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STUDIO THEATER 2007-2008
Unless otherwise noted, Studio Theater Shows are Friday & Saturday at 8:00 p.m. & Sunday at 3:00 p.m.

Previously this season

Holy Ghosts
September 28 – October 21, 2007

By Romulus Linney
Directed by Matthew Wright

Featured in the cast:
Nicholas Koesters*
Coleman Shedman
Neil Thackaberry*

*Actor appears courtesy of the Actors Equity Association, the union of actors and stage managers.

Runaway wife, Nancy Shedman (Laurel Johnson) consoles her husband, Coleman Shedman (Nicholas Koesters*)
Runaway wife, Nancy Shedman (Laurel Johnson) consoles her husband, Coleman Shedman (Nicholas Koesters*)

Snake handling, speaking in tongues and Southern Pentecostals. Linney’s fascinating tale of a Smokey Mountain sect blends both drama and dark comedy building to an unbelievable climax.

 


Reverend Obediah Buckhorn, Sr. (A. Neil Thackaberry*)
raises his bible as he preaches.

Show sponsors:

Cleveland Free Times

90.3 WCPN ideastream

Learn more on the Web: Romulus Linney at doollee.com; Synopsis at Dramatists Play Service; Linney commencement address at Oberlin
 

All The Great Books (abridged)
November 16 – December 16, 2007

By Reed Martin and Austin Tichenor
CLEVELAND PREMIERE

Canceled - more information

 

Learn more on the Web: Reduced Shakespeare Company
 

The Breakup Notebook: The Lesbian Musical
February 22 – March 30, 2008
CLEVELAND PREMIERE

Book by Patricia Cotter, Music and Lyrics by Lori Scarlett
Directed by Victoria Bussert

Featuring Jodi Dominick as Helen
supporting cast includes
Tracee Patterson*
Devon Yates
Libby Servais
Eric Van Baars
Kayce Cummings
Alison Garrigan
Kim Godfrey.

*Actor appears courtesy of the Actors Equity Association, the union of actors and stage managers.

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Winner 2006 LA Ovation Award for Best New Musical

Forget the gay cowboys, check out the singing lesbians! Dive back into the dating pool with Helen and her best gay boyfriend, Bob and her butch/femme gal pals, Monica and Joannie as she searches for the girl of her dreams.

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"...that rarest of commodities, a promising new musical..." full review

Keith A. Joseph
The Cleveland Free Times

Sponsors:
Cox Cable

Cleveland Free Times

90.3 WCPN ideastream

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<empty> Learn more on the Web: Review of another production; Lori Scarlett

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