
the Cleveland public a more conscious and compassionate community.
Cleveland
Public Theatre and its artistic and education programs are funded
in part by the Cleveland Foundation, George Gund Foundation, Ohio
Arts Council, National Endowment for the Arts, Nord Family Foundation,
John P. Murphy Foundation, Kulas Foundation, Theatre Communications
Group, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation,
Bruening Foundation, Codrington Foundation, Giant Eagle Foundation,
Thomas White Foundation, Community Foundation of Greater Lorain,
Family Foundations of Jewish Community Federation, Dolphin Trust,
Saint Ann Foundation, Deaconess Foundation, O’Neill Foundation,
Stocker Foundation, Key Foundation, Nordson Foundation, Wolf Foundation,
Forest City, Alcoa, Third Federal, Huntington National Bank, National
City Bank, and other corporate and individual contributors.
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