The Little Mermaid is an imaginative retelling of the Hans Christian Andersen tale in which a young girl learns the beauty and power of her own voice. Children will be treated to an intimate performance filled with sensory experiences.
Nina Domingue: (The Little Mermaid and others) made her Cleveland stage debut as a member of the “Ohio Company” performing in the Theatre for Children series at Cleveland Play House in 1999. In 2008 Domingue was commissioned by CPH to write and perform A Jewel of a Tale, an adaptation of Aesop fables and Anansi folktales that is still work-shopped in classrooms throughout the Cleveland area. Domingue has performed nationally and internationally for the past 16 years, making her off Broadway and National Black Theatre Festival debuts in It Hasn’t Always Been This Way by Ntozake Shange, directed by Diane McIntyre and produced by Woodie King, Jr. She was named Best Actress in a Play in 2005 by the Cleveland Theater Collective for her work as “the lady in red” in Karamu House’s production of For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf, and she has a one woman show entitled Mo Pas Conin which opened to great success at Cleveland Public Theatre in 2006. She has performed at Great Lakes Theater Festival and other venues throughout the city. She had a CPH FusionFest reading of her solo piece entitled Wade in the Water. The play deals with her family’s experiences pre and post hurricane Katrina. Ms. Domingue was a member of CPH’s Playwrights’ Unit and is a guest artist at Cleveland School of the Arts. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Theater Arts from Dillard University of New Orleans and a Master of Fine Arts in Acting from West Virginia University. less made her Cleveland stage debut as a member of the “Ohio Company” performing in the Theatre for Children series at Cleveland Play House in 1999. In 2008 Domingue was commissioned by CPH to write and perform A Jewel of a Tale, an adaptation of Aesop fables and Anansi folktales that... more
Cameron Caley Michalak: (Scenic Designer) designed sets for Cleveland Play House's FusionFest 2010 production of A Soldier's Tale with Catch and Release, the CWRU/CPH MFA Acting Program’s The Winter’s Tale, and CPH Theatre for Children productions The Little Mermaid, Huck Finn, A Jewel of a Tale, Tuck Everlasting, and The Emperor's Groovy New Clothes. Local credits include Cinderella, Children of Eden, The Piano Lesson, The Fantasticks, The Diary of Anne Frank, and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, True North Cultural Arts; The Music Man and Les Miserables, Fairmount Performing Arts Center; She Stoops to Conquer, St. Joseph's Academy; The Masked Musketeer and Beauty and the Beast, Brush High School; Ten More Minutes from Cleveland, Dobama Theatre; and The Wiz for the Music, Arts and Drama (M.A.D.) Factory in Oberlin. In addition to scenic design, Michalak is in his fifth season as CPH’s assistant technical director. less designed sets for Cleveland Play House's FusionFest 2010 production of A Soldier's Tale with Catch and Release, the CWRU/CPH MFA Acting Program’s The Winter’s Tale, and CPH Theatre for Children productions The Little Mermaid, Huck Finn, A Jewel of a Tale, Tuck Everlasting, and The Emperor's Groovy New Clothes. Local... more
Carolyn Dickey: (Costume Designer) is currently in her twenty-second season at Cleveland Play House where she is the assistant costume shop manager. Dickey designed costumes for many productions in CPH’s Theatre for Children series including The Little Mermaid, Huck Finn, A Jewel of a Tale, The Emperor’s Groovy New Clothes, Bunnicula, Wind in the Willows, Balto, and John Henry. Locally she has designed costumes for Dobama Theatre, Cleveland School of the Arts, and Cleveland SignStage Theatre. Dickey has also worked for Ohio Light Opera, Cleveland’s Lyric Opera Company, Shakespeare & Company, The Berkshire Theatre Festival, Cleveland-San Jose Ballet, and The Bang and The Clatter. less is currently in her twenty-second season at Cleveland Play House where she is the assistant costume shop manager. Dickey designed costumes for many productions in CPH’s Theatre for Children series including The Little Mermaid, Huck Finn, A Jewel of a Tale, The Emperor’s Groovy New Clothes, Bunnicula, Wind in the... more
James C. Swonger: (Sound Designer) is resident sound designer at Cleveland Play House where he has designed sound for over 40 productions including the world premiere of Ken Ludwig’s The Game’s Afoot, The Trip to Bountiful, Present Laughter (Case Western Reserve University/CPH MFA Acting Program), A Soldier’s Tale with Catch and Release, Bill W. and Dr. Bob, the world premiere of Heaven’s My Destination, Crime and Punishment, Noises Off!, Gee’s Bend, Man of La Mancha, and I Am My Own Wife. For Cleveland State University Summer Stages 2009 he designed Chekhov in Yalta, The Shadowbox and Return to the Forbidden Planet. Additional credits include Cleveland’s Lyric Opera Company, The Utah Festival Opera Company, Pioneer Theatre Company, Baltimore Centerstage, George Street Playhouse, Yale Repertory Theatre, and premiere productions of The Tragic Demise of the Whaleship Essex, Swinging on a Star: A Tribute to the Music of Johnny Burke, Tangents, and The Count of Monte Cristo. He has also designed sound systems for restaurants, theatres and churches. less is resident sound designer at Cleveland Play House where he has designed sound for over 40 productions including the world premiere of Ken Ludwig’s The Game’s Afoot, The Trip to Bountiful, Present Laughter (Case Western Reserve University/CPH MFA Acting Program), A Soldier’s Tale with Catch and Release, Bill W. and... more
Jamie R. Benetto: (Stage Manager) stage managed readings of Stephen Belber’s Dusk Rings a Bell and Eric Schmiedl’s Masters of the Universe for Cleveland Play House’s FusionFest 2010, and she has been a production assistant and crew member at CPH since 2002. She has worked on over 30 CPH shows, including Lost Highway, Rabbit Hole, Vincent in Brixton, Pride and Prejudice, A Christmas Story, Plaid Tidings, Dream a Little Dream, Crowns and, most recently, Emma. Other area credits include The Sound of Music and Annie at Carousel Dinner Theatre, The Secret Garden at Cain Park, and Into the Woods and The Seagull at Great Lakes Theater Festival. Benetto is a graduate of Kent State University. less stage managed readings of Stephen Belber’s Dusk Rings a Bell and Eric Schmiedl’s Masters of the Universe for Cleveland Play House’s FusionFest 2010, and she has been a production assistant and crew member at CPH since 2002. She has worked on over 30 CPH shows, including Lost Highway, Rabbit Hole,... more
Michael Boll: (Lighting Designer) is Cleveland Play House's production electrician. For CPH, Boll has designed lighting for In the Next Room, or the vibrator play; many Fusionfest productions including Stew and the Negro Problem; and for the Case Western Reserve University/CPH MFA Acting Program, The Winter's Tale, In Arabia We'd all be Kings, An Orchard, Cloud 9, and Angels in America: Millennium Approaches. In Cleveland he has designed at Cain Park, Cleveland Public Theatre, Cleveland Museum of Art, Karamu, Dobama, and Beck Center. Off-Broadway credits include The Moliere Cycle, Classic Stage Company; Songs for a New World, George Street Playhouse; Dog Sees God, SoHo Playhouse; and as associate lighting designer, The Moonlight Room, Beckett Theatre. Boll designed N.Y. Fringe Festival's award-winning productions of Ellen Craft and Valiant. His work has also been seen at La Mama E.T.C., HERE Arts Center, Blue Heron Theatre, and Center Stage New York. He designed many Yale Cabaret shows including Say You Love Satan and Fake. less is Cleveland Play House's production electrician. For CPH, Boll has designed lighting for In the Next Room, or the vibrator play; many Fusionfest productions including Stew and the Negro Problem; and for the Case Western Reserve University/CPH MFA Acting Program, The Winter's Tale, In Arabia We'd all be Kings, An... more
Pamela Dipasquale: (Director/Playwright) Selected regional directing credits include Julius Caesar, Macbeth, and The Tempest at Kentucky Shakespeare Festival and The Diary of Anne Frank, The Little Prince, The Miracle Worker, and Mother Hicks at Children's Theatre of Maine. Previous stage adaptations include Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak, Stella Luna by Janell Cannon, We Were There, Too! By Phillip Hoose, Stop Pretending by Sonya Sones, and On The Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder. In addition, DiPasquale has adapted Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Twelfth Night and The Tempest for young audiences. She currently serves as the director of education for Cleveland Play House. less Selected regional directing credits include Julius Caesar, Macbeth, and The Tempest at Kentucky Shakespeare Festival and The Diary of Anne Frank, The Little Prince, The Miracle Worker, and Mother Hicks at Children's Theatre of Maine. Previous stage adaptations include Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak, Stella Luna... more
The Little Mermaid
January 25 - February 1, Studio One Theatre
by Hans Christian Andersen
Adapted by Pamela DiPasquale
Performed by Nina Domingue
Runtime:
45 minutes. Question and answer session to follow.
