Rheinberger Auditorium - 5209 Detroit Ave.

- Cleveland, Ohio 44102

talespinnerchildrenstheatre.org

MEDIA RELEASE
Contact:
Devon Turchan, Director of Marketing
Talespinner Childrens Theatre
440.897.5927
dt.talespinnerchildrenstheatre@gmail.com

Cheryl Carter, Managing Director

ChamberFest Cleveland
2016.471.8887
cheryl@chamberfestcleveland.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ChamberFest Cleveland And Talespinner Childrens Theatre collaborate on SOLDIERS TALE
WHO: Talespinner Childrens Theatre (TCT), located at 5209 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH
44102, and ChamberFest Cleveland, the celebrated summer music festival founded by Franklin
Cohen, principal clarinetist emeritus of The Cleveland Orchestra, and his daughter, Diana
Cohen, concertmaster of The Calgary Philharmonic, collaborate on a production of Stravinskys
LHistoire du Soldat (A Soldiers Tale), which marks the closing night of ChamberFest
Clevelands upcoming fifth season, Tales and Legends, followed by a closing night party with
Mitchells ice cream.
WHEN: Saturday, July 2 at 7:30pm, tickets are on sale May 1 at chamberfestcleveland.com
WHERE: Maltz Performing Arts Center, 1855 Ansel Road, Cleveland, OH 44106
WHAT: Set against the dazzling backdrop of the Maltz Performing Arts Center, A Soldiers Tale ,
played by an eight-piece chamber ensemble, will feature life-size puppetry designed and acted
by puppeteers from TCT, with puppets built by respected Cleveland performance scene
veteran and Cuyahoga County's Community Partnership for Arts and Culture (CPAC) 2016
Creative Workforce Fellow Alison Garrigan. The performance will also feature state of the art
video mapping technology created by ChamberFest production manager and accomplished
stage professional, T. Paul Lowry. Noted local actress, Dorothy Silver will join the cast as the
narrator. This special production of LHistoire du Soldat is not to be missed, and free for youth
17 and under. This performance is recommended for youth 10 to 17.
Featuring more than thirty world-renowned artists, ChamberFest Cleveland will take place at 11
venues throughout the Greater Cleveland area from June 16 through July 2, 2016. Festivalgoers will be treated to a myriad of musical offerings taking its audience on journeys of the
fantastical, mystical, and obsessive.

Talespinner Children's Theatre is a Cleveland-based company that develops and produces

highly imaginative, original, collaborative and interactive professional works for children that
also stimulate creative growth in its artists. At any time, these pieces may involve acting, dance,
music, puppetry, tumbling, drumming, and numerous other artistic disciplines as imagined by
the artistic teams working with and for TCT, and are open to all creative possibility. TCT's aim is
to bring theatre to the community in its fullest form providing excitement, growth and joy for
all who are involved in and/or touched by its work.
TCT strives to reach across socio-economic, cultural and traditional boundaries to help awaken
and bring better understanding by opening eyes, ears, hearts and imaginations in the young
people (and artists) of Cleveland and its surrounds.
TCT creates work that remembers that children are smaller people, not lesser people.
To purchase subscriptions or individual tickets, visit: www.chamberfestcleveland.com or call
(216) 471-8887. For more information on Talespinner Childrens Theatre visit
www.talespinnerchildrenstheatre.org.
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