Get to know Near West Theatre -- its art, its mission, its quest for a new home -- by clicking the video below this "News" box.

Many thanks to all who sponsored, attended and supported our 2012 Benefit, "Consider Yourself One of Us," Jan. 28 at Trinity Cathedral in downtown Cleveland. CoolCleveland has a gallery of pictures, a review by University of Akron student Audrey Arend, who met NWT for the first time there, and an earlier article by contributor Julie Cajigas on the power of our ongoing work and our unique audition process.

Next up: Ragtime auditions, Feb. 28-29 and March 1. Click the show logo at left for details. Also, visit this audition "event" announcement on Facebook and "like" our main Facebook page for conversations and updates.

We're featured extensively in blogger Amanda DiGiandomenico Hicken's current "Clue Into Cleveland" series on creative ways for audiences to get involved in theater.

Joanne Lewis, our Benefit honoree, is a Sun News "Person of the Week." The online profile was posted Jan. 29; the print version appeared Jan. 26. Congratulations, Joanne, and thanks for your years of wisdom and support.