FLOYD COLLINS, EQUUS and More on Tap for Blank Canvas Theatre's 2017 Season

Blank Canvas Theatre is dedicated to inspiring a new love for those new to theatre in the Cleveland community, while providing another quality venue for those who already love the arts.

The annual season is diverse, designed to attract many different types of theatre-goers - whether you prefer American classics, new works, off-beat musicals, drama, or comedy, you'll find something to enjoy at Blank Canvas Theatre; all at an affordable price! BCT is one of the most inexpensive professional theaters in town.

This season's main shows range from pop-culture horror to classic. Yet to be announced is our Factory Series. This series of shows focuses on new locally written plays while giving the opportunity for local actors, directors, designers, and writers a chance to collaborate on Cleveland premieres and new works. This year's Factory Series will be announced in the coming weeks.

Show Times: Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm. Sundays at 7pm. Tickets: $18. To purchase tickets visit www.blankcanvastheatre.com or call (440)-941-0458. All seating is general seating. Convenient FREE on-site parking is available.

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Floyd Collins

Book by Tina Landau

Music and Lyrics by Adam Guettel

Additional Lyrics by Tina Landau

March 10 - 25

Directed by Patrick Ciamacco

Music Direction by Matt Dolan

A hauntingly beautiful musical, based on a true story. In 1925, while chasing a dream of fame and fortune by turning a Kentucky cave into a tourist attraction, Floyd Collins himself became the attraction when he got trapped 200 feet underground. Alone but for sporadic contact with the outside world, Floyd fought for his sanity and ultimately his life as the rescue effort above exploded into the first genuine media circus. Reporters and gawkers from across the country descended on the property, fueling the hysteria and manipulating the nation into holding its collective breath. This haunting musical - one of the most acclaimed in recent years - tells the transcendent tale of a true American dreamer.

Picasso at the Lapine Agile

By Steve Martin

June 9 - 24

Directed by Jonathan Kronenberger

Picasso at the Lapin Agile is a magical look into an imagined conversation between two minds that had a powerful impact on the shape of the 20th century and those lucky enough to have been there to witness it in a neighborhood bar in Paris in 1903. It brings to life Einstein and Picasso, still in their early twenties, as they debate the meaning of art, the power of thought and the essence of everything. Einstein is still toiling in his job at the patent office but is looking for a publisher for his Theory of Relativity, and Picasso is on the verge of painting his revolutionary Les Demoiselles dAvignon.

Written by celebrated comedian and actor Steve Martin, this play is comical and deep, moving and sometimes absurdist, and a profound and rewarding journey for the audience.

Equus

By Peter Shaffer

August 11 - 26

Directed by Patrick Ciamacco

DR. Martin Dysart, a psychiatrist, is confronted with Alan Strang, a boy who has blinded six horses in a violent fit of passion. This very passion is as foreign to Dysart as the act itself. To the boy's parents it is a hideous mystery; Alan has always adored horses. To Dysart it is a psychological puzzle that leads both doctor and patient to a complex and disturbingly dramatic confrontation.

*This show contains adult content and nudity.

2017 Blank Canvas Theatre Benefit

September 2

This concert is dedicated to raising money for Blank Canvas Theatre. This ONE-NIGHT event will feature hors d'oeuvres and music from 7:00 to 7:50 pm, followed by an 8:00 pm performance by some of Cleveland's most talented actor-singers!

We'll also have amazing raffle baskets donated by Cleveland's finest merchants - purchase raffle tickets for $1, and you could win an amazing prize package!

The Rocky Horror Show

Book, Music and Lyrics by Richard O'Brien

October 6 - 28

Directed by Patrick Ciamacco

Music Direction by Brad Wyner

Choreography by Katie Zarecki

Brad and Janet are an innocent young couple who run into some car trouble and decide to ask the inhabitants of a creepy castle for some help. Little do they know one of those inhabitants, Dr. Frank N. Furter, is bent on world domination and creating the "perfect man." They are soon to be dragged into his unusual and nefarious plans in this campy and fun classic rock musical send-up of 1950s science fiction films. Featuring a rock soundtrack, this unique musical will both involve the audience and whip them into a frenzy.

*This show contains adult language and content.

Urinetown

Music and Lyrics by Mark Hollmann

Book and Lyrics by Greg Kotis

December 1 -16

Directed by Patrick Ciamacco

Music Direction by Matthew Dolan

Choreography by Katie Zarecki

In a Gotham-like city, a terrible water shortage, caused by a 20-year drought, has led to a government-enforced ban on private toilets. The citizens must use public amenities, regulated by a single malevolent company that profits by charging admission for one of humanity's most basic needs. Amid the people, a hero decides that he's had enough and plans a revolution to lead them all to freedom!

Winner of three Tony Awards, three Outer Critics Circle Awards, two Lucille Lortel Awards and two Obie Awards, Urinetown is an hilarious musical satire of the legal system, capitalism, social irresponsibility, populism, bureaucracy, corporate mismanagement, municipal politics and musical theatre itself! Hilariously funny and touchingly honest, Urinetown provides a fresh perspective on one of America's greatest art forms.

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