Cleveland Public Theatre to Stage World Premiere of FEEFER RISING

Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) Executive Artistic Director, Raymond Bobgan is proud to announce the world premiere of Feefer Rising, a solo performance by award-winning performer and installation artist Faye Hargate. Feefer Rising was co-created by Faye Hargate and Raymond Bobgan, and directed by Raymond Bobgan. The production previews December 3, 4, 5 and 10 before opening December 11 in CPT's Parish Hall venue, located at 6203 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland on the east end of the CPT campus.

About Feefer Rising

Sexuality and selfhood intertwine as a girl navigates the journey from pre-puberty through late adolescence. Woven with American pop references and personal narrative, Feefer Rising challenges a culture that alternately shames and sexualizes young women, proposing instead a murkier, more nuanced portrait of one girl's sexual coming-of-age. Conceived and performed by Faye Hargate, Feefer Rising follows the adolescent emergence of "Kit," a girl on the cusp of sexual maturity and vexed by the spirit of a maternal ancestor. With exacting physicality and theatrical precision, Hargate creates a vivid cast of supporting characters, including Kit's cruelly magnificent circle of girlfriends, feckless boys, an alluring field hockey coach and many others in a one-woman tour-de-force.

Faye Hargate (Co-Creator and Performer) is an installation artist, performer, educator and director. She creates new works, primarily working in devised theatre methods, and focuses on developing semiautobiographical pieces that explore female identity and the tensions between innocence, sexuality and power in American culture. She joined the CPT staff as the Education Associate in 2009, after working at the theatre as an independent artist since 2007. As Education Associate (and now Education Manager), Faye aids in the creation and production of the original, ensemble-driven theatre works created by CPT's core education programs. Collaborating with visual artist, Joan Hargate, Faye has led the creation of performance art installations: Royal Ann's Preserve, Echoless Shore and Fellsalie. Faye is a graduate of Ecole Jacques Lecoq (Paris, France), a professional theatre training program. She holds a BA degree from Bowdoin College (Brunswick, Maine) and trained with Cleveland's Inlet Dance Theatre.

Raymond Bobgan (Co-Creator and Director) is in his 10th season as Executive Artistic Director of CPT. Raymond specializes in working through an ensemble process to create new performances that are bold, multilayered and highly physical. In 2014 he became the first recipient of the Cleveland Arts Prize in the discipline of Theatre. Raymond's work has been seen in Romania, Brazil, Denmark, Serbia, 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 has created many works for CPT including: Rusted Heart Broadcast; Insomnia, with Holly Holsinger and Chris Seibert; Cut to Pieces, with Chris Seibert; Blue Sky Transmission: A Tibetan Book of the Dead, co-produced by CPT and La Mama ETC (NY); and The Confessions of Punch and Judy, co-produced by CPT, NaCl (NY) and Number 11 Theatre (Toronto), which was published in New Canadian Theatre Volume 9. Raymond is a two-time recipient of the Creative Workforce Fellowship (2010 for theatre, 2014 for music composition), a program of the Community Partnership for Arts and Culture funded by the Cuyahoga Arts and Culture.

Cast and Crew of Feefer Rising

Feefer Rising was created by Faye Hargate and Raymond Bobgan. The solo show is performed by Faye Hargate, with direction by Raymond Bobgan.

The production team includes Natalie Rosmarin (Stage Manager), Jess Haley (Costume Designer) and Matthew Ryals (Composer and Sound Designer), a 2015-2016 Kulas Foundation Theatre Composer Fellow.

Ticket & Show Information

Feefer Rising previews December 3, 4, 5 and 10. The production opens Friday, December 11 and runs through Saturday, December 19.

Performances are Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Monday nights at 7:00pm in CPT's Parish Hall venue, located on the Cleveland Public Theatre campus at 6203 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44102.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to the intimate nature of the venue, there is NO LATE SEATING for the performance.

Tickets are $12 - $25. Students/Seniors get $3 off on Friday and Saturday nights.

Thursdays, Mondays and all preview performances are $12. Fridays and Saturdays are $25.

Tickets are available at www.cptonline.org or by phone at (216) 631-2727 x 501. Group discounts available for 10+. Call to inquire.