SPARK Storytellers Take the Stage this Saturday, 11/11

Find your seat at the Trinity Playhouse this Saturday, November 11, 2023 to discover the joy of storytelling through SPARK- Stage Left friends who’ve met for six weeks to develop and share personal stories about “FOOD!” You’ll hear about the sweet traditions of “Grandpa’s Bread” and the secret wonders of “City Chicken” - All true stories told by your community neighbors… to the best of their recollections.

This event's storytellers include Celeste Baronzzi, Elaine Blose, Kandy Cleland, Gloria Mathews, Robin Tener and Scott Weingart. Come through the playhouse doors to experience how their stories SPARK fond memories and fun conversation.

Curious about SPARK Storytellers? Dive into our video and catch a sampling of past stories- real stories by real people in your community. Next, join us! Stories of “Food” 7 PM this Saturday, November 11, 2023. Admission is $10 and can be made online at https://www.stageleftplayers.org/ or at the door. Season Subscribers may use their Flex Passes for this event. Let the stories begin!

SPARK (Storytelling to Promote Acceptance, Respect & Kindness) is a Stage Left community outreach effort to promote the art of oral storytelling in Northeast Ohio and share personal stories that reflect the unique struggles and successes of the community. This project was made possible by a very generous donation from the Ohio Arts Council in 2022 which helped us launch SPARK by funding a coaching staff and resource development. Since that time, Stage Left Players have forged ahead with our Storytelling initiative and we’ve scheduled four events throughout our 2023-2024 season. Our community has embraced SPARK.

Artistic Director, Kandy Cleland explains-

“A caring family. A caring community. Both begin when we share and listen to each other’s stories. We’re experiencing that joy at the Trinity Playhouse through SPARK.”

Snap the Whip boys on the hunt!

Check out our hats! We’ve started costuming our terrific kidz who will play the pioneer boys in our November 17-19 production of “Snap the Whip!” These kids will make you laugh as armed with slingshots, they go hunting in the woods for the WILD game to add to Mamaw’s Dunn’s Brunswick Stew.

Make your online reservation now as tickets sell out quickly for our youth productions. https://www.stageleftplayers.org/

Playwrights and directors Kandy Cleland and Jodine Pilmer found inspiration in Winslow Homer’s painting to write a children’s musical set in 1850s Ohio. The story follows the challenges and joys of pioneer children throughout the seasons of a year. We begin in summer playfully scattering across a meadow in summer heat, and continue by making apple butter during fall harvest, battling winter storms and sickness, and rejoicing in a spring thaw.

Many thanks to the Ohio Arts Council for providing funding for this season’s Stage Left Youth Players’ productions.

Make & Take BOO-zy Truffles!

For over twenty years, we attributed any mysterious phenomena in our 1860’s church-turned-community-playhouse to our “mischievous ghost.”

When we power off the lights, they continue to cast colorful shadows across the stage floor. That’s our friendly ghost. When a prop goes missing and then reappears the next day. That’s our trickster ghost. But when the unlocked front doors refuse to open, the goosebumps appear and we use the backdoor… with caution. That’s our temperamental ghost.

After a cast member reported hearing a little girl crying just off-stage right and another witnessed a ghostly apparition fly across the balcony into the bell tower, we decided to take action. We invited paranormal investigator Lauren Glenn to use her ghost hunting methodology to explore the mysterious happenings at our playhouse.

Join us, if you dare, at 7 PM on Saturday, October 28th for our Boo-zy Truffle Fall FUNdraiser where Ms. Glenn will illuminate us with her findings while you make Boo-zy Bom Boms! Name your poison! Bourbon? Rum? Bailey's Irish Cream? Kahlua? White Wine? Red Wine? Or fruit juices for non-alcoholic truffles? You choose and Make & Take home your Boo-zy Truffles. Light refreshments will be served. We encourage you to bring sprinkles, nuts, sea salt to personalize your truffles.

$50 per person. Thank you for supporting your haunted community playhouse.The truffle boms are provided by Bom Parties who will donate their profits to provide art classes for people with disabilities.

25 participant limit for the event. Once we have 25 registered guests, registration will close. Reserve your place now online!