tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55216066804773547832024-03-13T21:47:38.784-07:00CSU Department of Theatre and DanceNortheast Ohio's premiere undergraduate theatre program.CSU Summer Stageshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03092865769894096912noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5521606680477354783.post-14914326995835306352010-09-20T14:13:00.000-07:002010-09-20T14:17:22.034-07:00CSU Theatre Prof. Allan Byrne gets $20,000 Grant<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1C8bY8xMSUY/TJfIF7YjcgI/AAAAAAAAEyM/xm4qoD22QGU/s1600/twelfth+night+1" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: black;"></span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<div style="text-align: left;">Longtime CSU director and instructor <b>Allan Byrne</b> has been <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: black;"><a href="http://www.cleveland.com/arts/index.ssf/2009/12/twenty_artists_get_20000_each.html">given the $20,000 Creative Workforce Fellowship grant</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: black;"> by the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: black;"><a href="http://cpacbiz.org/">Community Partnership for Arts and Culture</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: black;">, based largely on his work at the Factory Theatre. CPAC's award </span>"are given as a resource to assist artists in researching, developing or completing a body of work. Each award can be expended for any purpose that advances the Fellow’s artistic work and professional development."</div><div style="text-align: left;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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Mr. Byrne is the second-longest serving faculty member at the CSU Department of Theatre and Dance, and has provided many of the highlights during the departments recent renaissance, including directing last year's <i>The Oresteia </i>(left) and performing in <i>Oleanna</i> in a joint production with Charenton Theatre Company (on whose board of directors he also serves)<i>.</i><br />
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Mr. Byrne is already making the best of his fellowship; this summer he directed <i><a href="http://www.clevescene.com/cleveland/bodies-by-shakespeare/Content?oid=1935997">Titus Andronicus</a></i> for the<a href="http://www.cleveshakes.org/"> Cleveland Shakespeare Festival</a> and attended an international workshop on the Meisner acting technique.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 6px; padding-top: 6px; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table>CSU Summer Stageshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03092865769894096912noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5521606680477354783.post-1807818710637617752010-09-14T07:20:00.000-07:002010-09-14T07:20:55.234-07:00James and the Giant Peach<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLTofCtyfETPB1jKswHMu3ybSFYro_2ATLHPPzwlaHjuMGlS8Z7v3nG7jGKTI1qBzz2X03q00sVflRix_AbXUdw2cc5ld46k-BxbIr1Ll1glT4sFguKppxIC9LNyh63sCZT7AiWnS15p0/s1600/james+postcard+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLTofCtyfETPB1jKswHMu3ybSFYro_2ATLHPPzwlaHjuMGlS8Z7v3nG7jGKTI1qBzz2X03q00sVflRix_AbXUdw2cc5ld46k-BxbIr1Ll1glT4sFguKppxIC9LNyh63sCZT7AiWnS15p0/s320/james+postcard+1.jpg" /></a></div>The <a href="http://www.csuohio.edu/theatre/">Cleveland State University Department of Theatre and Dance's</a> 2010-2011 season will commence with an adaptation of Roald Dahl's classic children's novel, <i>James and the Giant Peach</i>. A modern day fairy-tale in the vein of <i>Jack and the Beanstalk</i>, <i>Peach</i> tells the story of the titular young orphan living under the tyrannical heels of his aunts, Spiker and Sponge. One day, James receives a bag of magic crystals from a mysterious old man, but on his way home, he trips drops them on the ground, where they enchant the nearby tree, causing its inhabitants, including a peach, a grasshopper, a centipede, and others to grow to enormous size. James befriends the insects and together they escape in the peach, rolling towards many adventures over land, sea and air.<br />
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The play is directed by Robin Pease, artistic director of the youth outreach program <a href="http://www.kulturekids.org/">Kulture Kids</a>, a youth-outreach program that uses the arts to bring multicultural understanding to area schools.<br />
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More about Kulture Kids and Ms. Pease here:<br />
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The show runs October 7 through 17, and runs Th/Fr/Sa at 8pm and Sunday at 2pm.<br />
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Tickets can be purchased at 216.687.2109 or http://csu.ticketleap.com<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i>Special matinées are also available for schools, libraries, and other youth programs. Call 216.687.2113 for details.</i></span>CSU Summer Stageshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03092865769894096912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5521606680477354783.post-59631602888381612542010-06-30T08:09:00.000-07:002010-06-30T08:19:42.499-07:00Meet Dr. Michael L. Mauldin, Artistic Director of CSU Summer Stages<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 6.0pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOOCbH333OVLdlk0cy1CU-bo7yu2kS09UPZlXHb1qdEfJj6KfalBn8fNC6nGhch84UYVIKHQ2MehXbqLT7K0l7s3mP7NnderuG-7QARWdEzD7LayQ1AtQTS9zYVOfRKprCHNCHBXNkydc/s1600/DSC07038.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOOCbH333OVLdlk0cy1CU-bo7yu2kS09UPZlXHb1qdEfJj6KfalBn8fNC6nGhch84UYVIKHQ2MehXbqLT7K0l7s3mP7NnderuG-7QARWdEzD7LayQ1AtQTS9zYVOfRKprCHNCHBXNkydc/s200/DSC07038.JPG" width="150" /></a></div>Changes are afoot at the CSU Factory Theatre. What was once the Dramatic Arts Program will, as of tomorrow, be the Cleveland State University Department of Theatre and Dance. Dr. Michael Mauldin will no longer by the Program Director, but the Interim Chairman of the Department. The Factory Theatre is likely not long for this world, being replaced by the <a href="http://www.csuohio.edu/offices/architect/projects/northcampus/">North Campus Neighborhood</a>, with the Department being <a href="http://www.cleveland.com/onstage/index.ssf/2010/06/playhousesquare_gains_flexibil.html">relocated to the Allen Theatre</a>, along with the <a href="http://www.clevelandplayhouse.com/">Cleveland Play House</a>.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 6.0pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-xukEiryDseLNb9wNX0IMbH_9Uq3MdQG51OmBSScrSEYrff-eunKS2soJu9O5ODM9hsNuZqinocxpQB4PKUtM3hEwHHfyA30O2ZY33WL3NdFkyjgORfnARXIMYJkNlEGCIB8rGuAH7uo/s1600/Curtains201021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-xukEiryDseLNb9wNX0IMbH_9Uq3MdQG51OmBSScrSEYrff-eunKS2soJu9O5ODM9hsNuZqinocxpQB4PKUtM3hEwHHfyA30O2ZY33WL3NdFkyjgORfnARXIMYJkNlEGCIB8rGuAH7uo/s200/Curtains201021.JPG" width="200" /></a>But Michael Mauldin remains unperturbed by all of this activity. His focus right now is singular: mounting three shows at the Factory Theatre in rotating repertory, all set to open next week. He will be directing the third show to open, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Curtains</i>, a breezy musical by Kander and Ebb.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 6.0pt;">“Curtains was created by artists who were active in forming what’s known as the Golden Age of the American Musical, both in content and form,” says Mauldin, referring to music-and-words team Kander and Ebb, the team responsible for shows like <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cabaret</i>, <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Chicago</i></st1:place></st1:city>, and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Kiss of the Spider Woman</i>. “It lovingly references several clichés of American musical theatre form, the ‘star is born’ story, and backstage murder mysteries.”</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggEnGjFJz2eAo8HoP7j_QRWRF7zPPsW720nmdR85Wv9WEo0vbPuqfLfmXuqxRd5IrGpsqqRgJUG-Engl-bhdGlOC8ZnydaE25Sf0ioMTQ9Rcw4q0HQsBPfKoJeLOxnBH1LPjIwi_etXpw/s1600/Curtains201028.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggEnGjFJz2eAo8HoP7j_QRWRF7zPPsW720nmdR85Wv9WEo0vbPuqfLfmXuqxRd5IrGpsqqRgJUG-Engl-bhdGlOC8ZnydaE25Sf0ioMTQ9Rcw4q0HQsBPfKoJeLOxnBH1LPjIwi_etXpw/s200/Curtains201028.JPG" width="161" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 6.0pt;">The show takes place during the first <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Boston</st1:place></st1:city> preview of a terrible new musical, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Robbin’ Hood of the Old West</i>, which the producer hopes to take to Broadway. But when the awful leading lady is killed onstage during the curtain call and several more company members are murdered, homicide detective and musical theatre aficionado Cioffi is brought in to pop the perp.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 6.0pt;">Mauldin entered this production imagining it to be a tongue and cheek spoof of the theatre, another in what is now an annual tradition of dedicating one Summer Stages show every season to theatre about theatre (following <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Booth</i>, about the famous acting family, Tom Stoppard’s farce <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Rough Crossing</i>, and last year’s award winning <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Chekhov in Yalta</i>). But, “this show does not have a cynical bone in its body. They love the people of the theatre.” Of Lieutenant Cioffi, the homicide investigator who moonlights as a stage performer, “He is the true meaning of ‘amateur’”, which comes from the French, “to love”. “He is very good at his job, but leads a mundane life and loves community theatre. He exists to walk the boards on the weekends, and when he has a chance to be among the people he adores, he can remind them of why they do what they do.”</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 6.0pt;">The show has not been without its challenges, however. Mauldin affirms that this show has been the most difficult musical Summer Stages has undertaken, both in terms of music and choreography. The cast, in an unusual move, spent most of the first few weeks in vocal and dance rehearsals, not moving onto staging until a few weeks in. The real challenge for Mauldin has been simply arranging large number of people on stage; “It’s all huge crowd scenes!” The actors face their own challenges as well. “I’m amazed at the process of how contemporary actors can truthfully and honestly play intentional clichés without sounding cynical.” They have, Mauldin says, by not being cynical about these characters, by embracing a real innocence.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 6.0pt;">Curtains opens 10 July 2010 at 8pm followed by a champagne reception. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 6.0pt;">The show then runs:</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 6.0pt;">July 11 (2pm), 15, 23, 31, August 1 (2pm), 7 and 8(2pm)</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 6.0pt;">Tickets are $10-15 and can be purchased online at <a href="http://csu.ticketleap.com/">http://csu.ticketleap.com</a> or by phone at 216.687.2109</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 6.0pt;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Curtains</i> is appropriate for most audiences. There is mild language, and numerous non-explicit deaths.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 6.0pt;"><br />
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<blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cleveland will lose its third-largest theater -- PlayhouseSquare's 2,500-seat Allen -- in September.</span></span></div></blockquote><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The promised payoff, a year later: A three-venue, 1,000-seat complex for the flagship Cleveland Play House, which sold its outmoded facility, and forCleveland State University's undergraduate drama program.</span></span></div></blockquote><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All for a relative bargain -- under $30 million -- and preserving the 1921 Allen's architecture.</span></span></div></blockquote><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">... </span></span></div></blockquote><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">CSU's theater program, which has grown from seven majors in 2003 to 70 today under the leadership of Michael Mauldin, would become one of the few undergraduate programs in the country affiliated with a professional theater and could have a shot at national prominence.</span></span></div></blockquote><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">... </span></span></div></blockquote><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next door to the 81,500-square-foot Allen, in what is now a parking lot, Westlake has designed a 44,000-square-foot addition that would house two state-of-the-art theaters the likes of which Cleveland has never before seen.</span></span></div></blockquote><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The northernmost venue, called the "second stage" in the drawings, could be configured in just about any way a director wanted, up to 350 seats. It was inspired by Bloom's visit to the New Theatre, erected at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in 2002.</span></span></div></blockquote><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">...</span></span></div></blockquote><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The southern end of the Allen addition would be a similarly flexible but smaller 150-seat laboratory theater, which Bloom called "the workhorse of the complex," for student projects, children's theater, readings and events in the Play House's annual FusionFest.</span></div></blockquote><blockquote></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The firm retained for the transformation, Westlake Reed Leskosky, is the team behind the original </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.wrldesign.com/projects/performing-arts/historic-theatre/playhouse-square">renovation of Playhouse Square Center</a>. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you think CSU Summer Stages was amazing in the Factory Theatre, just wait until we move into a beautifully renovated, state-of-the-art downtown performance space.</span></div>CSU Summer Stageshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03092865769894096912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5521606680477354783.post-54925092151138890322010-06-04T13:23:00.000-07:002010-06-04T13:24:49.593-07:00A Day in the Life...<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1C8bY8xMSUY/TAlgbJaawvI/AAAAAAAADzY/SFkkfN59pmQ/s1600/IMG_2082-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Shop supervisor Aaron Benson raises a wall with students" border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1C8bY8xMSUY/TAlgbJaawvI/AAAAAAAADzY/SFkkfN59pmQ/s320/IMG_2082-1.jpg" title="Shop supervisor Aaron Benson raises a wall with students" /></a><a href="http://www.csuohio.edu/theater/SummerStages/">CSU Summer Stages 2010</a> season officially began rehearsals on Tuesday. Our student Apprentice Company begins every day with vigorous warmups, including yoga with company member Geoff Knox and intense cardio. As I write this, director Scott Spence is in the rehearsal studio with apprentice Eric Perusek (Jonathan) and Everett Quinton (Jonathan's mother, Madame Rosepettle) working on <i><a href="http://www.csuohio.edu/theater/SummerStages/2010/OhDad.html">Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad</a>. </i>Later this afternoon, Eric will be rehearsing <i><a href="http://www.csuohio.edu/theater/SummerStages/2010/ElephantMan.html">The Elephant Man</a></i> with Everett before he goes off to the gym to continue preparing himself for the physically demanding role of the grotesquely misshapen John Merrick. At that time (and until long after I've gone home), Dr. Michael Mauldin, the producer of CSU Summer Stages and director of <i><a href="http://www.csuohio.edu/theater/SummerStages/2010/Curtains.html">Curtains</a></i>, steps in with music director John Kroll to continue music rehearsals with the cast. In the meantime, shop supervisor Aaron Benson works with his team of carpenters and electricians to build new CSU faculty member Russ Borski's elaborate set and lighting design, while costume shop supervisor Terry Pieritz and costume designer Ali Garrigan continue sewing, ordering, measuring and altering.<br />
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1C8bY8xMSUY/TAlenAFCpeI/AAAAAAAADzI/uEzWK5TeWnU/s1600/IMG_2053.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Apprentice and cast member Stephen Farkas" border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1C8bY8xMSUY/TAlenAFCpeI/AAAAAAAADzI/uEzWK5TeWnU/s200/IMG_2053.jpg" title="Apprentice and cast member Stephen Farkas" width="168" /></a>In the coming weeks, you'll get to meet the cast, directors, designers and crew and see three amazing shows come together for a truly spectacular summer of theatre. Until next time...<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://secure.skipjack.com/clsu/"><img border="0" src="http://www.csuohio.edu/theater/SSGraphics/Donate.jpg" /></a></div>CSU Summer Stageshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03092865769894096912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5521606680477354783.post-13497513641749636262009-07-28T07:49:00.001-07:002009-07-28T08:00:28.922-07:00More Reviews for CSU Summer Stages<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Check out some more fantastic reviews for CSU Summer Stages.</span><br /><br />From Tony Brown at the <a href="http://www.cleveland.com/onstage/index.ssf/2009/07/cleveland_state_university_sum.html">Pee Dee</a>:<br /></span><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></p><blockquote><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Now in its third and strongest season, the mixed professional-student company succeeds best at its two extremes, the heart-rending death-drama "The Shadow Box" and the farcical outer-space musical "Return to the Forbidden Planet." </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;">...Quinton's masterfully balanced reincarnation of "The Shadow Box,"... the extremely well-disciplined nine-member cast...<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Mauldin pulls out all the nutty stops for his scatterbrained production of the wafer-thin but highly entertaining "Return to the Forbidden Planet"... Several students turn in exemplary performances, too, including dashing dork Lew Wallace as the Capt. Kirk hero, brawny Lawrence Charles as the Caliban-esque Cookie, John Paul Soto as a sweet-voiced, roller-skating robot version of Ariel and fresh-faced Melissa Crum as Miranda.<br /></span></p></blockquote><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size:85%;">Christine Howey at <a href="http://raveandpan.blogspot.com/2009/07/return-to-forbidden-planet-csu-summer.html">Rave & Pan</a>:</span></p><blockquote><span style="font-size:85%;">With the playwright borrowing liberally from Shakespeare’s <span style="font-style: italic;">The Tempest</span> (on which the original flick was based) and his other works, the dialogue in <span style="font-style: italic;">Return</span> ranges from elegant to glibly idiotic. And since it’s all played for maximum fun and minimum reflection, it all seems appropriate<blockquote></blockquote></span></blockquote><span style="font-size:85%;">And don't forget about this weekend's performances!<br /></span><ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Thursday: The Shadow Box (Benefit performance for Hospice of the Western Reserve)</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Friday: Chekhov in Yalta</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Saturday and Sunday*: Return to the Forbidden Planet</span></li></ul><span style="font-size:85%;">All performances at 8pm except *2pm. <br />Box office: 216.687.2109<br /></span>CSU Summer Stageshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03092865769894096912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5521606680477354783.post-45628777813343010882009-07-18T09:45:00.000-07:002009-07-18T09:48:23.663-07:00CSU Summer Stages on NewsNet 5<a href="http://www.newsnet5.com/news/20095302/detail.html">WEWS NewsNet 5</a> came to last night's performance of <span style="font-style: italic;">The Shadow Box</span>. <br /><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><blockquote><span style="font-size:85%;">The Hospice of the Western Reserve, the Hospice of Cleveland Clinic, the Hospice of the Visiting Nurses Association and Malachi House will each receive half of all ticket proceeds on the night of their benefit performance.<br /><br />The story behind "The Shadow Box" features three very different families, each facing an imminent death. Set in an experimental hospice facility, "The Shadow Box" gives a glimpse at love, courage and loss.</span></blockquote><br />See us tonite at eleven!CSU Summer Stageshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03092865769894096912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5521606680477354783.post-60269807248817068642009-07-15T09:49:00.000-07:002009-07-15T09:52:12.607-07:00SCENE Magazine can't get enough of CHEKHOV<p><span style="font-size:85%;">When a review starts off like this:</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><blockquote><span style="font-size:85%;">When a theater critic encounters unexpected radiance on stage — as in CSU's production of <i>Chekhov in Yalta</i> <i>—</i> he has to struggle to prevent himself from becoming a cliché-spouting sycophant.</span></blockquote><p></p><p><span style="font-size:85%;">you know you're in for a good time.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:85%;">Read <a href="http://www.clevescene.com/cleveland/my-fair-chekhov/Content?oid=1596973">the rest of Christie Howey's review</a> of Chekhov in Yalta in Scene Magazine, then come see it for yourself.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:85%;">Okay, I can't stop myself, here's another quote:</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote><span style="font-size:85%;">The production itself was like watching alchemy happen. To start at the top, we pay tribute to the director Cathy Hartenstein. Rarely has the magic hand of a skilled director been so evident. She brings effective casting, an understanding of the historical character's nuance, style and period, and created incredible visuals with blocking and pacing.</span></blockquote></div><p></p>CSU Summer Stageshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03092865769894096912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5521606680477354783.post-28591553607049790652009-07-14T08:00:00.000-07:002009-07-14T08:04:23.695-07:00Roy Berko Loved It<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">CAPSULE JUDGEMENT: ‘RETURN TO THE FORBIDDEN PLANET’ is a laugh delight at CSU’s 2009 Summer Stages. This is a must go-see for summer entertainment!</span><br /><br />Roy Berko loved <span style="font-style: italic;">Return to the Forbidden Planet</span>. <a href="http://royberkinfo.blogspot.com/search/label/Cleveland%20State--Summer%20Stages">Check it out</a>:<br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;">The CSU production, under the creative direction of Michael Mauldin, is well staged and has all the right ridiculousness needed to make this a fun production. Lynn Deering’s fine choreography adds to the hilarity.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">The cast is universally excellent. Handsome Lew Wallace plays the Ken doll-like thick-headed, emotion absent, captain of our ship, with the right degree of seriousness. He has a fine singing voice and dances well. Greg Violand, he of great singing voice... is properly fake-evil as scientist Prospero... John Paul Soto sparkles as a endearing roller-skating robot. Tracee Patterson sings and mugs her way through the role of the bad/good Gloria.</span><br /></div></blockquote><span style="font-size:85%;">Here's hoping Tony and the rest of the critics liked it just as much. The AUDIENCE sure liked it.</span>CSU Summer Stageshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03092865769894096912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5521606680477354783.post-8097523831705478912009-07-13T10:05:00.000-07:002009-07-13T10:13:34.871-07:00WCPN's Around Noon with Dee Perry<span style="font-size:85%;">Dr. Mauldin and Greg Violand discuss CSU Summer Stages with <a href="http://www.wcpn.org/index.php/WCPN/an/27005/">Dee Perry on WCPN's Around Noon</a>, along with John Paul, Lew and Melissa singing songs from <span style="font-style: italic;">Return to the Forbidden Planet </span>and Amy and Doug perform a scene from <span style="font-style: italic;">Chekhov in Yalta</span>.<br /><br />This week's performances:<br />Thursday, July 16th: <span style="font-style: italic;">Return to the Forbidden Planet</span><br />Friday, July 17th: <span style="font-style: italic;">The Shadow Box </span>(Benefit performance for The Hospice of the Cleveland Clinic)<br />Saturday and Sunday*, July 18th and 19th: <span style="font-style: italic;">Chekhov in Yalta</span><br /><br />All shows are at 8pm except *at 2pm.<br /></span>CSU Summer Stageshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03092865769894096912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5521606680477354783.post-64138192282841484952009-07-09T08:18:00.000-07:002009-07-09T08:20:50.253-07:00Summer Stages Opens TONITE!<span style="font-size:85%;">We open tonite! Don't forget, there are free champagne receptions after each evening show this weekend:<br />Tonite: <span style="font-style: italic;">The Shadow Box</span><br />Tomorrow: <span style="font-style: italic;">Chekhov in Yalta</span><br />Saturday: <span style="font-style: italic;">Return to the Forbidden Planet</span><br /><br />A special thanks to <a href="http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20090708/ARTS/907089959/1157/newsletter61">Crain's Cleveland Business</a> for the mention!<br /></span>CSU Summer Stageshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03092865769894096912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5521606680477354783.post-31651056787583669292009-07-06T06:51:00.000-07:002009-07-06T07:04:32.995-07:00Plain Dealer's Tony Brown Sits Down with The Shadow Box<span style="font-size:85%;">The Plain Dealer's Tony Brown <a href="http://www.cleveland.com/onstage/index.ssf/2009/07/theater_preview_csu_summer_sta.html">joins us in rehearsal</a> for <span style="font-style: italic;">The Shadow Box:<br /><br /></span></span><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><blockquote><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;">[Everett Quinton:] "Here's what is great. You found the secret of acting. You looked at your Dad, and you saw. You saw. You remember seeing it? Yeah? That's what acting is. Seeing. And remembering.</span></p></blockquote><span style="font-size:85%;">Don't forget, all three shows <a href="http://www.csuohio.edu/theater/SummerStages/">open this weekend</a>! And here's a list of our benefit performances of <span style="font-style: italic;">The Shadow Box</span>, in which each organization gets 1/2 of the box office take for the night:<br />Friday, July 17, 8 PM, <a href="http://my.clevelandclinic.org/services/palliative_medicine/hospice/default.aspx">Hospice of the Cleveland Clinic</a><br />Saturday, July 25, 8 PM, <a href="http://www.vnaohio.org/our-services-hospice.html">Hospice of the Visiting Nurses Association</a><br />Sunday, July 26, 2 PM, Hospice of the Cleveland Clinic<br />Thursday, July 30, 8 PM, <a href="http://www.hospicewr.org/">Hospice of the Western Reserve<br /></a>Friday, August 7, 8 PM, <a href="http://www.malachihouse.org/">Malachi House</a><br /><br /></span>CSU Summer Stageshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03092865769894096912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5521606680477354783.post-47424024373531512382009-06-23T13:44:00.000-07:002009-06-24T08:27:55.333-07:00Beck Center Discount<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkLvlqO5OTqN1HaoULO2DBRXD_pnRZwPk8yWDuG2V44w1QR5iL5qwv3lZVHmLIrCATIebZ1jxbTVNgRdSiJoZPUd948O6-99AEqwx6ZDOLJXwjlp7cTSfVNIqwiRuEqq5YPGzR6jNDx1A/s1600-h/little+shop.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkLvlqO5OTqN1HaoULO2DBRXD_pnRZwPk8yWDuG2V44w1QR5iL5qwv3lZVHmLIrCATIebZ1jxbTVNgRdSiJoZPUd948O6-99AEqwx6ZDOLJXwjlp7cTSfVNIqwiRuEqq5YPGzR6jNDx1A/s200/little+shop.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350629818459973938" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Hey CSUers! </span><span style="font-family:georgia;">Get $5 off adult tickets to the <a href="http://beckcenter.org/">Beck Center</a> production of Little Shop of Horrors when you </span><span style="font-family:georgia;">mention the code word ALIEN.</span><br /><br /><blockquote style="font-family:arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;">A down-and-out skid row floral assistant becomes an overnight sensation when he discovers an exotic plant with a mysterious craving for fresh blood. Soon "Audrey II" grows into an ill-tempered, foul-mouthed, R&B-singing carnivore who offers him fame and fortune in exchange for feeding its growing appetite!<br /><br />William Roudebush, director of Beck’s critically acclaimed Equus and last season’s My Favorite Year, comments, “The popularity of this show never wanes, and its tunefulness and tongue-in-cheek humor lend to its staying power. I am delighted to return to Cleveland and the Beck Center to direct this musical gem.”<br /><br />The Beck Center is offering special family-friendly pricing so the entire family can enjoy this musical classic. Tickets are $28 for adults, $25 for seniors (65 and older), $17 for students (22 and under with ID), and $10 for children (12 and under). An additional $3 service fee per ticket is applied at the time of purchase. Preview night on Thursday, June 25, is $10 with general admission seating. Group discounts are available for parties of 13 or more.<br /></span></div></blockquote><br />Do a sci-fi double feature and see both <a href="http://www.csuohio.edu/theater/SummerStages/2009/ReturnForbiddenPlanet.html">Return to the Foridden Planet</a> and Little Shop of Horrors!CSU Summer Stageshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03092865769894096912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5521606680477354783.post-25663351153576249262009-06-22T09:40:00.001-07:002009-06-22T14:09:41.079-07:00Hospice at the Cleveland Clinic Benefit Night<span style="font-size:85%;">We've added a second benefit night! On Sunday, July 26th, half of all the ticket revenues from our 2pm matinee will go to <a href="http://my.clevelandclinic.org/services/palliative_medicine/hospice/default.aspx">The Hospice of the Cleveland Clinic</a>. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased at 216.687.2109.<br /><br />Both of our benefit shows will also feature a post-performance catered reception.<br /></span>CSU Summer Stageshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03092865769894096912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5521606680477354783.post-66949398625358265342009-06-09T10:44:00.001-07:002009-06-09T11:09:16.475-07:00Announcing Our First Charitable Partnership<a href="http://www.csuohio.edu/theater/summerstages">CSU Summer Stages</a> is proud to announce our first charitable partnership: on Friday, August 7th, one half of all of our proceeds for <span style="font-style: italic;">The Shadow Box</span> will go to <a href="http://www.malachihouse.org/">Malachi House</a>.<br /><br /><blockquote><span style="font-size:85%;">Created out of a Christian sense of ministry, Malachi House is a non-profit organization that serves terminally ill persons, without cost or regard to gender, race, religion or national origin. We help restore dignity to less fortunate individuals by providing them with a safe, comfortable place to spend the final stages of life, which otherwise might be spent alone and abandoned, under bridges, in cars, deserted buildings and other unsuitable places within the city. Malachi House is funded solely by private donations and receives no government support. Malachi House presently has capacity for 15 residents and has served more than 1,300 individuals since its founding in 1988.</span></blockquote>How can you help? Call 216.687.2109 right now to purchase tickets for the Malachi House benefit night. Or, click the links below to help CSU Summer Stages and Malachi House continue their important work.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.malachihouse.org/donate.html"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 35px;" src="http://www.malachihouse.org/images/donatenow_icon.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://secure.skipjack.com/clsu/"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 125px; height: 67px;" src="http://www.csuohio.edu/theater/SSGraphics/Donate.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></div>CSU Summer Stageshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03092865769894096912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5521606680477354783.post-90304537946289930092009-05-23T16:54:00.000-07:002009-05-23T16:56:36.969-07:00Plain Dealer: Better Late Then Never<a href="http://www.cleveland.com/onstage/index.ssf/2009/05/i_stupidly_forgot_to_include.html">Thanks, Tony</a>. We still love you.CSU Summer Stageshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03092865769894096912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5521606680477354783.post-56613633646324751402009-05-23T16:24:00.000-07:002009-05-23T16:57:03.842-07:00Cut to Pieces at Cleveland Public TheatreOur friends Chris Seibert and Raymond Bobgan are presenting the long-coming <span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://cptonline.org/theater-show.php?id=59">Cut to Pieces</span> at Cleveland Public Theatre</a> and it's fantastic.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9b8Ag6AkElI&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9b8Ag6AkElI&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Observations:<br /><ul><li>This play is dense and multi-layered, but the levity and craft of the framing story (that is expertly integrated later into the primary action) eases the viewer into the more esoteric and eclectic storytelling elements.<br /></li><li>The multi-media design is astounding. Created by Spencer Padilla and CSU alum Carly Garinger, the video segments (which include CSUers Adam Seeholzer and Chari Estevez) seemlessly interact with Seibert, and the use of live video feeds from the stage are novel, exciting, and extremely effective.</li><li>Chris Seibert is <span style="font-style: italic;">really</span> funny. Her timing is impeccable.<br /></li><li>The imagery runs the gamut from horror films to the story of Persephone and Hades to game shows to Agatha Christie-esque murder mysteries. It all resolves itself, however, into a very singular, mythological story of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monomyth">the hero's journey</a>: the call, the descent, and the return with a boon to benefit humankind.</li></ul><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://cptonline.org/shows_img/photo245Large.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 617px; height: 480px;" src="http://cptonline.org/shows_img/photo245Large.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>CSU Summer Stageshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03092865769894096912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5521606680477354783.post-85556969768285094242009-05-22T13:14:00.001-07:002009-05-23T16:24:28.697-07:00Tony Brown & Steven Litt on the CSU/CPH/PSC Move<span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >Tony Brown and Steven Litt on the <a 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studio art and theater programs from a dark, dingy complex at the edge of campus to <a href="http://www.cleveland.com/news/wide/index.ssf?/news/wide/csu_0403.html">a dramatic new building </a>on a high-visibility site on Euclid Avenue. Facilities for music and dance would also be part of the package." (This is, of course, pre-recession. A brand new $50 million complex may have been aiming a tad high.)</span></span></li></ul><ul><li><span><span><a href="http://blog.cleveland.com/pdworld/2008/07/a_possible_future_of_playhouse.html">July 2, 2008</a>: "CSU would move its drama program, now in an old cotton factory on the campus, into the Allen. The university would manage the Allen as a downtown venue for a consortium of college theaters across the region to show off their work." (Notice in the article that Playhouse Square CEO Art Falco is a question-talker.)</span></span></li></ul><ul><li><span><span><a href="http://www.cleveland.com/onstage/index.ssf/2009/04/_in_a_potential_blockbuster.html">April 7, 2009</a>: "In a blockbuster arts and real-estate deal, the Cleveland Play House will sell its longtime home in Midtown and move downtown to PlayhouseSquare's Allen Theatre in a joint venture with Cleveland State University's drama program." (CSU's in the leading paragraph of the article. Six weeks later, the follow-up article mentions CSU about half-way through. Tony Brown gives us a brief shout out 6:30 into the 7:30 video. I'm sensing a pattern...)</span></span></li></ul>CSU Summer Stageshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03092865769894096912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5521606680477354783.post-31317705790282513552009-05-21T10:09:00.000-07:002009-05-21T12:37:29.186-07:00CSU SummerStages Are GO!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga7UeC6p-7HGxJ65SpqBCGLhdv42SZmeXdrF2XbTChmlVDdkxch7tFNy2Iu7C7Rw6On018hXMboaJf7Kat6K7c3GKT6U9XUEo5mRlij0ZTR4I6fdSyuUecBetIbtHG8IStQmg_s3wu-Tg/s1600-h/forbidden+planet+ICON.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga7UeC6p-7HGxJ65SpqBCGLhdv42SZmeXdrF2XbTChmlVDdkxch7tFNy2Iu7C7Rw6On018hXMboaJf7Kat6K7c3GKT6U9XUEo5mRlij0ZTR4I6fdSyuUecBetIbtHG8IStQmg_s3wu-Tg/s200/forbidden+planet+ICON.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338360780787029634" border="0" 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class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Our flagship musical is <i style="font-weight: bold;">Return to the Forbidden Planet</i>, written by Bob Carlton, directed by Program Chair Dr. Michael L. Mauldin, a 50’s/60’s jukebox musical which combines the science fiction movie <i>Forbidden Planet</i> with Shakespeare’s <i>The Tempest</i>. Dr. Mauldin was previously seen as Captain Hook in the Beck Center's production of <i>Peter Pan</i> and in CSU Summer Stages' <i>Rough Crossing</i>.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg17fyLGi4ahd5-5JDb6z9aTg4oCwuMWTpAfDs-xsDgh2q_8txF9d4rvP-SittNNd0o4biGsF2Ozb4MUJOAttJ8I00Gk3fpfY1bnngJSCuhFn1O2gc3bEDya9hH9G2coX6JHYjQ50l4Ju8/s1600-h/chekhov+ICON.jpg"><br /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_dRzLGzB046Jy0Tvhgs6ZjVuz7OJevVzTXW0pR3iehLrAVYUizHY2BSvRrHQpeSbYQBqjZT9_mKiNQS4hUz89MTUk4IffT9QfGauVkbRELkWcZbO03ghz0F3X2JOBW6SpBKLF0GGyoyE/s1600-h/chekhov+ICON.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_dRzLGzB046Jy0Tvhgs6ZjVuz7OJevVzTXW0pR3iehLrAVYUizHY2BSvRrHQpeSbYQBqjZT9_mKiNQS4hUz89MTUk4IffT9QfGauVkbRELkWcZbO03ghz0F3X2JOBW6SpBKLF0GGyoyE/s200/chekhov+ICON.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338363136515290866" border="0" /></a>We will also be presenting the farcical <i style="font-weight: bold;">Chekhov in Yalta</i>,<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>by Jeffrey Haddow and John Driver, directed by Cleveland Playhouse Education Director Cathy Hartenstein, full of low comedy and high tragedy, this historically-informed comedy features famed playwright Anton Chekhov and Stanislavsky’s Moscow Art Theatre.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji_7FsnaufRp__8PI6afjWUbuaiAcQjMQbtpiuzJnazVU-jJyK1aF30TXY4_BeFMFoQ2-yHCNzTN91i6FiQosgp7hNaz_nKl-4-8sL7psDiiV8p4K0Lz2LCqroeJLU5oNmE2-fVG4uXjM/s1600-h/shadow+box+ICON.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji_7FsnaufRp__8PI6afjWUbuaiAcQjMQbtpiuzJnazVU-jJyK1aF30TXY4_BeFMFoQ2-yHCNzTN91i6FiQosgp7hNaz_nKl-4-8sL7psDiiV8p4K0Lz2LCqroeJLU5oNmE2-fVG4uXjM/s200/shadow+box+ICON.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338361799391205250" border="0" /></a>Rounding out the season is the 1977 Pulitzer and Tony Award winning drama <i style="font-weight: bold;">The Shadow Box</i>, by Michael Cristofer, directed by Everett Quinton. The Shadow Box, full of hope and heartbreak, tells the story of three very different families each facing an impending death in their own unique way. New York legend Everett Quinton is a founding member of CSU Summer Stages and has been seen in every CSU Summer Stages production except for last year's hit <i>Dark of the Moon</i>, which he directed.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Being the resident theatre company of CSU, much of the cast and crew is composed of CSU Dramatic Arts students and alumni. After bringing in actors, directors and choreographers from New York and California for two seasons, we have refocused our efforts on local growth, and we are proud to announce that we are the biggest summer employer of union actors in the region. A significant presence in the downtown arts scene, CSU Summer Stages presence will only expand when CSU’s Dramatic Arts’ proposed move to Playhouse Square Center’s Allen Theatre.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The shows run in rotating repertory from July 9th through August 9th, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 2pm. Tickets are $15 each, and discounts are available for season tickets and groups of ten or more. Free street parking is available, and parking in CSU lot S1 (East 24<sup>th</sup> Street between Chester & Payne) is only $4, with a coupon available at <a href="http://www.csuohio.edu/theater">www.csuohio.edu/theater</a>. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Box office: 216.687.2109</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Subscribe to this blog for goodies such as interviews with the directors, designers, cast and crew, videos, and special offers!<br /></p>CSU Summer Stageshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03092865769894096912noreply@blogger.com0