Mamaí Theatre Company Closes its 2016 Season with THE WOMAN HATER

Mamaí Theatre Company Closes its 2016 Season with the U.S. Premiere of Fanny Burney's THE WOMAN HATER!

AUGUST 18­-SEPTEMBER 4

An absurdly satirical indictment of the excesses of both men and women, this 1802 comedy remained unproduced until 2003. When Sir Roderick is jilted by Lady Smatter, he proclaims himself a woman­hater and is determined to keep his young heir away from the opposite sex. Identities are mistaken, social pretensions are deliciously exposed, and the gender constructs of wifely and daughterly duties are boldly upended - bringing forth a new kind of heroine.

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Mamaí Theatre Company ?was co­founded in 2010 by Bernadette Clemens, Wendy Kriss, Christine McBurney, and Derdriu Ring. Mamaí (pronounced Mah' may) is the Gaelic word for "mother." Four working mothers, theatre artists, colleagues, and friends arrived at a place where it was time to create opportunities for themselves and their community. "Don't wait to create" became the inspiration for Mamaí Theatre Company.

Our mission is to create intelligent, relevant classical theatre that offers an artistic home for Cleveland's theatre artists, and equal opportunity for women in the professional theatre community.

In 2013 The Plain Dealer announced, "Mamaí Theatre Company...has made a howling entrance onto the city's artistic scene" and named their inaugural production, Medea, a top­10 theatre event of the year. In 2014 LandofCleve.net added, "In only a few short years, Mamaí Theatre Company has established themselves as a major player in the Cleveland theatre community." In 2015, Cleveland critics lauded Mamaí with a total of