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Play Guide - Radio Golf

February 02, 2012 by Corey Atkins, Artistic Associate-Engagement in Play Guides

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The CPH Play Guide is a new feature this season which gives you a deeper look at the people, themes and ideas behind the play. We hope you’re making the Guide a part of your play-going and that it’s enriching your CPH experience!

Though Radio Golf takes place in 1997 Pittsburgh, it’s no exaggeration to say it could be set in 2012 Cleveland, so relevant is its central question: “Can you build the future without bulldozing the past?”

Learn how Pittsburgh’s Hill District—the setting for Radio Golf—parallels Cleveland’s own Hough—CPH’s neighborhood for 96 years.

Find out how a “400 year biography” translates into 100 years of stories for the stage.

Take a look at the ups and downs of African American experience in radio broadcasting.

And though Wilson’s lead character is running to be the first black mayor of Pittsburgh in the play, you can relive Cleveland history by reading about our own Carl B. Stokes.

If you enjoy these Play Guides, be sure to join us 45 minutes before every performance for a free, fun and informal pre-show conversation!

Here’s hoping your Radio Golf experience is a hole-in-one!

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