[NEohioPAL]12th Annual Festival of New plays - Karamu's ARENAFEST
Vivian Wilson
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Mon Apr 5 11:29:59 PDT 2004
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Theatre Department
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Press Release Thursday, April 1, 2004
Re: 12th Annual R. Joyce Whitley Festival of New Plays =96 ARENAFEST
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Karamu Performing Arts Theatre presents the 12th Annual R. Joyce Whitley =
Festival of New Plays ARENEAFEST in Karamu=92s Arena Theatre. From =
Charles Drew to Sonny, a troubled Harlem youth; to Dolla-4-Change, a =
homeless hip hopper; the plays chosen for ArenaFest focuses on themes of =
the African American experience. The two week festival of new plays =
stage readings will run April 19 - April 30, 2004, Mondays-Fridays at =
8:00 pm. Admission is $5.00 per night. There will be special stage =
readings for high school playwrights on Saturday, April 24, 2004 at 2:00 =
pm. Admission for the high school playwrights=92 stage readings is =
free.
Mannish Boychild based on Claude Brown's Manchild In The Promised Land =
by Drama Desk Award winning playwright J. e Franklin and The Separation =
of Blood, about the life of Charles Drew, by award winning playwright =
Bridgette Wimberly will open and close the 12th Annual R. Joyce Whitley =
Festival of New Plays ARENAFEST at Karamu Performing Arts Theatre in =
Cleveland, Ohio. A total of ten plays were selected including popular =
New York playwright Jamal Williams Return to Crosscreek, =
playwright/educator Elizabeth Brown-Guillory=92s The Break of Day and =
two hip-hop works. =20
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Karamu Performing Arts Theatre dedicates its Annual Festival of New =
Plays to the memory of R. Joyce Whitley, a Karamu friend who died on =
December 20, 1992. Ms. Whitley infected Karamu House with the energy and =
enthusiasm she brought to all the projects with which she associated =
herself.=20
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Ms. Franklin=92s most recent play Grey Panthers: Coming to the Mercy =
Seat directed by Tisch Jones opened Karamu's 2003/2004 Season of the =
Woman this Fall. The play was a critical hit. Claude Brown's Manchild =
In The Promised Land, is a best selling autobiography on his youth in =
Harlem, New York. Almost 35 years, and 4 million copies later, Manchild =
in the Promise Land has become the second best selling book MacMillan =
Books ever published (the first was Gone with the Wind).
Ms. Wimberly's most recent play Forest City was staged at Cleveland =
Playhouse last Fall. Her original draft of The Separation of Blood was =
part of the Next Stage Fest at Cleveland Playhouse last Fall. Ms. =
Brown-Guillory=92s play When the Ancestors Call was a regional hit in =
theatres such as ETA in Chicago. Mr. Williams plays have graced stages =
all over the country including the National Black Theatre Festival in =
North Carolina. His play House on Fire was a huge hit at Theatre for the =
New City in New York.=20
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press release ARENAFEST
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Artistic Director Terrence Spivey is elated in having new playwrights =
and those established such as Ms. Franklin, Ms. Wimberly, Ms. =
Brown-Guillory, and Mr. Williams original works part of the fest that =
have not graced the professional stage as of yet.=20
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ARENAFEST has had staged readings of many playwrights in the past =
including S.M. Shephard-Massat. Her play Waiting To Be Invited, first =
entry into the theatre world was at Karamu=92s ArenaFest. Her play has =
since been staged in regional theatres all over the country including =
Denver=92s Denver Center Theatre and Victory Garden Theatre in Chicago, =
garnering Ms. Shephard-Massat numerous awards including the American =
Theatre Critics Association (ATCA) Award in 2001 for emerging =
playwrights.
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ARENAFEST SCHEDULE FOR 2004
April 19th, 2004 Monday
6:30 pm The Break of Day by Elizabeth Brown-Guillory =
(dir. Eva Withers-Evans)
8:00 pm Mannish Boychild by J.e Franklin (dir. Hassan =
Rogers)
April 20th, 2004 Tuesday
6:30 pm Return to Crosscreek by Jamal Williams (dir. Dale =
Shields)
8:00 pm Blood Red Summer by Gail Parrish ( dir. =
Jennifer Jeter)
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April 21st, 2004 Wednesday
6:30 pm Hetep (Hip Hopera) by April Chelsea Mosley =
(dir. James Spriggs)
8:00 pm Humans Remain by Robin Rice Lichtig =
(dir. Desmond Jones)
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April 22nd, 2004 Thursday
6:30 pm Tokens and Change by Anton Jones (dir. =
Timothy Avant)
8:00 pm The Ancestry of Denial by Dawn V. Brown (dir. Edward =
Hessling IV)
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April 23rd, 2004 Friday
6:30 pm Johnny Taylor is Gone by Gregory S. Carr (dir. =
Renee Mathews-Jackson)
8:00 pm The Separation of Blood by Bridgette E.. Wimberly (dir. =
Eva Withers-Evans)
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April 24th, 2004 Saturday (2:00 p.m.)=20
Special Readings (High School Playwrights)
A Heart That Is Unhappy Will Desire Happiness Generation After =
Generation=20
by Lucky Dickerson
Clay's Love by Donald =
Smith
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April 26th, 2004 Monday
6:30 pm Johnny Taylor is Gone by Gregory S. Carr (dir. Renee =
Mathews-Jackson)
8:00 pm The Separation of Blood by Bridgette E. Wimberly (dir. =
Eva Withers-Evans)
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April 27th, 2004 Tuesday
6:30 pm Hetep (Hip Hopera) by April Chelsea Mosley =
(dir. James Spriggs)
8:00 pm Humans Remain by Robin Rice Lichtig =
(dir. Desmond Jones)
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press release ARENAFEST
April 28th, 2004 Wednesday
6:30 pm Tokens and Change by Anton Jones (dir. Timothy =
Avant)
8:00 pm The Ancestry of Denial by Dawn V. Brown (dir. Edward =
Hessling IV)
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April 29th, 2004 Thursday
6:30 pm Return to Crosscreek by Jamal Williams (dir. Dale =
Shields)
8:00 pm Blood Red Summer by Gail Parrish (dir. =
Jennifer Jeter)
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April 30th, 2004 Friday
6:30 pm The Break of Day by Elizabeth Brown-Guillory =
(dir. Eva Withers-Evans)
8:00 pm Mannish Boychild by J.e Franklin (dir. Hassan =
Rogers)
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style=3D"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT size=3D3>Karamu Performing =
Arts Theatre=20
presents the <B>12<SUP>th</SUP> Annual R. Joyce Whitley Festival of New =
Plays=20
ARENEAFEST </B>in Karamu=92s Arena Theatre.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: =
yes"> =20
</SPAN>From Charles Drew to<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> =
</SPAN>Sonny,=20
a troubled Harlem youth; to Dolla-4-Change, a homeless hip hopper; the =
plays=20
chosen for ArenaFest focuses on themes of the African American =
experience.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The two week festival of new =
plays stage=20
readings will run April 19 - April 30, 2004, Mondays-Fridays at 8:00 pm. =
Admission is $5.00 per night. There will be special stage readings for =
high=20
school playwrights on Saturday, April 24, 2004 at 2:00 pm.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Admission for the high =
school<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>playwrights=92 stage readings =
is free.<BR=20
style=3D"mso-special-character: line-break"><BR=20
style=3D"mso-special-character: line-break"></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT =
size=3D3><I><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Mannish Boychild</SPAN></I> based =
on Claude=20
Brown's <U>Manchild In The Promised Land</U><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>by Drama Desk Award winning =
playwright=20
J. e Franklin and <I>The Separation of Blood</I>, about the life of =
Charles=20
Drew, by award winning playwright Bridgette Wimberly will open and close =
the=20
<B>12th Annual R. Joyce Whitley Festival of New Plays</B> =
<B>ARENAFEST</B> at=20
Karamu Performing Arts Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A total of ten =
plays were=20
selected including popular New York playwright Jamal Williams <I>Return =
to=20
Crosscreek</I>, playwright/educator Elizabeth Brown-Guillory=92s <I>The =
Break of=20
Day</I> and two hip-hop works.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> =20
</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT=20
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<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT size=3D3>Karamu Performing =
Arts Theatre=20
dedicates its Annual Festival of New Plays to the memory of R. Joyce =
Whitley, a=20
Karamu friend who died on December 20, 1992. Ms. Whitley infected Karamu =
House=20
with the energy and enthusiasm she brought to all the projects with =
which she=20
associated herself. <BR> <BR>Ms. Franklin=92s most recent play =
<I>Grey=20
Panthers: Coming to the Mercy Seat</I> directed by Tisch Jones opened=20
Karamu's <B>2003/2004 Season of the Woman</B> this Fall. The play =
was a=20
critical hit.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Claude =
Brown's=20
<U>Manchild In The Promised Land</U>, is a best selling autobiography on =
his=20
youth in Harlem, New York. Almost 35 years, and 4 million copies later,=20
<U>Manchild in the Promise Land</U> has become the second best selling =
book=20
MacMillan Books ever published (the first was <U>Gone with the=20
Wind</U>).</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><BR><FONT size=3D3>Ms. Wimberly's =
most recent=20
play <I>Forest City</I> was staged at Cleveland Playhouse last Fall. Her =
original draft of <I>The Separation of Blood</I> was part of the Next =
Stage Fest=20
at Cleveland Playhouse last Fall.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: =
yes"> =20
</SPAN>Ms. Brown-Guillory=92s play <I>When the Ancestors Call </I>was a =
regional=20
hit in theatres such as ETA in Chicago.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: =
yes"> =20
</SPAN>Mr. Williams plays have graced stages all over the country =
including the=20
National Black Theatre Festival in North Carolina. His play <I>House on =
Fire</I>=20
was a huge hit at Theatre for the New City in New York.=20
<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT size=3D3>Artistic Director =
Terrence=20
Spivey is elated in having new playwrights and those established such as =
Ms.=20
Franklin, Ms. Wimberly, Ms. Brown-Guillory, and Mr. Williams original =
works part=20
of the fest that have not graced the professional stage as of yet.=20
<BR> <BR><B style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">ARENAFEST</B> =
has had=20
staged readings of many playwrights in the past including S.M. =
Shephard-Massat.=20
Her play<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><I>Waiting To Be =
Invited,</I><SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>first entry =
into the=20
theatre world was at Karamu=92s ArenaFest.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: =
yes"> =20
</SPAN>Her play has since been staged in regional theatres all over the =
country=20
including Denver=92s Denver Center Theatre and Victory Garden Theatre in =
Chicago,=20
garnering Ms. Shephard-Massat numerous awards including the American =
Theatre=20
Critics Association (ATCA) Award in 2001 for emerging=20
playwrights.<BR> </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
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</SPAN><BR><B><U>ARENAFEST SCHEDULE FOR 2004</U></B><BR><B>April 19th, =
2004=20
Monday</B><BR>6:30 pm<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: =
1"> =20
</SPAN><I>The Break of Day</I><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: =
yes"> =20
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; =
mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">by=20
Elizabeth Brown-Guillory (dir. Eva Withers-Evans)<BR></SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT size=3D3>8:00 pm<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: =
1"> =20
</SPAN><I>Mannish Boychild</I><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: =
yes"> =20
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; =
mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">by=20
J.e Franklin (dir. Hassan Rogers)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: =
Arial"><BR></SPAN><B><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT size=3D3>April 20th, 2004=20
Tuesday</FONT></SPAN></B><SPAN style=3D"mso-bidi-font-family: =
Arial"><BR><FONT=20
size=3D3>6:30 pm <SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: =
1"> =20
</SPAN><I>Return to Crosscreek</I><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> =20
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; =
mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">by=20
Jamal Williams (dir. Dale Shields)<BR></SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT size=3D3>8:00 pm <SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: =
1"> =20
</SPAN><I>Blood Red Summer</I><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> =20
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; =
mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">by=20
Gail Parrish<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: =
yes"> =20
</SPAN>( dir. Jennifer Jeter</SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT =
size=3D3>)<BR> <BR></FONT><FONT=20
size=3D3><B>April 21st, 2004 Wednesday<BR></B>6:30 pm <SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: =
1"> =20
</SPAN><I>Hetep (Hip Hopera)</I><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: =
yes"> =20
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; =
mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">by=20
April Chelsea Mosley (dir. James Spriggs)<BR></SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT size=3D3>8:00 pm <SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: =
1"> =20
</SPAN><I>Humans Remain<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: =
yes"> &n=
bsp;=20
</SPAN></I></FONT></SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; =
mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">by=20
Robin Rice Lichtig<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: =
yes"> =20
</SPAN>(dir. Desmond Jones)<BR></SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT size=3D3> <BR><B>April =
22nd, 2004=20
Thursday</B><BR>6:30 pm <SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: =
1"> =20
</SPAN><I>Tokens and Change</I><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> =20
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; =
mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">by=20
Anton Jones<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: =
yes"> =20
</SPAN>(dir. Timothy Avant)<BR></SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT size=3D3>8:00 pm <SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: =
1"> =20
</SPAN><I>The Ancestry of Denial</I><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> =
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; =
mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">by=20
Dawn V. Brown (dir. Edward Hessling IV)<BR></SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT size=3D3> <BR><B>April =
23rd, 2004=20
Friday</B><BR>6:30 pm <SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: =
1"> =20
</SPAN><I>Johnny Taylor</I> <I>is Gone</I><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> =
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; =
mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">by=20
Gregory S. Carr<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: =
yes"> =20
</SPAN>(dir. Renee Mathews-Jackson)<BR></SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT size=3D3>8:00 pm <SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: =
1"> =20
</SPAN><I>The Separation of Blood</I> </FONT></SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; =
mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">by=20
Bridgette E.. Wimberly (dir. Eva Withers-Evans)<BR></SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT size=3D3> <BR><B>April =
24th, 2004=20
Saturday (2:00 p.m.)</B> <BR>Special Readings (High School =
Playwrights)<BR><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> =
</SPAN><I>A=20
Heart That Is Unhappy Will Desire Happiness Generation After =
Generation</I>=20
</FONT></SPAN></P>
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style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> =
</SPAN>by=20
Lucky Dickerson<BR><SPAN=20
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yes"> =20
</SPAN><I>Clay's Love</I> <SPAN=20
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Donald =
Smith<BR>-------------------------------------------------------<BR=20
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style=3D"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT size=3D3>April 26th, 2004=20
Monday</FONT></SPAN></B><SPAN style=3D"mso-bidi-font-family: =
Arial"><BR><FONT=20
size=3D3>6:30 pm <SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: =
1"> =20
</SPAN><I>Johnny Taylor</I> <I>is Gone</I><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> =
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; =
mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">by=20
Gregory S. Carr (dir. Renee Mathews-Jackson)<BR></SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT size=3D3>8:00 pm <SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: =
1"> =20
</SPAN><I>The Separation of Blood</I> </FONT></SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; =
mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">by=20
Bridgette E. Wimberly (dir. Eva Withers-Evans)<BR></SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT size=3D3> <BR><B>April =
27th, 2004=20
Tuesday</B><BR>6:30 pm <SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: =
1"> =20
</SPAN><I>Hetep (Hip Hopera)</I><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: =
yes"> =20
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; =
mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">by=20
April Chelsea Mosley (dir. James Spriggs)<BR></SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT size=3D3>8:00 pm <SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: =
1"> =20
</SPAN><I>Humans Remain<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: =
yes"> &n=
bsp;=20
</SPAN></I></FONT></SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; =
mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">by=20
Robin Rice Lichtig<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: =
yes"> =20
</SPAN>(dir. Desmond Jones)<BR style=3D"mso-special-character: =
line-break"><BR=20
style=3D"mso-special-character: line-break"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT=20
size=3D3> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT size=3D3>Page 3 of 3<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: =
4"> &nbs=
p;  =
; =
=20
</SPAN><SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: =
2"> &nbs=
p; =20
</SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: =
yes"> </SPAN><B>pres=
s=20
release<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> =20
</SPAN>ARENAFEST<o:p></o:p></B></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><BR><FONT size=3D3><B>April 28th, =
2004=20
Wednesday</B><BR>6:30 pm <SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: =
1"> =20
</SPAN><I>Tokens and Change</I><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> =20
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; =
mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">by=20
Anton Jones (dir. Timothy Avant)<BR></SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT size=3D3>8:00 pm <SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: =
1"> =20
</SPAN><I>The Ancestry of Denial</I><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> =
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; =
mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">by=20
Dawn V. Brown (dir. Edward Hessling IV)<BR></SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT size=3D3> <BR><B>April =
29th, 2004=20
Thursday</B><BR>6:30 pm <SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: =
1"> =20
</SPAN><I>Return to Crosscreek</I><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> =
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; =
mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">by=20
Jamal Williams (dir. Dale Shields)<BR></SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT size=3D3>8:00 pm <SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: =
1"> =20
</SPAN><I>Blood Red Summer</I><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> =20
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; =
mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">by=20
Gail Parrish<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: =
yes"> =20
</SPAN>(dir. Jennifer Jeter</SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT =
size=3D3>)<BR><BR> <BR><B>April=20
30th, 2004 Friday</B><BR>6:30 pm<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: =
1"> =20
</SPAN><I>The Break of Day</I><SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: =
yes"> =20
</SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: =
yes"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; =
mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">by=20
Elizabeth Brown-Guillory (dir. Eva Withers-Evans)<BR></SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT size=3D3>8:00 pm<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: =
1"> =20
</SPAN><I>Mannish Boychild</I><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: =
yes"> =20
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; =
mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">by=20
J.e Franklin (dir. Hassan Rogers)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoBodyTextIndent style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: =
2.5in"><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT size=3D3><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: =
3"> &nbs=
p;  =
; =20
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoBodyTextIndent style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: =
2.5in"><FONT=20
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