Upon These Boards:

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In the port city of Ephesus there are several edifices of wonder, including a temple, a library and an amphitheatre. In Shakespeare's oceanic play Pericles, the sage healer Cerimon lives in Ephesus and enacts a mystical transformation which allows the hero's story to bubble with a renewed hope.

"Great sir, they shall be brought to my house,

whither I invite you." - Cerimon/PERICLES

Upon These Boards often performs in unexpected and extraordinary performance venues, and so (not unlike Pericles' search to various sea ports in the Bard's play) we've long dreamt of finding a platform where we might anchor and establish a home. We see ourselves translating a marvelous building into a venue of Art and Ceremony.

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Cerimon House will take shape as a shared place for artisans, educators, performers & poets. There are classrooms, meeting rooms, rehearsal rooms and a library...and the central focus is the Theatre Space itself for the enjoyment of music and plays and more. Cerimon House is a Sanctuary for the Arts and an Institute of Thought. It's a great place to choose for your own ceremony or celebration. Perhaps, there's even a coffee house. You'll really enjoy spending time there at a concert, a play, a nuptial ceremony, an art show, a class, lecture or gathering. There are lovely discoveries once you've crossed its threshold.

"Beseech you first, go with me to my house."

- Cerimon/PERICLES

In one of the most beautiful scenes in Shakespeare’s play, Cerimon spends a stormy night attending to Thaisa and awakening her from the epic sea journey she has endured. The good lady has been holding her breath, but once warmed by fire and music, and with charms applied - lo! she lives again.

Cerimon House is a place where you are most welcomed, restored and enlivened.

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