Our mission is to offer the youth of eastern Cuyahoga and western Geauga counties a place where they can experience the joys of performing live theatre in a nurturing and supportive environment. It is a place where the youth build a community of support and caring.

Directors

The directors are Jill and Bob Pappenhagen and a cast of a few. Jill has a BA in Music from Ohio Wesleyan University and a Masters of Vocal performance from The Cleveland Institute of Music. Bob has a BA degree in Technical Theatre from Ohio Wesleyan University.

Performance Information

MYTheatre will present I Never Saw Another Butterfly, based on a collection of works of art and poetry by Jewish children who lived in the concentration camp Theresienstadt. This book is named after a poem by one of the children, Pavel Friedmann.
May 6, 7, 8 at 7:30PM. Tickets are only $5.00

In the News

www.clevelandjewishnews.com/articles/2010/04/30/news/local/doc4bd9fba7ea4d7653776646.txt(the Cleveland Jewish News, April 30, 2010)

www.news-herald.com/articles/2010/05/01/life/nh2425217.txt
(the News-Herald, May 1, 2010)

Auditions

For our fall production will be announced later in the year. They are open to all youth ages 5th - 12th grade

Box office

Tickets and other information can be obtained by the receptionist calling Mayfield United Methodist Church at 440-729-4006. All seats are reserved and tickets are only $5.00 for everyone over 2. Free child care will be available for all performances. Please let us know at the time of ticket purchase of the ages and numbers of children you would like to leave in our care so we may provide adequate supervision.

Directions

MY Theatre is a ministry of Mayfield United Methodist Church. Our productions are staged in the main worship center. We are located at the corner of Caves and Mayfield Roads in Chesterland, Ohio.

History

Founded in the fall of 2005, we have staged several productions. Our first piece was “Godspell Jr” in the fall of 2005. Next we produced the liturgical drama “Were You There” for Maundy Thursday of 2006. Our last production for our opening season was a pair of one acts – “Voice of the Prairie – the Laura Ingalls Wilder Story” and “The Shining Moment”

Our second season opened with “Cinderella” and closed with “James and the Giant Peach”.

Our third season opened with “You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown” and ended with two fairy tales - with a twist: "The Prince Who Wouldn't Talk" by James Brock and "Mother Goose is Eaten by Werewolves" by Steph DeFerie.

We opened our fourth season with "Honk!", a musical comedy based on the Ugly Duckling.

On Feb. 28, 2010, members of the MyTheatre group visited the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage to hear Holocaust survivor Betty Gold. Gold was among 33 survivors from her town of 5,000 Jews. From age 12, Gold was on the run from the Nazis, living in the woods and in caves with her family. When the Germans would surround a group of Jews, her father would say, "Run! Some of you will escape!" She'd hear the bullets whiz by and see her friends drop. After the war, Gold discovered a cousin in America who brought her here. The museum visit was so the young actors could learn more about children and the Holocaust, which is the focus of their spring production, "I Never Saw Another Butterfly."

The play will be performed at 7:30 PM on Thursday, May 6, Friday, May 7, and Saturday, May 8, in the worship center. Mark your calendars now! MyTheatre cast members (left to right) Christina Schwarz, Becca Pappenhagen, Carolyn Matovina, Malik Akbar and (back) Emerson Schwarz and Nate Pappenhagen gather around Holocaust survivor Betty Gold during their visit to the Maltz Museum in Beachwood. Other members of the "I Never Saw Another Butterfly" cast are Jenny Brewer, Anna Sheridan, Nicole Insana, Mary Sheridan, Christian Schill, Andrea Kuchta and Jordan Miller.