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Siblings Vanya and Sonia are contentedly discontent to pass into their twilight years sipping coffee and watching for blue herons. However, their unremarkable but stable lives are about to be upended when their fading B-movie-star sister descends upon their quiet country home with a revelation—and sexy boy toy Spike—in tow. Existential, Chekhovian despair and family-squabbling has never been as funny as in Christopher Durang’s zany, Tony Award-winning comedy that questions our ability to age gracefully in an era of selfies and Twitter.
Toni DiBuono (Sonia). Photo credit: Roger Mastroianni
(Nina) is pleased to be making her Cleveland Play House debut. New York credits include Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, La MaMa E.T.C., Ensemble Studio Theatre, and the 52nd Street Project. Favorite regional theatre credits include The Guthrie Theater, La Jolla Playhouse, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Florida Studio Theatre and Theatre more
(Sonia) has appeared on Broadway in The Boys From Syracuse and Wonderful Town. Off Broadway credits include The Tiny Closet, Forbidden Hollywood, The Truth About Ruth, Bad Habits, Up Against It, Forbidden Broadway (Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards) and I Got Fired at the New York Musical more
(Playwright) Christopher Durang’s plays include A History of the American Film (Tony nomination, Best Book of a Musical), The Actor's Nightmare, Sister Mary Ignatius Explains it All For You (Obie Award, Off-Broadway run, 1981-83), Beyond Therapy (on Broadway in 1982, with Dianne Wiest and John Lithgow), Baby with the more
(Cassandra) has appeared on Broadway in A Streetcar Named Desire, Rent, Hairspray, Sunset Boulevard and Show Boat. Other New York credits include The Importance of Being Earnest, Civil War Voices, Two Gentlemen of Verona and Purlie. National credits include The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, The Lion King (Cheetah Tour), more
(Director) is probably best known for his work as co-adaptor, co-producer and director of Shear Madness, the popular comedy-whodunit which holds the distinction of being the longest running play in the history of the American theatre. The Boston Company recently celebrated its 35th year at the Charles Playhouse and more
(Masha) is perhaps best known as Shannon O'Hara McKechnie on As The World Turns, recurring on Law and Order: SVU, and from Seinfeld's “The Baby Shower.” An award-winning actor with a B.A. from U.C. Santa Cruz and an M.F.A. from Cornell University, Margaret has played Kate in The Taming more
(Vanya) has appeared at CPH in Vonya and Sonia and Masha and Spike and Company. He starred in the Broadway and film versions of Andrew Lloyd Webber's By Jeeves, written and directed by Sir Alan Ayckbourn. Other Broadway credits include Sunset Boulevard and Lovemusik, directed by Harold Prince. He more
(Spike) is making his Cleveland Play House debut. He most recently appeared at The Denver Center for the Performing Arts as Jack in Lord of the Flies. Gregory graduated from The Boston Conservatory. more
(Scenic Designer) is pleased to return to Cleveland Play House where he designed The Underpants, On Golden Pond, I Hate Hamlet, Rounding Third, Last Night of Ballyhoo and To Kill A Mockingbird. He designed A Walk in the Woods on Broadway, in Moscow and Vilnius; at City Center he more
(Stage Manager) was Cleveland Play House's resident stage manager from 2001 to 2008 and returned to CPH in the fall of 2011. "Most recently, John stage managed A New Brain at Barrington Stage Company. John has also stage managed at North Shore Music Theatre, Capital Repertory Theatre, The more
(Assistant Stage Manager) serves as an Assistant Professor for the School of Theatre and Dance at Kent State University, where he teaches courses in Stage Management, Production Management, Theatre Management, and an intro course to computing software for the theatre practitioner. Tom has been a part of the more
(Costume Designer) has designed The Misanthrope, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune and Conversations With My Father at Cleveland Play House. New York credits include The Norwegians, Becket, The Frogs, Uncle Vanya (Tom Courtenay, James Fox), Vieux Carré, The Seagull, Twelfth Night, A Midsummer more
(Sound Designer) has designed sound for many Cleveland Play House productions including The Good Peaches (world premiere), Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Breath and Imagination, Good People, The Devil’s Music: The Life and Blues of Bessie Smith, Bell, Book and Candle, The Game’s Afoot (world premiere), Bill more
(Lighting Designer) is pleased to be returning to Cleveland Play House where she designed Clybourne Park last season. Ann designed the Broadway production of Souvenir and was a Tony nominee for her work on Tony Award-winning August: Osage County, which she designed for Broadway, London, Sydney and the National more
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The Allen, Helen and Outcalt theatres are located at Playhouse Square
1407 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, OH 44115
Administrative Offices and Education Center
1901 E. 13th Street, Suite 200 Cleveland, OH 44114 (216) 400-7000
Production Center
7401 Detour Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44103