Photo Flash: First Look at Cleveland Public Theatre's YA MAMA

Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is proud to present Ya Mama! The production is onstage from October 11 - 27, 2018, in CPT's Gordon Square Theatre.

Ya Mama! is the autobiographical story of a young Afro-Creole girl losing a mother, gaining a stepmother, and becoming a mother-all while being an artist. Set in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans, we journey from the schoolyard to the delivery room, from the edge of sanity to pure joy, from devastation to hope. As Nina grapples with the loss of her mother to suicide, moves to a home where she feels she doesn't belong, and watches New Orleans fight to survive in the wake of Katrina, audiences are reminded of the incredible resilience of the human spirit. Ya Mama! is an intimate story of struggle and triumph, loss and love. First developed and produced in 2011, Ya Mama! is a CPT classic.

Ya Mama! is performed and was written by Nina Domingue* and directed by Nathan Henry. The creative production team includes Raymond Bobgan - Producer; Beth Wood - Line Producer; Tyree Franklin - Stage Manager; Inda Blatch-Geib - Scenic Designer; Monique Cuyler - Lighting & Sound Designer; Bill Ransom - Percussionist/Composer; Kenya Woods - Chroeographer & Movement Coach; Technical Director - Dan Schumacher; Dred Geib - Assistant Scenic Designer; Chialla Geib - Scenic Artist.

*Actor appears courtesy of Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

Tickets are $15-25. Students/Seniors receive $5 off on Friday and Saturday nights. Preview, Thursdays, and Mondays are $15.

PURCHASE TICKETS at www.cptonline.org or call the CPT Box Office at 216.631.2727 ext. 501. Group discounts are available-call the Box Office to inquire. (Reserve early! - CPT never charges any ticket fees, ever.)

Photo Credit: Steve Wagner