Performance Dates: July 2 - July 4

History has never been this ridiculous nor this fun! It’s 1876, and Alexander Graham Bell and his archrival, Elisha Gray, compete to save the world from the tyranny of telegraphs. Toiling in their laboratories, skullduggery ensues as the inventors go to extraordinary lengths in their absurd quest for legacy. Who will claim the title? Stranger-than-fiction, Ahoy-Hoy is a deliriously unhinged gallop through the (mostly) true tale of the invention of the telephone.

Content Advisory: This reading includes occasional strong language and mild sexual content. Recommended for audiences ages 13 and older. 

*The noted Actors & Stage Manager are members of the Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States.

Actors’ Equity Association, founded in 1913, represents more than 49,000 actors and stage managers in the United States. Equity seeks to advance, promote, and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions, providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO, and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. The Equity emblem is our mark of excellence. www.actorsequity.org.

The Director is a Member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union.

CTC LEADERSHIP 

Producing Artistic Director: Jade King Carroll 

Managing Director: Emily Glinick

CTC ARTISTIC COMPANY

Conservatory Actors: Gabriel Cali, Roggi Chuquisaca, Thaddeus Fitzpatrick, Ashley Laroche, Brendan Kyle Lowkry, Chris Martin, Lydia Mushkatina, Hillel Rosenshine, Mengwe Wapimewah

Drama League FutureNow Playwrighting Fellows: Jenny Connell Davis, Sarah Saltwick

Drama League FutureNow Directing Fellows: Bronwen Carson, Liz Fisher

Design Fellows: Abi Farnsworth, Taylor Helms, Gabriela Hartel, Robert Salerno, Yuxun (Sherry) Wu

Equity Guest Actors: Molly Brennan, Geneva Carr, Darlesia Cearcey, Crystal Dickinson, John El-Jor, Adrian Blake Enscoe, Jo Lampert, Lance E. Nichols, Olivia Oguma, Brian Owen, Madeline Seidman, Sydney Sheperd, Nandita Shenoy, Regina Strayhorn 

Dramaturg: Liz Frankel

Playwrights: Zora Howard, Sharyn Rothstein, Jenny Stafford

Directors: Peter Andersen, Oliver Butler, Jade King Carroll, Keenan Tyler Oliphant

Designers: Loyce Arther, Amith Chandrashaker, Betsy Chester, Christopher Darbassie, Germán Martínez, Rodrigo Muñoz, John Narun, Anita Stewart, Brittany Vasta

Choreographer: Lee Heinz

Fight & Intimacy Director: Rick Sordelet

Season Casting by The Telsey Office

Faculty: Mei Ann Teo, Maxine Davis, Crystal Dickinson, Deb Hecht

CTC ARTS ADMINISTRATION 

Company Manager: Sarah Vardigans 

Assistant Company Manager: Kimberly Pienkowski

Company Management Fellow: Rebecca Shivers 

New Works Associate: Lily Wolff

Artistic Assistant: Jennifer Davis

Business Management Fellow: Sarah Vig

Bratton House Manager: Ashley Austin 

Assistant House Manager & Sales Assistant: Isabelle Seiler

Roe Green Theater Center Head Usher: Sandra Cline

Marketing & Sales Assistant: Brianna Anzures 

Graphic Designer: Chance Brinkman-Sull

STAGE MANAGEMENT 

Preseason Production Stage Manager: Jenn Rae Moore

Equity Stage Managers:  Denise Cardarelli, Jenn Rae Moore, Savanha Moore, Bea Perez-Arche

Assistant Stage Managers: Emma Battle, Kathleen Stanton-Sharpless  

Stage Management PAs: Angela Parl, Greta Steever

PRODUCTION

Production Manager: Bryant Heatherly

Assistant Production Manager: Julia He 

Stage Operations Coordinator: Maggie McClellan

Stage Operations Assistant: Emily Lawson

Production Management PA: Savannah Venegas 

Prop Supervisor: Hyla Sue Stellhorn 

Assistant Prop Supervisor: Donnie Woodard 

Prop Artisans: Catherine Rouselle, Sebastian Tingle

Costume Supervisor: Corrine Bottelsen 

Assistant Costume Supervisor & Draper: Helen Ryser  

First Hand: Larissa McConnell 

Costume Assistant: Olga Shevelkina

Wardrobe Supervisor: Sophie Millar 

Lighting Supervisor: Jonah Bobilin

Assistant Lighting Supervisor: Serafina Ramirez

Lighting Technician & Board Operators : Dianette Moore, Ayibainatimi Miracle Ebieri

Sound Supervisor: John Kolbinski 

Assistant Sound Supervisor: Larkin Ethridge 

Audio Engineers: Carson Philips, Hal Sufrin

CLEVELAND PLAYHOUSE BUILD TEAM

Technical Director: Josh Padgett

Associate Technical Director: Emma Sherban 

Carpenter Lead: Logan Snodell

Stage Carpenter: Brandon Rice

Carpenters: Marcus Class, Ellie Goll, Clark Van Beek, Jenna Conley