Great Lakes Theater Announces Six-Show Season for 2024-25 to Headline Hanna Theatre Home

CLEVELAND, OH – Charles Fee, Producing Artistic Director of Great Lakes Theater (GLT), unveiled an exciting six-production lineup for the company's 2024-25 season. Great Lakes Theater's sixty-third season is scheduled to run from September 2024 through May 2025 at Playhouse Square's Hanna and Mimi Ohio Theatres.

GLT will launch its 2024-25 season with the enchanting Sondheim musical Into the Woods, presented in rotating repertory with Shakespeare's magical comic masterpiece, A Midsummer Night's Dream (September 27 – November 10, 2024), translated by Jeff Whitty in Partnership with Play On Shakespeare. Then, Northeast Ohio's favorite holiday tradition, A Christmas Carol (November 24 - December 23, 2024), will ring in the holiday season. The second half of the season starts as GLT presents the playful prequel to Peter Pan, Peter and the Starcatcher (February 7 – March 2, 2025), and continues in the spring with Shakespeare's delightful romantic comedy, Twelfth Night (March 21 – April 6, 2025). The 2024-25 season will close with the uproarious backstage farce Noises Off (April 25 - May 18, 2025).

Fee shares his excitement for the upcoming season, "This season, we're serving up an array of theatrical delights as we blend beloved classics, like Into the Woods and A Christmas Carol, with fresh takes on Shakespeare in A Midsummer Night's Dream and side-splitting comedies like Noises Off. You'll dive into playful adventures like Peter and the Starcatcher and rediscover Shakespeare's timeless wit in Twelfth Night. What truly thrills me is the variety of joyful experiences we will weave - from enchanted fairy tale forests to the exhilarating backstage pandemonium of a live show. We invite you to be transported, delighted and challenged by these remarkable pieces all season long!"

The residents of Cuyahoga County, through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture, provide generous support for Great Lakes Theater's 2023-24 season. Great Lakes Theater programming is also supported by the Ohio Arts Council, which receives support from the State of Ohio and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Five of the company's 2024-25 season offerings (Into the Woods, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Peter and the Starcatcher, Twelfth Night and Noises Off) will appear in GLT's audience-friendly home at the Hanna Theatre, Playhouse Square. A Christmas Carol will remain in its traditional Mimi Ohio Theatre setting.

Enjoy exhilarating productions in an intimate theater setting. Great Lakes Theater's award-winning home at the Hanna Theatre features a visionary "Great Room" inspired design that integrates the artist and audience experience into a unified environment. Hanna patrons select from a variety of seating opportunities, including traditional theater seats, club chairs, lounge/bar seats, banquette couches, and private box seating. Arranged in an intimate 550-seat thrust configuration where the audience surrounds the stage, and no seat is further than 13 rows from the performance to create a unique, audience-friendly theatrical experience.

Great Lakes Theater will continue to afford patrons extraordinary access at every Hanna Theatre performance in 2024-25. The Hanna's doors always open sixty minutes before each show, allowing patrons to observe the complete pre-show preparation of GLT's actors and technical staff. Elements such as stage combat rehearsals, dance calls, prop/scenic pre-sets, technical cue rehearsals, and actor warm-ups are conducted in full view of patrons, offering GLT audiences an unprecedented glimpse into the theatrical process. A complete list of pre-/post-show enhancement programming is available at www.greatlakestheater.org

Subscriptions to Great Lakes Theater's 2024-25 season are on sale now. Adult subscriptions start as low as $210, and subscriptions for patrons 25 and under begin at $42. For complete information, patrons should call (216) 453-4458 or visit www.greatlakestheater.org.

Single tickets will go on sale in July 2024. Regular-priced adult tickets will range from $20 - $89. Regular-priced youth tickets for the Hanna Theatre are $15 ($30 for A Christmas Carol in the Mimi Ohio Theatre) and will be available for all performances.

Great Lakes Theater has brought the pleasure, power, and relevance of theater to the widest possible audience since 1962. The first resident company of Playhouse Square, GLT will celebrate its 43rd year in downtown Cleveland this season. On its main stage and through its extensive education programming, Great Lakes Theater impacts the lives of over 100,000 adults and students annually.

Posted on: February 01, 2024

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