  BY RAJIV JOSEPH Directed by Celeste Cosentino September 27th- October 20th When a world-renowned origami artist opens her studio to a teenage prodigy and his school teacher, she discovers that life and love can't be arranged neatly in this drama about finding the perfect fold. "Mr. Joseph's observant, pitch-perfect script is really quite ambitious, dealing ruthlessly with the fragility of happiness, the tragedy of impulsiveness and the tenuousness of hope." NY Times.  BY CRAIG LUCAS Directed by Martin Friedman November 21st-December 15th At Peter and Rita's wedding, a mysterious old man insists on kissing the bride..... PRELUDE TO A KISS is Lucas at his lightest and brightest. A rare combination of laughter, romance and throat-tightening substance." CurtainUp.  BY CHARLES SMITH Directed by Caroline Jackson-Smith January 31st - February 23rd Knock Me a Kiss is a fictional account inspired by the actual events surrounding the 1928 marriage of W.E.B. Du Bois’s daughter Yolande to one of Harlem’s great poets, Countee Cullen. The marriage marked the height of the Harlem Renaissance and was viewed as the perfect union of Negro talent and beauty. *Winner of 9 2011 AUDELCO Awards! “In one blistering scene after another, with dialogue that is alternately highly poetic, down-and-dirty, eerily disturbing and fiercely authoritarian, Smith exposes the lies and the blazing truths that animate his characters.” -Chicago Sun Times  WORLD PREMIERES! CLEVELAND PLAYWRIGHTS! Cynthia Dettelbach Barbara Harkness Jean Cummins. Staged Readings, Workshops, and More... For the entire month of March! SPECIFIC SHOW TITLES, DATES, EVENTS TO BE ANNOUCED very SOON! STAY TUNED!  BY EUGENE O'NEILL Directed by Celeste Cosentino April 18th-May 11th Beyond the Horizon explores what happens when two men love the same woman and the compromises each will make to have her. *Winner of the PULITZER PRIZE for Drama. "Beyond the Horizon offers us the tragedy of a beautiful soul buffeted by fate, losing everything and still remaining compassionate" -Back Stage (NYC) |
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