News from CTC (Cleveland Theater Collective)

The Cleveland Theater Collective initiates STAGES (Strategic Theater Agenda for Growth Excellence and Success) 2005 and Beyond, to strengthen professional theater in the northeast Ohio region.

 The Cleveland Theater Collective, with the help of theater artists, producers, and community leaders, is building a larger vision for the theater community in this area. By meeting with theater and community leaders within various disciplines, we hope to create a vision for the future. The discussion generated will help CTC to implement a strategic plan that fosters greater artistic achievement, increased cooperation, greater attendance, and a community environment conducive to professional theaters and artists that serve our region. Greg Quinlan, Managing Director for Great Lakes Theater Festival, understands the importance of this process for the community and CTC: “The Cleveland Theater Collective is poised to be the voice of professional theater in Cleveland, bringing the community together to work towards better success for us all. Not only will these community discussions spark dialogue and build relationships, but the issues and ideas from each session will guide the newly formed board as we develop strategy for CTC.”

The Dark Room

…where new works develop!

WHAT: A multidisciplinary evening of new short work

WHEN: 2nd Thursday of each month @ 8 pm July 12th & on

WHERE: Old Parish Hall, 6203 Detroit Ave.

HOW:  Arrive at 7 pm to sign up  

Perform Pieces under 10 minutes, writer in the room

Bring your own performers or perform yourself

Bring enough copies for actors + stage manager

 The Dark Room is a cabaret, a workshop, and a networking event for Cleveland writers, actors, and other artists. It is held the second Thursday of each month at 8pm.

If you'd like to be a participant in the next one (as writer or performer), just arrive to signup between 7:15-7:30 pm. General audiences are welcome, too.

Suggested donations are $2 for CTC members, and $5 for nonmembers.

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The monthly forums, each hosted by a different theater company in the region, will be sponsored by a leader within the field and moderated by an expert. The results from the process will create a strategic plan for strengthening the region’s professional theaters and artists by strengthening their relationships with the larger community in which they reside.

When asked to participate in this process, Sean Cercone, Artistic Director of Carousel Dinner Theatre, said “Bringing all of our region's theatre professionals and institutions together to identify issues that we share as arts organizations is an important and innovative process.”

For more infomation, contact:   Fred Gloor, Co-Director   216-406-1973    fgloor@clevelandtheater.com