Now Circa Then

by Carly Mensch

in staged readings directed by Jacqi Loewy

and featuring Khadiyah Desilva and Michael Knobloch

SUNDAY, APRIL 30, at 7 p.m.
TUESDAY, MAY 2, at 7 p.m.

Hosted by
Dobama Theatre, 2340 Lee Road, Cleveland Heights

Meet Julian and Josephine, an immigrant couple on New York’s Lower East Side, circa 1890. Meet Gideon and Margie, an unlikely pair of historical reenactors, circa now, who play Julian and Josephine for guests visiting a restored 19^th century tenement museum. As they float from parlor to kitchen to bedroom, they move in and out of character. It turns out they both struggle with the same life choices that transcend time and demographics.

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Gefilte Fish & Chips

an evening with British singer/songwriter

DANIEL CAINER, “the comic bard of Anglo Jewry”

Celebrating the 5th Anniversary of INTERPLAY JEWISH THEATRE!

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2016 at 7 p.m.

Hosted by
Dobama Theatre, 2340 Lee Road, Cleveland Heights

For more info on Daniel Cainer, visit www.danielcainer.com

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U.S. v Howard Mechanic

by Faye Sholiton

a staged reading directed by Fred Sternfeld

and featuring Bob Abelman, Mary Alice Beck, Nicholas Chokan, Carlos Cruz, Bill Hoffman, Laurel Hoffman, Scott Miller*, Greg Violand*, and Jimmie Woody

(*Member, Actors’ Equity Association)

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2016 at 7 p.m.  SOLD OUT: waiting list available

Hosted by
Dobama Theatre, 2340 Lee Road, Cleveland Heights

Howard Mechanic, a Shaker native, found his life changed forever on the evening of May 4, 1970. He never dreamed that his presence at an anti-war rally would lead to his false arrest on federal charges and turn him into a fugitive for nearly 30 years. In 2000, at age 52, he would finally surrender to authorities to begin serving an open-ended sentence.

Adapted from Fugitive Candidate: The Autobiography of Howard Mechanic, the Last Prisoner of the Vietnam War, the play examines how on idealist struggles to stay whole while trying to reclaim his freedom and his good name.

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Jericho

by Jack Canfora

in staged readings directed by Scott Plate

and featuring Natalie Green,* Anjanette Hall,* Wendy Kriss, Jason Markouc, Chris Richards* and Jon White.

(*Member, Actors’ Equity Association)

SUNDAY, JULY 10, at 2 p.m.
MONDAY, JULY 11, at 7 p.m. SOLD OUT

Hosted by
Dobama Theatre, 2340 Lee Road, Cleveland Heights

Set four years after 9/11, Jericho introduces two strangers still paralyzed by the tragedy. One lost a young husband; the other escaped a burning tower. They meet at a Thanksgiving dinner, where the holiday is dampened by their sorrow and guilt.

Jericho mixes biting humor with the many other ways we cope with loss and regret. The play was honored with the 2011 Edgarton Foundation Play Award and by the National New Play Network.

New York-based JACK CANFORA is a playwright, actor, musician, and teacher of high school English. His other produced works include: Place Setting and Poetic License; and his web series The Small Thing was awarded a 2016 Webby Award for Best Writing.

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Oh God

by Anat Gov

in staged readings directed by Dorothy Silver

and featuring Tom Fulton*, Laura Perrotta* and Neil Kelly.

(*Member, Actors’ Equity Association)

SUNDAY, MAY 1, at 7 p.m.
TUESDAY, MAY 3, at 7 p.m. SOLD OUT

Hosted by
Dobama Theatre, 2340 Lee Road, Cleveland Heights

A 42-year-old Israeli psychologist has her hands full as the single mother of a severely disabled teenage son. One day, a new client arrives for what becomes a desperate, no holds barred therapy session. Seems this Almighty stranger has given up on the world, with “issues” dating back thousands of years. OH GOD is a probing, funny and deeply moving work by beloved Israeli playwright Anat Gov (1953-2013).

ANAT GOV was one of the foremost playwrights in Israeli theatre. Among her produced works produced at the Cameri Theatre in Tel Aviv: Happy Ending (2011); A Warm Family (2009); Oh God (2008); Househusband (2004); Lysistrata 2000 (2001), and Best Friends (1999). She was a translator of works by David Hare and Bertolt Brecht; a television writer and a journalist.

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