*DOBAMA LOOKS AT 2020-21 SEASON
Nathan Motta, artistic director of Cleveland’s Dobama Theatre states, “Needless to say, the 20/21 season is going to look different. However, while the Dobama stage will be dark, there are many opportunities for extraordinary engagement. First, we will be collaborating with resident filmmaker Brian Devers and Endeavors Productions to create high-quality, filmed theater performances that will reach a broad online audience. Second, we are leaning in to our mission of producing important new scripts through the commission and development of three world premiere plays. Finally, Dobama staff and artists will use this time of suspended in-person productions for expanded engagement with members, supporters, and the larger community through master classes, Q&As, happy hours, and more.”
For information on the theater’s plans, go to dobama.org/2021-season.
*MILLENNIAL THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD
The Millennial Theatre Company, originally based out of the Akron Civic Theatre and now based in Warren, was formed four and a half years ago to engage younger people as both performers and audiences. Like all theater groups, it’s been forced to punt to delivering its work virtually. It’s currently preparing an online production of Songs for A New World, featuring a large cast of vocalists.
They wanted to do something special to mark this period of time, so the production will feature a song in memory of those who have lost their lives to Covid-19. They’re asking people to send them the names of their friends and relatives who have died, whom they will honor by showing their names and photos during this song. They’re hoping to make people more aware of the impact that the pandemic has had and drive home the fact that, far from being a “hoax,” it’s impacted the lives of people we know. Send names and photos to millennialtheatrecompany@gmail.com by Thursday October 1.
*GREAT LAKES THEATER TO STREAM GHOST LIGHT – A VIRTUAL CABARET
Great Lakes Theater (GLT) will present Ghost Light – A Virtual Cabaret Fundraiser on Saturday, October 24 @ 7:30pm. The event will afford participants an opportunity to see their favorite Great Lakes Theater artists performing Broadway showstoppers and more from the comfort of their own home. Featuring a mix of songs and stories, the event will entertain and explore “things that haunt” — including “spooky” bits of Hanna Theatre history.
Complete details and tickets are available online at greatlakestheater.org/ghostlightcabaret.
*CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS STREAM ODE TO JOY
More than 100 members of The Cleveland Orchestra and Cleveland Orchestra Chorus performed Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” from his Ninth Symphony in 16 iconic public spaces across Greater Cleveland this summer. The Beethoven 9 Project, a video featuring “Ode to Joy,” shares the beauty of Cleveland and the joy of music during this challenging time brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic. It was posted on The Cleveland Orchestra’s Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube channels on September 24.
Local locations used for the filming include the steps of Severance Hall, Blossom Music Center, Cleveland Botanical Garden, Holden Arboretum, the Lake Erie shore, historic League Park, Progressive Field, the Cleveland Museum of Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland Metroparks’s polo fields, Soldiers and Sailors Memorial at Public Square, and President Garfield’s tomb in Lake View Cemetery.
The project can be seen at Cleveland Bachs.