Raymond’s research and creation group, Cleveland CORE Ensemble, created multiple Zoom shows, live movies, and hybrid performances during COVID-19 as part of the Hypothesis Exploration Project. Raymond founded the Student Theatre Enrichment Program (STEP), a job-training theatre program for teens, and co-created the Y-Haven Theatre Project with James Levin, which engages formerly homeless men in writing and performing theatre. Raymond initiated the formation of Teatro Público de Cleveland, CPT’s resident Latinx/a/o theatre company, Masrah Cleveland Al-Arabi مسرح كليفلاند العربي, a group dedicated to creating and performing theatre from Arabic-speaking communities, and Station Hope, a community arts festival exploring contemporary issues of social justice. Raymond has created many works for CPT including Dream Rust Workshop (a hypothesis project) for CPT and Kennedy Center’s Arts Across America Frankenstein’s Wake with Holly Holsinger Feefer Rising with Faye Hargate Rusted Heart Broadcast Insomnia: The Waking of Herselves with Holly Holsinger and Chris Seibert and Blue Sky Transmission: A Tibetan Book of the Dead, co-produced by CPT and La MaMa ETC (Off-Broadway). Raymond’s work has been seen in Romania, Brazil, Denmark, Serbia, South Korea, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and Canada, and has been featured in American Theatre magazine, Canadian Theatre Review, Theatre Journal, and in Lisa Wolford’s book Grotowski’s Objective Drama Research.
Raymond Bobgan creates new performances that are bold, multilayered, and highly physical through an ever-evolving ensemble process. If you have any questions, please contact the Box Office at 216.631.2727, ext.501.įrom an earlier incarnation of this work in consistent development (Filmed by The Cleveland Film Company and When the Seed Opens created by Raymond Bobgan and Faye Hargate). Please note that while several timeslots are SOLD OUT, there are likely others available to choose from on the same day! To find available timeslots, simply click the drop-down menu to view all available entrance times and performance dates.ĭue to COVID concerns, and for the health and safety of our audience, artists, and staff, we are cancelling all remaining performances of “Candlelight Hypothesis Workshop.” If you purchased a ticket for that performance, a member of our team will be in touch soon about next steps. The cycle of performance unfolds multiple times each night and guests may exit after one cycle or stay through until the very end. Guests are welcomed into the space in small groups at regular intervals while the exhibit (performance) is open. This sensory-rich “exhibit” weaves together threads of a mythical world where origami may come to life, moths can journey to a star, and the candle flame may be a doorway to a magical realm. Inside the part museum, part haunted house, part workshop, guests witness scenes, monologues, dance, and music in this bold, multilayered performance. Unlike anything you’ve ever seen, this immersive performance empowers “the guests” (audience members) to curate their own experience. Masrah Cleveland Al-Arabi مسرح كليفلاند العربيĮVERY TICKET is “Choose What You Pay” and will be offered online, over the phone, and at the Box Office.Ĭlick here for COVID-19 Safety Protocols.With a soulful score and vibrant dance numbers, Memphis is a crowd-pleasing adventure of music and love in the 1950s South.
The two fall in love, but must contend with social barriers, a prejudiced mother, and an overprotective brother. In a time of segregation, Huey optimistically believes that music can transcend race, and with him on his journey is aspiring singer Felicia Farrell. Memphis is the story of Huey Calhoun (loosely based on real-life 1950s disc jockey Dewey Phillips) and his mission to bring blues and soul music to a white southern audience. As their careers rise, the relationship is challenged by personal ambition and the pressures of an outside world unable to accept their love. Despite the objections of their loved ones (Huey’s close-minded mama and Felicia’s cautious brother, a club owner), they embark on a dangerous affair. With an original score, it tells the fictional story of DJ Huey Calhoun, a good ole’ local boy with a passion for R&B music and Felicia Farrell, an up-and-coming black singer that he meets one fateful night on Beale Street. Memphis is set in the places where rock and roll was born in the 1950s: the seedy nightclubs, radio stations and recording studios of the musically-rich Tennessee city.
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