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A young girl loses her mother as she stands on the precipice of adulthood. A visitor arrives who brings hope and, all at once, an event that should shatter her stands to make her stronger. Young Ruth takes advice from an older version of herself helping to guide her as she changes the world. The Prospect of Equality presents Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s story as we would often wish to see our own, with advice from our older selves,
telling us that the fight ahead will truly one day be worth the struggle.  * World Premiere NEW Play!

Directed by Celeste Cosentino. | Notre Dame College Performing Arts Center. | May 24-June 9, 2024

The Prospect of Equality will have staged readings through out the 23/24 season. Stay tuned for dates/times!

 

Stay Tuned for more information on our additional programs! (Free for members!)

Episode 4 coming in Oct/Nov 2024!

 

EARLIER THIS SEASON:

The world is getting hotter, there’s unrest overseas—the seas themselves aren’t very calm—and one couple is thinking about having a child. Lungs is a smart and funny drama that follows a couple through the surprising lifecycle of their relationship, as they grapple with questions of family and change, hope, betrayal, happenstance, and the terrible pain that you can only cause the people you love.

Directed by Becca Moseley
Notre Dame Performing Arts Center Sept 8-24, 2023

John and Winston are black political prisoners in South Africa, spending their days at hard labor and their evenings rehearsing Sophocles' ‘Antigone’. Though the two men are deeply bonded to one another, their friendship is tested when John discovers that his most recent appeal was successful, while Winston is still looking at years of brutal incarceration ahead. A profile on the depth of human resilience in the face of unspeakable injustice and racism.. 

Directed by Sarah May
Notre Dame College Performing Arts Center | Oct 27-Nov 12, 2023

Mother Courage was first performed in Zurich in 1941 and is usually seen as Brecht's greatest work. Remaining a powerful indictment of war and social injustice, it is an epic drama set during the Thirty Years' War. The plot follows the resilient Mother Courage who survives by running a commissary business that profits from all sides. As the war claims all of her children in turn, the play poignantly demonstrates that no one can profit from the war without being subject to its terrible cost also.

Co-Directed by Ian Wolfgang Hinz & Becca Moseley
Notre Dame College Performing Arts Center | Feb 9-25, 2024

The cast of local performers, who are onstage for the entire performance, often sitting within the audience or perched on various parts of the set, is headed by Laura Rauh, as Mother Courage.  She gives a mesmerizing performance. She controls the stage with her emotional involvement in creating a self-denying strong woman who knows what must be done to survive and does it.
–Cool Cleveland

Ensemble Theatre completed its first Colombi New Plays Festival since the pandemic!!
3 weekends, 3 locations, 17 plays, and 45 artists.
This years festival will took place at Notre Dame College, Disciples Christian Church and John Carroll University!

March 29 & 30th took place in the Performing Arts Center at Notre Dame College.
April 5th, 6th & 7th took place in the Sanctuary of Disciples Christian Church.
April 12th, 13th & 14th @ took place in The Marinello Little Theatre @ JCU!