A Bawdy, Boozy, Over the Top Holiday Cabaret With The Lovable Loush Sisters Announced

Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is proud to present the return of The Loush Sisters - a martini-loving, naughty-but-nice-comedic duo - in their latest original show, The Loush Sisters get HARD for the Holidays (Yippie-Kai-Yay Mother-Loushers). The production is onstage from November 24 through December 17 at CPT's historic Gordon Square Theatre.

This holiday season, the infamous sisters are BACK! This time, taking matters into their own hands... wink wink. Join Holly and Jolly Loush (aka The Loush Sisters) for their deeply anticipated return to the stage in a bawdy, boozy, over-the-top holiday cabaret. Fueled by song, sidekicks and a hefty dose of "holiday cheer," The Loush Sisters battle villains and attempt to avert disaster in this radical satirization of America's favorite holiday classic... Die Hard. Recommended for mature audiences.

Created and performed by Conway and Wood (with co-creator Michael Seevers, Jr.), "The Loush Sisters" made their first major onstage appearance in 2011 in a ribald one-act called The Loush Sisters: Making the Yuletide Gay and returned in 2013 with a full-length work entitled The Loush Sisters DO the Nutcracker, and a full-length production in 2015 entitled The Loush Sisters Love Dick'ns: Great Expectations.

Cast and Crew of The Loush Sisters get HARD for the Holidays

The cast includes Liz Conway, Beth Wood (as Holly & Jolly Loush) and Sheffia Randall Dooley* (as Butter Rum), with a supporting cast, including Ryan Edlinger, Brian O. Jackson, Colleen McCaughey, Brian Pedaci, Hillary Wheelock and Jennifer Woda. *Actor appears courtesy of Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers.

The Loush Sisters get HARD for the Holidays (Yippie-Kai-Yay Mother-Loushers) was created by Liz Conway, Michael Seevers, Jr. and Beth Wood. The creative production team includes Beth Wood (Director), Michael Seevers, Jr. (Associate Director, Music Director & Choreographer), Sarah Lynne Bailey (Stage Manager), Kasey Gilder (Sound Designer), Kerry McCarthy (Costume Designer), Buck McDaniel (Pianist) and Ryan T. Patterson (Scenic Designer).

The Loush Sisters get HARD for the Holidays (Yippie-Kai-Yay Mother-Loushers) (November 24 - December 17, 2017) previews November 24, 25, & 30 (no show November 26). Press Night is Friday, December 1 and the show runs through Sunday, December 17. Performances are Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights at 7:30pm in CPT's historic Gordon Square Theatre, located at 6415 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44102, in the heart of the Gordon Square Arts District.

Tickets are $20-45. Premium tickets are $25 (Thu/Sun) and $45 (Fri/Sat) - and include cabaret seating and table service. General admission is $20 (Thu/Sun) and $40 (Fri/Sat). Previews are $20 for General admission and $25 for Premium seating. Students/Seniors receive $3 off on Friday and Saturday nights.

EARLY BIRD & GROUP DISCOUNTS are available. Purchase tickets before November 15 for $5 off each ticket. Groups of 8 or more receive 20% off each table plus 2 complimentary bottles of wine.

PURCHASE TICKETS at www.cptonline.org or call the CPT Box Office at (216) 631-2727 x 501. (Reserve early! - CPT never charges any ticket fees, ever.)

The Gordon Square Theatre is ADA compliant, featuring a ramped entrance and an all gender, wheelchair accessible restroom.

Every Friday is Free Beer Friday at CPT. Mingle with the artists after the show and discuss the performance in a lively, social atmosphere - your drinks are on CPT.

LIZ CONWAY (Co-Creator / Holly Loush) Liz Conway is back at CPT as part of the infamous Loush Sisters. She is proud to call CPT her artistic home and has performed on their stage in a variety of productions, including all previous Loush Sisters iterations and the award-winning in a word. She has worked with many theatres in Northeast Ohio including convergence-continuum, Beck Center for the Arts, Great Lakes Theater and Lakeland Civic Theatre. She is the board chair of Talespinner Children's Theatre, the only professional children's theatre in Cleveland, and neighbor in the Gordon Square Arts District.

MICHAEL SEEVERS, JR. (Co-Creator / Associate Director / Music Director / Choreographer) Michael began his college studies as a Spanish Education major at Bowling Green State University and switched his major to Theatre Management at Baldwin Wallace College. Michael is a classically trained pianist, as well as a singer, dancer and actor. He has performed, in all capacities, all over Northeast Ohio. He won a best lead actor award for his work as Sparky in Forever Plaid. Michael was Carlo Cannoli in Tony n' Tina's Wedding for a year at the Hanna Theatre. In 2000, he became "Mr. Bitch" in Cleveland Public Theatre's wildly successful two-season run of Hedwig and the Angry Inch; culminating in the Original Cleveland Cast Recording. In 2003, during Mrs. Bob Cratchet's Wild Christmas Binge at CPT, he met cast members Beth Wood and Liz Conway and the Spleeny Sisters were born - later changing the name to "The Loush Sisters (that's loose and lush, but fancy)" for their 2011 Playhouse Square one-act production.

BETH WOOD (Co-Creator / Jolly Loush / Director / CPT Associate Artistic Director) Beth Wood joined the CPT staff in 2007. A director, actress, administrator, designer, educator and theatre technician, she holds a BA in Communications and Theatre from John Carroll University. As a director of adventurous scripted work, she has been honored as a director of superior achievement by the Cleveland Critics Circle in 2016, 2015 and 2013, and has directed 14 productions, including five world premieres and seven regional premieres, during her ten-year tenure at CPT. In 2017, Beth was selected as a finalist for the National Directing Fellowship. In addition to her directing work, Beth supports four New Play Development series that invest in outside-the-mainstream work and the artistic growth of Northeast Ohio creators. In 2016, she was awarded a TCG Leadership U[niversity] Continuing Ed grant to research long-term new play development models across the country. Beth also produces large-scale community events for CPT, including Station Hope - an annual community event featuring over 200 artists performing original work inspired by issues of freedom and justice at Cleveland's first authenticated Underground Railroad site. Her CPT directing credits include Lines in the Dust by Nikkole Salter, the NNPN Rolling World Premiere of in a word by Lauren Yee, There Is a Happiness That Is by Mickle Maher, Barbecue and Antebellum by Robert O'Hara, FEVER/DREAM by Sheila Callaghan, Why Torture is Wrong and the People Who Love Them by Christopher Durang and BOOM by Peter Sinn Nachtrieb. In addition to her work with scripted productions, Beth co-creates and directs original plays based on a comedic singing duo, The Loush Sisters, for Playhouse Square in 2011 and CPT in 2013, 2015 and 2017. Beth's CPT acting credits include Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Mrs. Bob Cratchet's Wild Christmas Binge, A Bright Room Called Day, Fefu and Her Friends, The Rocky Horror Show, Our Town, Pulp, Matt & Ben, Anna Bella Eema (co-production with Theater Ninjas), Open Mind Firmament, Don't Call Me Fat, Akarui, Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays, Earth Plays, The Loush Sisters DO the Nutcracker, The Loush Sisters Love Dick'ns: Great Expectations and Mr. Burns - A Post-Electric Play. A former Actor-Teacher for Great Lakes Theater, Beth has taught a variety of theatre and acting courses throughout Northeast Ohio, and has served as the Technical Director for John Carroll University, Lakeland Theatre and Stecrafters.

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