February 18, 2021 , A Virtual Event

Theatre Thursday: Feb. 18

The Art of Connection

Featuring Artistic Director Laura Kepley

Run time: 90 minutes

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Make a match this February at Theatre Thursday! We’ve paired four of our favorite playwrights with a specific Cleveland artwork, asking each to write a brand-new short play inspired by the piece. But like with any juicy romance, we’re adding a dash of intrigue — and keeping our matches a mystery! Audience members will work together to read the plays and uncover the creative couplings. Get ready for a fun, unique night that explores the love affair between theatre and visual art.

Artists

Philip Dawkins

(Guest) is a Chicago playwright and educator whose plays include Failure: A Love Story; Le Switch; The Homosexuals; The Burn; Dr.Seuss’s The Sneetches, the Musical (with composer David Mallamud); Spamtown, USA; The Gentleman Caller; Charm; Miss Marx: Or The Involuntary Side Effect of Living and The Happiest Place on more

Crystal Finn

(Guest) is an actor and writer. She was last seen at Cleveland Playhouse in Fairfield by Eric Coble, directed by Laura Kepley, and before that in Rich Girl by Tory Stewart. She also performed her one woman show Becoming Liv Ullmann at the Cleveland Playhouse New Ground more

Nandita Shenoy

(Guest) is a New York-based writer-actor who loves hearing an audience laugh. Most recently, her Rage Play, produced by Flux Theatre Ensemble, was cancelled due to the Coronavirus pandemic and subsequently named to the 2020 Kilroys List. Another play Washer/Dryer has been produced multiple times nationally after its world more

Lloyd Suh

(Guest) is the author of The Chinese Lady, Charles Francis Chan Jr.'s Exotic Oriental Murder Mystery, American Hwangap, The Wong Kids in the Secret of the Space Chupacabra Go!, Jesus in India, and others, produced with Ma-Yi, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Magic Theatre, NAATCO, Children's Theatre Company, ArtsEmerson, Milwaukee Rep, more

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