Akron Students to Perform “A Turn in the Night: Tornado Stories from Lake High School”
A dance-drama inspired by real events surrounding the tornado of June 5, 2010 in Millbury-Lake Township, Ohio, is the subject of a short play created by students of Firestone High School in Akron, Ohio, during their Full Contact: Center Stage School residency. Performances of A Turn in the Night take place in the Brooks Theatre at Cleveland Play House on April 1 and 2, 2011. Full Contact: Center Stage Schools is supported in part by The Abington Foundation.
“Students researched the play by reading news articles, watching YouTube videos and other media outlets. Some discussions and collaboration took place between the two high schools,” says Pamela DiPasquale, Director of Education for Cleveland Play House. Directing the play is CPH teaching artist Ellen Rooney. At Firestone High School, Mark Zimmerman heads up the Theater Program and Kelly Berick leads the Dance Program.
During Full Contact: Center Stage Schools, Cleveland Play House partners with select high schools for an entire season. This provides schools with an extraordinary in-depth relationship with a professional theatre. All students involved in Full Contact: Center Stage Schools can see CPH productions, participate in CPH programs, receive playwriting residencies, and see their work showcased at CPH in the culminating event of the program: the Center Stage Schools New Play Festival.
