Cleveland Public Theatre in partnership with Thomas Jefferson International Newcomers Academy of the Cleveland Metropolitan School district presents

Global Teen Performance Project: Found in Flight

March 14 & 15

Teenagers from different corners of the world arrive at the airport ready to travel the globe, reunite with family, and make a new home. Flight delays and changing plans compel the travelers to reach out for help and find community in the kindness of strangers. In sharing their personal stories, they find they are not alone despite traveling to an unfamiliar country and being separated from family. Found in Flight, an original performance based on the experiences of 11 international teenagers from 7 countries, is a story of finding footing, forging new pathways, and discovering the power of friendship and family. Global Teen Performance Project participants risk by sharing their path while uncovering commonality as they look to each other for guidance and community.

 

Found in Flight features original stories and performances created by Global Teen Performance Project, students from Thomas Jefferson International Newcomers Academy, ages 14-19. This performance is the culmination of a rigorous and collaborative after-school rehearsal process between students and CPT teaching artists, with the support and involvement of the school’s teachers and staff. Together they have created an original work of theatre based on the students’ stories and cultures, and their experiences as newcomers in the U.S. Global Teen Performance Project seeks to enhance cross-cultural understanding among a diverse group of international teens and their new Cleveland community.

 

7:00pm, CPT’s James Levin Theatre.

Tickets: FREE

$5 suggested donation

 

The Creative Production Team:

Adam Seeholzer – Director & Program Manager

Lexy Lattimore – Assistant Director

Anastasía Urozhaeva – Teaching Artist

Inda Blatch-Geib – Costume & Scenic Designer

Val Kozlenko – Set Construction

 

For more information visit https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2018-2019/global-teen-performance-project/?dm_i=4W7A,4UH1,25E9R5,I80G,1