Name: Master Class B: Theatre and Community Voices; Tackling ACES and Strengthening Communities Through Their Own Stories
Start: 2025-07-24T13:00:00-0400
End: 2025-07-24T16:00:00-0400

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Thursday July 24, 2025 1:00pm - 4:00pm EDT

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Join internationally renowned playwright José Cruz Gonzales & award-winning playwright Eric Schmiedl discuss their latest collaboration The Throwaways a community-based project focused on the impact of parental incarceration currently being workshopped at Clevland Play House as part of their Family Theatre pillar of education. The Cleveland Play House Family Theatre program focuses on bringing adverse childhood events (ACES) to light is a gentle way that begins a dialogue on resiliency and healing.

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José Cruz González

José Cruz González's plays include The Throwaways (Cleveland Play House), If by Chance (South Coast Repertory), The Extraordinary ZLuna Captures the World (DCPA Theatre Company), Under a Baseball Sky (Old Globe), American Mariachi (14 regional theater productions), Sunsets & Margaritas... Read More →

Eric Schmiedl

Eric Schmiedl is a native of Cleveland, Ohio, and a graduate of Kent State University and the University of Hawai’i. As a theatre artist he is inspired by the intersection of cultures and stories. He has worked with theatres around the country including the Denver Center for the... Read More →

Thursday July 24, 2025 1:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
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José Cruz González

Eric Schmiedl

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