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Whatever You Conceive Him to Be by Samantha Cocco
Thursday, July 25, 7:30 and 9:30 pm
Friday, July 26, 6:30 and 8:30 pm
Saturday, July 27, 6:30 and 8:30 pm
Bob Keefe (Man), Samantha Cocco (Woman), Ariana Starkman (Bartender)
Directed by Kari Barclay, assistant directed by Ariana Starkman
"A woman sits, alone, at a bar, world-weary. An old man enters and takes the stool next to her. Things get quite personal, quite fast, between these two strangers as they seek their own healing. This piece asks whether forgiveness is possible, and if not, what is?"
https://www.borderlightcle.org/whatever-you-conceive-him-to-be/
Full History of Work
| Show | Role(s) | Theatre / Production Company | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Prospect of Equality (2024) | Margie / Sharron Frontiero | Ensemble Theatre | Celeste Cosentino |
| Beauty Shop (2024) | Olivia | Tri-C Corporate College | Getting to We, prod. / Colleen Jackson, dir. |
| Acts of Clay (2024) | Various | Wiz Bang | Stuart Hoffman |
| Wonderland Wives (2023) | Belle | convergence-continuum | Scott Zolkowski |
| To My White Friends Who Know Me (2023) | Susie, White Friends | National tour produced by Getting to We; performances in Cleveland, OH; Boston, MA; Martha's Vineyard, MA; Miami, FL; Sheffield Village, OH | Getting to We, prod. / Colleen Jackson, dir. |
| Marilyn Bianchi Kids Playwriting Festival (2019, 2023) | Various | Dobama Theatre | Lisa Ortenzi, Colin Anderson, Jailyn Harris |
| Seahorse (2023) | Mother Figure | Maelstrom Collaborative Arts | Nicolas Shannon Savard |
| Hook and Smee (2023) | Lawless Joe | Talespinner Children's Theatre | Ren Twardzik |
| NEOMFA New Playwrights’ Festival (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023) | Various | convergence-continuum | Amy Bistok, David Munnell, Tyson Douglas Rand, Jo Rouiheb, Tom Kondilas, Eva Nel Brettrager, Jaclyn Czifranic, Cory Molner / Mike Geither, prod. |
| Steel Magnolias (2022) | Truvy | French Creek Theatre | Casey Venema |
| To My White Friends Who Know Me (Apr - Oct 2022) | Susie, White Friends | Local (Cleveland) tour produced by Karamu House / Getting to We, Inc. | Tony Sias, Treva Offutt, Nina Domingue / Deborah Plummer, prod. |
| Pandemonium (2019, 2021, 2022) | Various | Cleveland Public Theatre | Mindy Childress Herman, Renee Bertin, David Munnell |
| The Light Post (2022) | Ensemble Theatre | Jeannine Gaskin | |
| The Oberlin-Wellington Rescue Project (2022) | Ensemble | Oberlin College | Tony Sias / Ifa Bayeza, wri. |
| Log Cabin (2022) | Jules | convergence-continuum | Cory Molner, Eva Brettrager |
| Bedroom Culture (2019, 2021, 2022) | Older Mia | Cleveland Public Theatre | Hannah Rae Leach |
| Mirror Effect (2020, 2021) | Alejandra Pizarnik | Playwrights Local | Christine McBurney, SAG-AFTRA |
| The Exonerated (2021) | Ensemble | Beck Center for the Arts | Colleen Longshaw, AEA |
| The Witch of Edmonton (2020) | Mother Sawyer | Western Reserve Playhouse | August Scarpelli |
| Cease Not to Think of Me (2020) | Ensemble Theatre | Erin Dolan | |
| Freedom After Juneteenth Episode 2 (2020) | Holly | Karamu House | Tony Sias |
| Freedom After Juneteenth Episode 1 (2020) | Holly | Karamu House | Tony Sias, Tecia Wilson |
| Freedom On Juneteeth (2020) | Ensemble | Karamu House | Tony Sias, Tecia Wilson |
| Double Indemnity (2020) | Phyllis | Radio on the Lake Theatre | Obediya Jones Darrell |
| Nonsense, Nonsense, Intermission, More Nonsense (2020) | Various | Broadview Heights Spotlights | David Munnell |
| Godly Boys and Golden Girls (2019) | Playwrights Local | Jonah Raider-Roth | |
| Death of a Salesman (2019) | Linda Loman | Tri-C Creative Arts at Playhouse Square | Fredrick Perry |
| Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search for God (2018, 2019) | White Missionary/Mathematician | Karamu House / Borderlight Int’l Theatre & Fringe Festival | Nina Domingue, AEA |
| Black and Blue Rhapsody (2019) | Rainey Institute | Richard Asbury, wri | |
| The Turn of the Screw (2019) | Miss Jessell | East Cleveland Theater | Michael Lenzo |
| Ten Below One Act Festival (2019) | Various | Fine Arts Association | Ann Hedger |
| June (2019) | Playwrights Local | Arien Hodges | |
| Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Theatre (2017-2019) | Seated Performer | The Dinner Detective | Eva Starnes, prod. |
| The Father (2018) | Laura | Fine Arts Association | Ann Hedger |
| Bloody, Little Pieces (2018) | Various | Blank Canvas Theatre | Kevin Kelly |
| Vagina Monologues (2018) | Hair, Reclaiming C*nt | Brecksville Theatre | Brittni Shambaugh Addison |
| Love Letters (2018) | Melissa | Brecksville Theatre | Brittni Shambaugh Addison |
| The Taming of the Shrew (2017) | Gremio | CLE Shakespeare Festival | Lisa Ortenzi |
| One Acts by David Ives (2017) | Various | Aurora Community Theatre | D. Keith Stiver, dir. |
| Phantom Tollbooth (2017) | Bird | Ensemble Theatre | Brittni Shambaugh Addison |
| The Exonerated (2009) | Sonny Jacobs | John Carroll University | Karen Gygli |
| The Queer Monologues (2009) | Various | John Carroll University | Kevin Henderson |
| Vagina Monologues (2007, 2008, 2009) | Hair, Angry Vagina, Reclaiming C*nt, I Was There in the Room | John Carroll University | Karen Gygli |
| Bye, Bye Birdie (2004) | Doris MacAfee | Poland Players | Candy Fonagy |
| Thirteen Past Midnight (2004) | Lila Lamont | Poland Players | Candy Fonagy |
Yellow shading indicates various roles in different shows (or, in the case of Vagina Monologues, different monologues performed in same show) in same festival across multiple years.
Purple shading indicates reprisal of same role in same show, reproduced multiple times.
Purple shading indicates reprisal of same role in same show, reproduced multiple times.