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The Winter's Tale Marks Final Performance of Graduate Ensemble Class of 2012

February 21, 2012

The Case Western Reserve University/Cleveland Play House MFA Acting Program will present Shakespeare’s play The Winter’s Tale in the new Helen Rosenfeld Lewis Bialosky Lab Theatre at PlayhouseSquare from March 7 – 17, 2012. Directed by Geoff Bullen from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, Shakespeare's late play leaps from darkest tragedy to lighthearted romance and a truly magical conclusion, and is performed by the talented CWRU/CPH MFA Acting Program’s third year Graduate Ensemble....

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CPH Hosts Regional Education Conference

February 15, 2012 by Education Department

Cleveland Play House (CPH) is hosting the 2012 Ohio Theatre in our Schools mini-conference on March 3, 2012. The regional conference, supported by AATE, is designed for educators, professional artists, professors, parents, and arts education advocates. The mini-conference will explore the creation of accessible classroom, touring and field trip programs that meet Ohio curriculum standards, assuring that the children of our community continue to have much needed arts education experiences. Online registration is available until...

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Director Lou Bellamy to Helm Radio Golf at Cleveland Play House

January 31, 2012 by Lisa Craig, Public Relations Manager

CLEVELAND, OH (January 25, 2012) – Lou Bellamy, Artistic Director of the acclaimed Penumbra Theatre, will direct the Cleveland Play House production of Radio Golf, the Tony Award®-nominated finale of playwright August Wilson's unprecedented ten-play cycle chronicling African-American life in the 20th century. Bellamy, recipient of 2007 Obie for Best Direction of the off-Broadway production of Two Trains Running at Signature Theatre, has been described as the foremost living interpreter of work of Pulitzer Prize-winning...

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MFA Acting Program: Casting News

January 20, 2012 by Lisa Craig, Public Relations Manager

Congratulations to Yan Tual (Class of 2012) for being cast in the role of Antoine Fourcroy in an upcoming "The Mystery of Matter" episode for PBS. You can see Yan's final Graduate Ensemble performance in The Winter's Tale this March.

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'In Arabia We'd All Be Kings' Crowns Debut of Graduate Ensemble

January 18, 2012 by Lisa Craig, Public Relations Manager

CLEVELAND, OH (January 18, 2012) – The Case Western Reserve University/Cleveland Play House MFA Acting Program will present In Arabia We’d All Be Kings in the new Helen Rosenfeld Lewis Bialosky Lab Theatre at PlayhouseSquare from February 1 – 11, 2012. Directed by Chair and Director of the MFA program, Ron Wilson, In Arabia We’d All Be Kings is a gritty exploration of a seedy NYC bar’s clientele penned by Tony®-nominated playwright Stephen...

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2011 Highlights in Theater (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

January 3, 2012 by Plain Dealer staff

We're proud that three of our productions from calendar year 2011 made the Top Ten list of Cleveland's Plain Dealer. Click here for the full list.

(as excerpted from Plain Dealer)

Change was in the air in 2011 for Cleveland's professional-theater scene. Great Lakes Theater Festival chopped off its last name to become Great Lakes Theater but added a fifth show to its regular season this spring....

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