Saturday, June 26
Sunday, June 27
From Here: A Century of Voices from Our
Neighborhoods
Cain Park's Alma Theater,
7:30 p.m.
$5 all tickets (no discounts)
by Eric Coble, Cleveland Heights resident
Directed by Sarah Morton
Revisit Cleveland Heights memories as well as other
reminiscences with a performance based on oral
histories collected from past and present Cleveland
Heights residents and fellow Ohioans.
Rediscover
Mawby's, Miether's, New Moon Cafe, the Cedar Lee
and Heights theatres, streetcars, Cumberland Pool and
Cain Park.
From Here: A Century of Voices from Our
Neighborhoods weaves tales of family life, war,
intolerance, hard work, and celebration in a theatrical
journey through Ohio in the 20th century. This new
production has been adapted to include many stories
from Cleveland Heights residents compiled by the
Cleveland Heights Oral History Project, and is
produced by the award-winning Wallpaper Project,
, which has been creating theater from oral
history interviews since 1997.
Plan to join us at 7:00 p.m., prior to Saturday's show,
when playwright Eric Coble will discuss the process of
turning oral histories into a theatrical production.
Coble's Bright Ideas appeared Off-Broadway
at the Metropolitan Class Company in the Fall of 2003,
and he is currently commissioned by the Cleveland Play
House, Great Lakes Theater Festival, Imagination Stage
(MD), Cleveland Public Theatre, and Oregon Children's
Theatre Company, and holds a Bachelor's Degree in
English from Fort Lewis College and an MFA from Ohio
University. He received a 2003 Theater Residency
grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, and
was featured as a "playwright to watch" in American
Theatre magazine in the Fall of 2002.
The Director is
Sarah Morton, a graduate of Johns Hopkins University,
a freelance theater artist and educator based in
Cleveland, Ohio. An award winning playwright and
performer, she directed From Here: A Century of
Voices from Ohio in Granville, Milford, Circleville, and
Wooster, Ohio, in 2003.
This performance is dedicated to the memory of our
friend and volunteer interviewer, Anita
Silverstein.
For more information contact, Kara Hamley O'Donnell,
Cleveland Heights Department of Planning and
Development, at 216-291-4885.
Order tickets by phone or in person at the ticket office,
216-371-3000.
We hope you will also consider supporting this
performance with a tax-deductible donation to The
Wallpaper Project, which has been working with
staff from the Cleveland Heights Oral History
Project to bring this wonderful performance to Cain
Park. We have a $1000 challenge grant and are busy
raising matching funds necessary to produce this
program.
Checks payable to The Wallpaper Project may be sent
c/o Kara Hamley O'Donnell, City of Cleveland Heights,
Department of Planning and Development, 40
Severance Circle, Cleveland Heights, OH 44118.
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