Thu 10/24-Sat 11/9
Boston-based emerging playwright Francisca da Silveira workshopped her play, Not-For-Profit: Or the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Play, back in 2019. Now Cleveland Public Theatre will present a fully staged version of the work, co-directed by Paige Conway and Jeannine Gaskin.
The satirical play sends up cliched behavior and ideas from the world of today’s social justice nonprofits. The synopsis tells us, “It’s a typical day for the employees of RiseUp, an education nonprofit focused on urban youth mentorship. Interim CEO Lisa is dealing with un-woke board members who can’t remember what organization they’re supporting, Gen X Melissa is trying to use the latest Gen Z slang in a sentence, Kiki thinks they’re being held back because they go by “they,” Nadine is too lazy to call IT even though she hasn’t received an email in a month, “cultural” consultant Nick is a total FREE-gan who spends most of the day raiding the staff lunch room for freebies, and Alkanna’s got the tea-flavored Lacroix on everybody.”
Follow these six characters as they grapple with the conflicts between their stated mission and trying to deal with real life. The cast includes Diwe Augustin-Glave, Alexandrea Decatur-Benally, Jeannine Gaskin, Rachel Lee Kolis, Michael J. Montanus and Sydney Smith, with cameo appearances by Cindy Marx, Joanne Montagner-Hull and Dan Petricig.
The show runs Thursdays-Saturdays @ 7pm and Sunday October 27 and November 3 @ 3pm. While opening night is October 26, there are preview performances October 24 and 25. The November 7 performance will include a post-show talkback about Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in the nonprofit sector. All tickets are “choose what you pay.” Get them here.
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Cleveland, OH 44102