TalkBacks: A conversation with Jonatha Brooke

Saturday, May 16 from 4:15pm - 4:45pm

Join the writer and performer of My Mother Has 4 Noses, Jonatha Brooke as she speaks with James Leverenz, MD (Director, Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health – Neurological Institute) in this unique post-show discussion.

about an hour ago via facebook

Comedic Tropes in 1980s Sitcoms, and in CPH's TARTUFFE: The Wisecracking Servant The trope of the wise-cracking servant character is theatre’s original scene-stealer—the character who shows up, fixes everyone else’s mess and still has time to deliver the best jokes. This continued throughout the centuries, but with the works of Molière, we see the increased use of female servants, providing a dual subversion in skewering the upper class and patriarchal powers who imagined themselves superior to women. Read more at link in comments. Tickets are going fast to this hilarious farce plopped right in the 80s! Get yours at clevelandplayhouse.com

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