The Bodwin Theater
Kevin Cronin Cleveland, Ohio Attorney
Priceless Theatre … Absolutely Free!
Bodwin Theatre Company is dedicated to showcasing Cleveland’s vastly rich theatrical talent in the greatest Classical and Contemporary plays ever written. Our emphasis is on the actor and the performance — all the excitement of live theatre begins and ends here. We strive not just to entertain, but to thrill and astonish, to create an experience that will stay with an audience long after the house lights have come up and the exit doors opened. We strive to put a human face on this most human of arts, knowing that the pulse of an actor’s performance is the heartbeat of truly great theater.
Come share the exhilaration of it all with us!
Unleashing Creativity
From pundits to populace, everybody seems to agree that Northeast Ohio needs to step out in a new direction, using the creative arts to drive an economic resurgence. Read about successful government incentives used elsewhere to encourage film, TV and video production and build a creative economy. Visit our friends at Community Partnership for Arts and Culture and Cuyahoga Arts and Culture, which have developed a number of exciting arts initiatives.
Introducing Bodwin Theatre
From pundits to populace, everybody seems to agree that Northeast Ohio needs to step out in a new direction, using the creative arts to drive an economic resurgence. Read about successful government incentives used elsewhere to encourage film, TV and video production and build a creative economy. Visit our friends at Community Partnership for Arts and Culture and Cuyahoga Arts and Culture, which have developed a number of exciting arts initiatives.
Peter Manos
Artistic Director
Peter Manos, Artistic Director, has been a director, playwright and actor in New York and regionally, prior to returning home to Cleveland. In New York, Peter was a successful writer and actor. His dramatic interpretation of Anthony Hope’s The Prisoner of Zenda was presented at Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey and his play, Colonel Chabert, based on the Balzac short story, was a runner-up at the L. Arnold Weisberger New Dramatist Competition and was presented at New York’s Ensemble Studio Theatre. His Pastoral Symphony, inspired by the Andre Gide novelette, was given a workshop production at the Lamb’s Theatre in New York and was awarded a Pilgrim Excellence in the Arts grant. His revolutionary War drama, Silkie, was a finalist in the National Playwrights Award. In Cleveland, his works have appeared at the Cleveland Public Theater and Great Lakes Theater Festival. Additionally, Peter performed at the US premiere of Brecht’s Roundheads and Pointheads Off Broadway and won a Best Actor Award at the Quebec Drama Festival. His play about the Civil Rights movement, Walk, Don’t Ride, continues to be performed by schools and professional groups around the country and is published by Dramatic Publishing, Inc. Peter recently completed his PhD studies in American history at University of Akron.
Sandra Manos
Artistic Associate Director
Sandra Manos is Bodwin’s Artistic Associate Director, appearing at left in a production of Steel Magnolias. She has acted locally at Dobama Theatre, as well as Bodwin, and performed numerous roles Off Broadway and in the New York region. Sandra studied at the National Shakespeare Conservatory in New York. She performed in Dobama Theatre’s The Waiting Room, Crossroads Dancing, The Heart Rising and at The Jewish Community Center’s Judah’s Daughter. For Bodwin, her roles have included Gertrude in Hamlet, Lady Macbeth in Macbeth, Mrs. Alving in Ibsen’s Ghosts, Eleanor of Acquitaine in The Lion in Winter, Jocasta in Oedipus Rex, Amanda Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie and Rosine in Colonel Chabert.
Kevin Cronin
Managing Director
Kevin Cronin is Bodwin’s managing director, as well as promoter and actor. A lawyer in private practice, Cronin assists writers in the production of their works worldwide, represents children in Juvenile Court and promotes and protects the rights of cyclists. Cronin appeared on stage at the Play House in Marigold Wars by Robin Van Lear, as part of the Cleveland Play House 2011 Fusion Fest. Cronin’s commitment to government and reform has contributed to a number of Bodwin productions addressing civil rights in the US and human rights internationally. In 2002, Cronin was a local producer of Aristophanes’ Lysistrata, part of world-wide readings of the classic Greek tale of war and resistance, at the outset of the wars in the Middle East. The Lysistrata Project generated more than 800 readings of the play, in nearly every country of the world.
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