Talespinner 2019 Season
The 2019 season was announced at Harlequinade, our annual benefit event. Next year we visit Morocco, Norway, Nepal, Sweden, and ancient Assyria! Read More
Current Show
A Song in the Flame
Chanukah is a time of music, light, and celebration, but for best friends Esti and Leah, this year it is bittersweet, as they find out they will be separated across the still new country of Israel. Thanks to a magical tale, a menorah from the Old Country, and melodies that are even more ancient than Esti's Bubbe, the girls find a way to stay connected and remember each other's friendship whether their very different journeys take them to the city or through the desert, studying old traditions or learning new ways.
By Margi Herwald Zitelli
Directed by Alison Garrigan
- Saturday, November 24, 2PM & 7PM
- Sunday, November 25 2PM - Pay What You Can
- Friday, November 30, 7PM - Pay What You Can
- Saturday, December 1, 2PM & 7PM
- Sunday, December 2, 2PM
- Friday, December 7, 7PM - Pay What You Can
- Saturday, December 8, 2PM & 7PM
- Sunday, December 9, 2PM
- Friday, December 14, 7PM - Pay What You Can
- Saturday, December 15, 2PM & 7PM
- Sunday, December 16, 2PM
Current Season
The Oba Asks for a Mountain
(a Tale of Nigeria)
April 7-29
The Princess & the Nightingale
(a Tale of Thailand)
June 9 - July 1
The Boy Who Stole the Sun
(an Inuit Creation Tale)
September 15 - October 7
A Song in the Flame
(a Tale of Israel)
November 24 - December 16
Jan and the Trickster
(a Traveling Tale of Poland)
Traveling 2018
Latest News
Matching Funds Drive
TCT has an unprecedented opportunity to raise matching funds for up to $20,000--but we must meet the match by November 1st! Read More
Introducing our 2018 Harlequinade Honorees, Raymond Bobgan and Holly Holsinger
Raymond and Holly will be honored at our 2018 Harlequinade benefit on October 20, 2018. Read More
PLAYground 2018 winners and performance dates
The winning scripts and performance dates have been announced. Come to the staged readings and support our developing playwrights.
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Art of PLAY Registration Now Open
A series of workshops for adults, 18 and over, on how to create challenging, engaging, intelligent, and playful theatre. Registration for all sessions is now open.
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TCT's Pay What You Can program is now officially the Ohio Savings Pay What You Can Series
Ohio Savings Bank, an organization known for understanding the importance of the arts for children, has been a generous supporter of Talespinner Children's Theatre.
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TCT Founder and Executive Artistic Director Alison Garrigan Receives 2016 Creative Workforce Fellowship
The grant, awarded to 40 artists in Cuyahoga County in the disciplines of craft, dance, design, literature, media arts, music, theatre and visual arts each receive $15,000 in 2016 through the Creative Workforce Fellowship.
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