Poor Clare | Maltz Performing Arts Center | Case Western Reserve University

Poor Clare

Event Date

Fri, Oct 2nd 7:30 PM -- 9:30 PM

Sat, Oct 3rd 7:30 PM -- 9:30 PM

Sun, Oct 4th 3:00 PM -- 5:00 PM

Thu, Oct 8th 7:30 PM -- 9:30 PM

Fri, Oct 9th 7:30 PM -- 9:30 PM

Sat, Oct 10th 7:30 PM -- 9:30 PM

Sun, Oct 11th 3:00 PM -- 5:00 PM

Event Location

The Kalberer Theatre at the Milton and Tamar Maltz Performing Arts Center, 1855 Ansel Rd, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA

Event Details/Summary

POOR CLARE
by: Chaira Atik
Kalberer Theatre

Winner! 2022 Harold and Mimi Steinberg/American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award

It's 1211 in Assisi, Italy, and Clare's got beauty, wealth, and a rich suitor who showers her with expensive presents. So why is she so drawn to this guy Francis who gave up all his possessions just because poor people are suffering? Everyone in town says he's crazy. And yet... she starts seeing everything in her life differently. This hilarious, anachronistic telling of the real story of St. Clare considers the cost of doing good-- and how little has changed for the haves and the have-nots in almost a millennium.

The Kalberer Theatre is ADA accessible