Inoculations

Inoculations
Theater Ninjas
November 4-20, 2010
78th Street Studios
Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Mondays at 8pm
Sundays at 3pm
By Darren O'Donnell
Directed by Jeremy Paul

Featuring Ray Caspio, Nick Koesters, Val Kozlenko, Ryan Lucas, Amy Pawlukiewicz, Michael Prosen, Nick Riley and Darius Stubbs

This mind-bending double-header by Darren O'Donnell includes the national premieres of WHO SHOT JACQUES LECAN and RADIO ROOSTER SAYS THAT'S BAD. Using rhythm and rhyme, songs and science, Inoculations is a crazed meditation on unconscious drives, millennial paranoia, and collective psychosis. Come for the pumpkin pie: stay for the hallucinations.

Plain Dealer Review by Tony Brown "Arising from a sofa in the back of the room is actress Amy Pawlukiewicz, the only female seen during the entire Beatnik-esque evening, as a slinky, Felliniesque femme fatale..."

Cool Cleveland Review by Roy Berko "The Theatre Ninja production, as is the case with Paul's work, is well conceived. The actors are centered on their purposes, stay in character, and create the proper intensity. LACAN features Ray Caspio, Val Kozlenko, Ryan Lucas, Amy Pawlukiewicz, Michael Prosen, Nick Riley and Darius Stubbs."

Scene Magazine Review by Christine Howey "...performers include Ray Caspio, Michael Prosen, Val Kozlenko, Darius Stubbs, and Amy Pawlukiewicz, all of whom give their all to make Paul's concept of O'Donnell's challenging theatrics resonate."

Blithe Spirit

Blithe Spirit
Clague Playhouse
September 17-October 10, 2010

By Noel Coward
Directed by Kevin Joseph Kelly

A classic comedy about a man whose first wife Elvira is accidentally summoned up at a séance. Elvira's ghost decides to stay on and torment Charles and his new wife, Ruth. Since Charles is the only one who can see Elvira, Ruth doesn't believe him until vases and other objects start flying.

The Foreigner

The Foreigner
Porthouse Theatre
July 1-17, 2010

By Larry Shue

Directed by Rohn Thomas
Presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.

Featuring Paula Duesing, Bob Ellis, John Kolibab, Darren Nash, Amy Pawlukiewicz, Eric van Baars, Tony Zanoni

Continuing our comedy run is the fabulous farce entitled The Foreigner by Larry Shue known for the comedy The Nerd. The story is about Charlie, a painfully shy Englishman, who is on a vacation at a Georgia hunting lodge. He concocts a plan to avoid speaking to others by posing as a mysterious foreigner who speaks no English. The plan works well at first, but then backfires when he finds himself the confidant of everyone there.

Plain Dealer Review by Donald Rosenberg "Eric van Baars uses his rubber-face, nimble physicality and winsome charm to transform Charlie from nebbish into a figure of endearing strength. His solo turn in Act II is a wacky tour de force. It’s no wonder that Catherine (the vibrant Amy Pawlukiewicz) falls for this strange little man."

Cleveland Scene Magazine Review by Christine Howey "Also excellent is Amy Pawlukiewicz as the sarcastic and self-deprecating Catherine ("Some people are meant to be a waste of food," she says, "and I'm one")."

News-Herald Review by Bob Abelman "Tony Zanoni is astoundingly sweet and disarmingly charming as Ellard. Also superb are Amy Pawlukiewicz as the fallen debutant Catherine, Darren Nash as the Reverend..."

EAT: It's Not About Food

EAT: It's Not About Food
Fairmount Center for the Arts
April 15-May 2, 2010

EAT (It’s Not About Food) is a humorous and poignant look at the dangerous and baffling world of eating disorders and our society’s obsession with food, appearance and body image. The play candidly explores causes and warning signs, and takes a hard look at the influences of society and the media. The play tells individual stories of teens and adults struggling with this epidemic and too often tragic problem. It candidly explores causes and warning signs, and takes a hard look at the influences of society and the media. The play also tells individual stories of young people struggling with this epidemic and too often tragic problem.

Cleveland Performing Arts Examiner Review "Amy Pawlukiewicz plays a number of roles that serve as a kind of guide or narrator through the show. She provides information and interludes with confidence and poise, stringing together different parts of the show."

Cool Cleveland Review by Roy Berko"Director Fred Sternfeld and his large cast of adults and teens do a very credible job of developing the play’s ideas. The staging is creative and meaningful. Especially strong performances are given by Amy Pawlukiewicz..."

News Herald Review by Bob Abelman "Regnier is particularly interesting as a calorie-conscious coffee drinker and an aging, long-suffering ballet dancer, as is Pawlukiewicz as the generic TV actress whose guiding philosophy is 'thin is not just in, it is imperative.'"

Death of a Salesman

Death of a Salesman
Lakeland Civic Theatre
February 4-21, 2010

Lakeland Civic Theatre presents Arthur Miller's classic of American Theatre that won the Tony Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Featuring Trad A Burns sets and lights and Mark Cipra as "Willy Loman," Lakeland's production looks directly into the heart of an ordinary American with depth and compassion. Willy Loman sees not only reflections of himself but also the harsh realities of the American Dream.

CPT Big [Box]: Microscopes & Megaphones

Microscopes and Megaphones
Cleveland Public Theatre
James Levin Theatre
January 29 - January 31 2010

Directed by Maura Haas

Microscopes & Megaphones is a collaborative project that uses dance, theatre, audio and visual arts to explore "the problem that has no name" plaguing the modern woman today. With progress made in reproductive choice, education, the workplace and at home, the modern Western woman's oppression manifests itself through subtlety, innuendo and the places you least expect.

Offbeat and stripped down, Microscopes & Megaphones explores slutty fat girls, an oral sex memoir, baking as foreplay, the power of punctuations, the hypocrisy of language, degrees of touch and why Mom is the sexiest woman you know.

Whisper to a Scream: a feminist performance art collective is a collaboration of local artists. Its mission is to use art, awareness, action and advocacy to help eradicate the barriers that keep women from being recognized as full, autonomous human beings in society. Whisper to a Scream is proud to make its debut with Cleveland Public Theatre.

For mature audiences only! Contains sexual content and adult language.