New Stages 35 presents Shaker New Plays Series

The Shaker Heights High School Theatre Arts Department presents the thirty-fifth festival of new plays, written, directed, performed and co-produced by students, Stages 35: Shaker New Plays Series, March 15, 16, 17 & 18 at 7 PM with a 9:15 PM show on Friday, March 17 in our intimate black box theatre, Stage 3. Six one-act plays will be presented as part of a full season of theatrical events, which began with Urinetown and concludes with Nevermore: A Spring Ensemble Show, in April.

Two programs, part of our "Giving Voice" series, the Ninth Grade Theatre Experience and New Stages, have proven to be successful and enriching opportunities for the students and educators who have been a part of them. These programs utilize teachers within the school and artists within the greater community to foster a cooperative, creative environment in which students' ideas and writing are shaped into performed and published works.

"Giving Voice," celebrates these two programs and the processes which created them, has over the years, enjoyed success in multiple arenas: three major education conferences; dozens of productions at professional theatres including Cleveland's Dobama Theatre and The Blank Theatre in Los Angeles; and in 2016, publishing in A Race Anthology (GTK Press).

The New Stages 35 Bill

Aaah! The Floor Is Lava!
Written by Ruby Gibson '18
Directed by Sydney Keller '17
Assisted by Louis Schwartz '17
With: Anna Walker '18 and DJay Wilson '12

Arby's
Written by Nora Spadoni '17
Directed by Sheila Scanlon '17
Assisted by Simon Trubek-Pence '17
With: Jamie: Franklin Potiker '17
Mallory: Margaret Bartimole '18
Vida: Sarah Manuszak '17

I Spy
Written by Gus Mahoney '17
Directed by Isabela Carroll '18
Assisted by Noa Immerman '18
With: Farhaanah A. Alim '20 and Carl Berner '17

Out the Window
Written by Toni Watterson '18
Directed by Harlan Friedman-Romell '19
Assisted by Elena Sola '17
With: Sydney Fieseler '18 and Miles McCallum '19

Pass the Gravy
Written by Samira Colbert '18
Directed by Natalily Kyremes-Parks '19
Assisted by Connie Smith '19
Lillian Baum '17, Monet Bouie '19, BRian Johnson '17, and Rose McCandless '17

Yellow Buttons
Written by Olivia La Rue '19
Directed by Max Rotatori '17
Assisted by A'Dasia Hart '20
With: Anna Sternberg '18 and Izzy Wang '17

Hadas Marcus '17

Graphic Designer
Dialleta Wilson '17

Light Board Operator
Anna Halldorsdottir '17

Sound Board Operator
TBD!

Dramaturge
TBD!

Shift Crew
Allison Osborne-Nurse '18
Izzy Ilijasic '17
Kay Petrovic '18
Skylar Biggerman '19
Alicia Benson '20
Isaiah Steiner '19

Theatre Management Classes
Amelia Bayless-Marr '17
Sydney Blunt '18
Hallie Dial '19
Katherine Fridlund '18
Shemiah Hooper '19
Noa Immerman '18
Natalily Kyremes-Parks '19
Morgan Neeson '19
Allison Osborne-Nurse '18
Katja Rode '19
Sheila Scanlon '17

Tickets may be purchased at www.tix.shaker.com beginning March 8. Online sales will close at 1pm daily on each day of the production. Tickets may also be purchased at the box office one hour before each performance.

Please note that New Stages performances typically sell out, and due to the size of the space, there is no standing room. We request that you kindly return any unused tickets so that we may seat those on the waiting list. There are no refunds.

If you are a Patron at the Associate level, your two complimentary tickets can only be reserved by calling the Box Office at 295.4287 and leaving a voice mail for our Box Office Manager, Barrie Sandman. If you aren't already a Patron and would like to play a role for Shaker Theatre Arts, please call Department Chair Scott J. Sumerak at 216.295.6357or save this image of our Patron card, print, and mail your tax-deductible donation to:

Shaker Heights High School
Theatre Arts Department
Attn: Scott J. Sumerak, Dept. Chair
15911 Aldersyde Drive
Shaker Heights, OH 44120

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