Great Lakes Theater Festival proudly presents a series of community programs surrounding our spring production of Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull. This programming, held throughout Northeast Ohio from February through November 2009, is designed for audiences of all backgrounds and ages.

  

  
A FREE Outreach Touring Production

THE HARMFUL EFFECTS OF TOBACCO

Ivan Ivanovich Nyukhin’s wife has insisted he give a speech on the harmful effects of tobacco, and although he himself is a smoker, he relents. However, the speech quickly devolves from the intended topic into a series of revealing personal confessions, as the psyche of Nyukhin is laid bare to great comedic effect. This short play is a rarely produced gem highlighting Chekhovian humor at its quirkiest.

THE BRUTE

Outreach Tour Schedule

Tuesday, February 17, 8:00pm The Alcazar 2450 Derbyshire Road Cleveland Heights 44106 216.321.5400		Friday, February 27, 1:00pm Cleveland Sight Center 1909 East 101st Street Cleveland 44106 216.658.4595 Audio Described Performance		Monday, March 9, 1:45pm School Performance
Wednesday, February 18, 7:30pm Lorain County Community College Stocker Center Theatre 1005 Abbe Road North Elyria 44035 800.995.5222 ext. 7120		Sunday, March 1, 2:00pm Clague Playhouse 1371 Clague Road Westlake 44145 440.331.0403		Tuesday, March 10, 12:50pm School Performance
Thursday, February 19, 12:30pm School Performance		Monday, March 2, 12:00pm Idea Center at PlayhouseSquare Westfield Insurance Studio Theatre 1375 Euclid Avenue Cleveland 44115 216.241.5490 ext. 307		Wednesday, March 11, 1:00pm Northwest Akron Branch Akron Public Library 1720 Shatto Avenue Akron 44313 330.836.1081
Friday, February 20, 6:30pm East Park Retirement Comm. 6360 Elmdale Road, Brook Park 44142 216.267.7067		Monday, March 2, 7:00pm Lakewood Public Library Main Branch 15425 Detroit Avenue Lakewood 44107 216.226.8275 x130		Thursday, March 12, 9:15am School Performance
Sunday, February 22, 4:00pm East Cleveland Public Library 14101 Euclid Avenue, East Cleveland, 44112 216.541.4128		Tuesday , March 3, 1:15pm School Performance		Friday, March 13, 7:00pm Olde Town Hall Theatre 36119 Center Ridge Road, North Ridgeville 44039 440.327.2909
Monday, February 23, 1:30pm School Performance		Wednesday, March 4, 7:30pm Stonehill Auditorium Mandel Jewish Community Center 26001 S. Woodland Road, Beachwood 44122 216.593.6258		Sunday, March 15, 2:00pm Cleveland Heights/ University Heights Library Main Branch 2345 Lee Road Cleveland 44118 216.932.3600 ext.250
Tuesday, February 24, 7:15pm Kendal 246 Kendal Drive Oberlin 44074 440.774.2945		Thursday, March 5, 7:00pm Nordonia Hills Branch Akron Public Library 9458 Olde Eight Rd. Northfield 44067 330.467.8595		Monday, March 16, 1:30pm Jennings Center for Older Adults 10204 Granger Road Garfield Heights, 44125 216.581.2900 x2297
Wednesday, February 25, 7:30pm John Carroll University Marinello Little Theatre in Lombardo Student Center Belvoir Avenue, N. of Fairmont, University Heights 44118 216.397.4191		Friday, March 6, 2:30pm Bath Manor 2330 Smith Road Akron 44333 330.836.1006		Tuesday, March 17, 7:00pm Fairview Park Public Library 21255 Lorain Road Fairview Park 44126 440.333.4700
Thursday, February 26, 12:30pm School Performance		Sunday, March 8, 2:00pm Akron-Summit County / Public Library – Main Library 60 South High Street Akron 44326 330.643.9072 216.410.6495		Wednesday, March 18, 7:30pm Rockynol Retirement Community 1150 West Market Street Akron 44313 330.867.2150 ext. 336

Smirnov begins to fall for Mrs. Popov as he teaches her how to aim a dueling pistol in Chekhov’s The Brute (Photo by Todd Krispinsky)	Elizabeth Wood stares down Michael Gatto, who portrays Grigory S. Smirnov, a gentleman farmer, in Chekhov’s The Brute (Photo by Todd Krispinsky)
Elizabeth Wood as Mrs. Popov, widow and landowner, mourning the passing of her late husband in Chekhov’s The Brute (Photo by Todd Krispinsky)	Elizabeth Wood as Mrs. Popov, David Hansen as her servant Luka, and Michael Gatto as creditor Mr. Smirnov in Chekhov’s The Brute (Photo by Todd Krispinsky)
Actor David Hansen portrays Ivan Ivanovich Nyukhin in Anton Chekhov's The Harmful Effects of Tobacco (Photo by Todd Krispinsky)

MORE SURROUND EVENTS
A FREE TEACHER WORKSHOP: EVERY WHY HATH A WHEREFORE

Monday, April 27, 2009
PlayhouseSquare
Great Lakes Theater Festival and PlayhouseSquare join educational forces to present a free teacher workshop exploring GLTF’s spring production of Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors. Lunch will be provided free of charge! Featuring guest speaker Betsy Shevey.

This workshop is offered FREE of charge. Call GLTF Education Associate Kelly Shaffer Florian to register: 216-241-5490 ext. 318.

A STUDENT PLAY WRITING CONTEST: PLEASING PUNISHMENT

Wednesday, April 29 & Wednesday, May 13, 2009 at 7:30 PM
Lorain County Community College
Stocker Center, Studio Theater
1005 Abbe Rd. North, Elyria 44035
Don’t miss this thrilling series of original short plays written and presented by the students of the Lorain County Community College theater department. This program offers a talk-back with the student playwrights and a panel of distinguished professional Cleveland theater artists. The students’ plays are presented and adjudicated on April 29. The winning play is staged by GLTF’s Daniel Hahn and performed by professional actors on Wednesday, May 13, 2009.

This program is FREE and open to audiences of all backgrounds and ages. For more information, call 1.800.955.5222 ext. 7120

A SONG WRITING CONTEST: BARDSTOCK F.M. 8.0

Wednesday, May 20, 2009 at 12:15 PM
WCPN 90.3 FM Ideastream
Great Lakes Theater Festival, in partnership with 90.3 WCPN ideastream, proudly presents Bardstock F.M. – an innovative radio program that features original student music inspired by William Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors. Hosted by Dee Perry of WCPN’s award-winning radio program Around Noon, Bardstock F.M. features student music, interviews with the student composers and musicians, as well as unique scholarly insights. Middle and high school student musicians may register for the competition by calling Daniel Hahn at 216.241.5490 ext. 307

Tune into 90.3 WCPN and join us!

A STUDENT DESIGNED LOBBY EXHIBIT: HIDDEN VIRTUE

September 23 – November 7, 2009
Hanna Theatre Lobby, PlayhouseSquare Center
In partnership with Firelands Association for the Visual Arts (FAVA) and Mary Ellen Carras, Lorain County’s Gifted Programming Coordinator, Great Lakes Theater Festival proudly exhibits original artwork created by Lorain County students. This artwork will be displayed in the lobby of the Hanna Theatre in conjunction with our fall 2009 Shakespearean production (title to be announced), and will represent the culmination in an artist/student mentorship program that includes master class workshops focusing on creating original artwork inspired by Shakespearean themes.

Call Daniel Hahn at 216-241-5490 ext. 307 for details.

The 2009 Surround is a community collaboration between:
Great Lakes Theater Festival and…

Akron Public Schools
Akron-Summit County Public Library System
The Alcazar
Bath Manor Special Care Unit
Bay High School
Betsy Shevey
Clague Playhouse
Cleveland Heights/University Heights Library
Cleveland Metropolitan School District
Cleveland Sight Center
Cuyahoga County Public Library System
East Cleveland Public Library
East Park Retirement Community
Elyria Catholic High School
Fairview Public Library System
Firelands Association for the Visual Arts (FAVA)
ideastream
Jennings Center for Older Adults
Jewish Community Center
John Carroll University
Kendal in Oberlin
Lake Ridge Academy
Lakewood Public Library, Main Branch
Lorain County Community College
Lorain Public Schools
Mary Ellen Carras, High School Coordinator, Gifted Program, Lorain County
Nordonia Hills Public Library
Olde Town Hall, North Ridgeville
Our Lady of the Elms School
PlayhouseSquare
Rockynol Retirement Community
90.3 WCPN ideastream

GLTF Education Programs and this touring production of TWO BY CHEKHOV are presented through the generous support of:

The Eva L. and Joseph M. Bruening Foundation
The Cleveland Foundation
The George W. Codrington Charitable Foundation
The Community Foundation of Greater Lorain County
Cuyahoga Arts and Culture
The DBJ Foundation
Dominion Foundation
Eaton Corporation
Ford Motor Company
The Harry K. and Emma R. Fox Charitable Foundation
The GAR Foundation
The George Gund Foundation
Great Lakes Theater Festival Matinee Idols
The Hershey Foundation
Martha Holden Jennings Foundation
The Laub Foundation
Amanda Ford Morris Charitable Lead Trust
The David and Inez Myers Foundation
Nord Family Foundation
Nordson Corporation Foundation
Ohio Arts Council
Laura and Alvin Siegal
The George E. and Marjorie Springer Memorial Fund
The Stocker Foundation
Victor C. Laughlin, M.D. Memorial Foundation Trust