TITLEWave theatre was founded by Gregory Vovos because of a strong belief in the need to see more original plays produced in the Cleveland area. Because of the curiosity he finds in Cleveland audiences and theatre artists, he believes that Cleveland, a city steeped in tradition, will embrace new works. Fortunate to have an extensive background in new plays as well as relationships with many talented playwrights, Vovos decided to focus his attention solely on the creation of new work. While traditional and classical drama allow us to understand the universal qualities that have carried from generation to generation, nothing can give us better insight into the world we live in today than work that is created by artists of our lifetime.

Principals
GREGORY VOVOS (Artistic Director) is a playwright and director whose work has been seen at many theatres in the Cleveland area. His plays have been produced all over the country and as far away as Belgrade and Australia. He earned his MFA in Playwriting from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas where he studied with Julie Jensen, whom he met at The Ohio State University where he earned his B.A. in English. While at UNLV he was the president of the Graduate Playwright's organization and producer of POOR PLAYWRIGHTS' THEATRE, a theatre company that exclusively produced original plays. He and Maggie Winn-Jones co-founded The Asylum Theatre, a professional theatre in Las Vegas also committed to producing new plays. Vovos taught Playwriting, Theatre History and Theatre Appreciation at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Because of his experience as a playwright in Cleveland Public Theatre's New Plays Festival in 1997, he knew that he wanted to practice theater in his hometown city of Cleveland. Upon graduation in 1998 he returned to Cleveland where he directed for CPT's New Plays Festival, worked as a playwright, actor and director for Dobama's Night Kitchen and then joined the Board of Directors at Charenton Theater Company, for whom he directed both Park Bench Tour productions of The Zoo Story and I'm Not Rappaport. These experiences and his strong desire to get back into the business of producing new plays led him to form TITLEWave. Currently, he has monologues published by Dramatic Publishing, plays by PPT Press, originalworksonline.com, as well as several plays posted on www.theatrehistory.com. He teaches drama at Cuyahoga Community College.

JEAN MARIE VOVOS (Managing Director) has been working for a nonprofit organization since 1989. As manager, she helped bring the then-bankrupt library cooperative into solvency. In addition to her work at the nonprofit, Jean also manages a large out-of-print book company. She manages hundreds of client accounts and is in charge of Human Resources. She has filled much of her spare time teaching at Cuyahoga Community College and mentoring at various local organizations, including Project Learn as well as after school tutoring for inner city schools. She has also volunteered for a number of theatre events. She holds a BA in English from Cleveland State University and her thesis paper on Feminist Novels of the '70s was presented at the 2003 National Popular Culture Conference.