[NEohioPAL]Brown v. Board of Education 50th anniversary event

Mon May 10 08:45:54 PDT 2004

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Brown v. Board of Education 50th anniversary event

HEIGHTS STUDENTS, LOCAL ACTORS COMBINE FOR SPECIAL EVENT AT DOBAMA

A wonderful cast of local actors and students will perform a special =
reading of the play=20
"Now Let Me Fly" by Marcia Sebulska on=20
Monday, May 17th, at 7 pm at Dobama Theater.  It is free and open to the =
public=20
(donations welcome).
    =20
 The reading is part of a nationwide celebration taking place that day=20
called "A Nation Acts: A Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the =
Landmark=20
Supreme Court Decision Brown V. Board of Education Overturning 'Separate =
But=20
Equal'".  http://www.anationacts.brownvboard.org/
The play, which uses actual interviews and testimony from the real=20
people involved in the events, includes characters such as NAACP lawyer =
Thurgood=20
Marshall, who would later become Supreme Court Justice.
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The reading is sponsored by three non-profit organizations: Heights=20
Arts, Kulture Kids and Reaching Heights.  Director is Robin Pease, =
Artistic=20
Director of Kulture Kids.

Seating begins at 6:30 pm for the 7pm reading at Dobama Theater on 1846=20
Coventry Road in Cleveland Heights, and the recommendation is arrive =
early for=20
this special event.
    =20
 For more information on the reading, contact Tom Kerr at 216-371-2867 =
or e-mail kulturekids at yahoo.com.=20

     =20
In conjunction with this unique commemorative event, students from=20
Cleveland Heights High School and two Heights elementary schools =
(Fairfax and=20
Canterbury) are contributing artwork and visual "thumbrints" for the =
play's 'angel=20
wings' backdrop.  Kulture Kids staff members are also holding workshops =
to=20
discuss the play's themes in individual classes at Fairfax and =
Canterbury=20
schools.
    =20
The experienced cast for the reading includes (alphabetically): Allison=20
Bencar, Iris Berry, Liz Carman, Pat Davis, Cavana Faithwalker, Michael=20
Fluellen, Lissy Gulick, Kelly Harris, Kelly Holt, Meredith King, Marvin =
L. Mallory,=20
Seabright McCabe, Norma Powell, and Michael Regnier (brief cast bios at =
end of=20
this e-mail).
   =20

CAST:
Kelly Harris (poet, performer, and city-wide poetry slam winner)=20
Lissy Gulick (recently appeared in the movies ANTWONE FISHER and WELCOME =
TO=20
COLLINWOOD)
Michael Regnier (actor and former Artistic Director of Fairmount Theater =
for=20
the Deaf)
Norma Powell (recent roles at Ensemble Theater, Red Hen Theater, =
critical=20
acclaim from FREE TIMES, COOL CLEVELAND, etc.)
Marvin L. Mallory (recent roles at Beck Center, Karamu Theater, =
Cleveland=20
Playhouse)
Pat Davis (local diversity trainer and performer)
Cavana Faithwalker (actor and Cleveland Museum of Art Assistant Director =
of=20
Outreach Programs)
Kelly Holt (actor and Professor Emeritus, CWRU Mather Dance Center)
Seabright McCabe (actress and director who has appeared at Dobama, =
Cleveland=20
Public Theater, Willoughby Fine Arts, etc.)
Michael Fluellen (recent theater graduate from Williams College)
Allison Bencar (CSU student, recent appearances at Brecksville Little=20
Theater, Willoughby School of Fine Arts, Rabbit Run Theater)
Iris Tucker-Berry (recent appearances in film ANTWONE FISHER, as well as =

roles at East Cleveland Theater, Karamu Theater and others)
Meredith King (Hathaway-Brown alum and recent Stanford University =
graduate)
Liz Carman (Hathaway Brown Senior and Kulture Kids intern)

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<DIV><FONT size=3D2><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3><STRONG>Brown v. Board =
of Education=20
50th anniversary event</STRONG></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2><FONT face=3DArial =
size=3D3></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3>HEIGHTS STUDENTS, LOCAL =
ACTORS COMBINE=20
FOR SPECIAL EVENT AT DOBAMA<BR><BR>A wonderful cast of local actors and =
students=20
will perform a special reading of the play </FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3>"Now Let Me Fly" by =
Marcia Sebulska on=20
<BR><STRONG>Monday, May 17th, at 7 pm at Dobama =
Theater</STRONG>.  It=20
is free and open to the public <BR>(donations=20
welcome).<BR>     </FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3> The reading is =
part of a=20
nationwide celebration taking place that day <BR>called <STRONG>"A =
Nation Acts:=20
A Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Landmark <BR>Supreme Court =
Decision=20
Brown V. Board of Education Overturning 'Separate But=20
<BR>Equal'". </STRONG> <A=20
href=3D"http://www.anationacts.brownvboard.org/">http://www.anationacts.b=
rownvboard.org/</A></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3>The play, which uses =
actual interviews=20
and testimony from the real <BR>people involved in the events, includes=20
characters such as NAACP lawyer Thurgood <BR>Marshall, who would later =
become=20
Supreme Court Justice.<BR>      =
</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3>The reading is sponsored =
by three=20
non-profit organizations: Heights <BR>Arts, Kulture Kids and Reaching=20
Heights.  Director is Robin Pease, Artistic <BR>Director of Kulture =

Kids.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2><FONT face=3DArial =
size=3D3></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3>Seating begins at =
6:30 pm for the=20
7pm reading at Dobama Theater on 1846 <BR>Coventry Road in Cleveland =
Heights,=20
and the recommendation is arrive early for <BR>this special=20
event.<BR>     </FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3><STRONG> For more =
information on=20
the reading, contact Tom Kerr at 216-371-2867 or e-mail =
</STRONG></FONT><A=20
href=3D"mailto:kulturekids at yahoo.com"><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D3><STRONG>kulturekids at yahoo.com</STRONG></FONT></A><FONT =
face=3DArial><FONT=20
size=3D3><STRONG>. <BR></STRONG></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR>      </FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3>In conjunction with this =
unique=20
commemorative event, students from <BR>Cleveland Heights High School and =
two=20
Heights elementary schools (Fairfax and <BR>Canterbury) are contributing =
artwork=20
and visual "thumbrints" for the play's 'angel <BR>wings' backdrop.  =
Kulture=20
Kids staff members are also holding workshops to <BR>discuss the play's =
themes=20
in individual classes at Fairfax and Canterbury=20
<BR>schools.<BR>     </FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3>The experienced cast for =
the reading=20
includes (alphabetically): Allison <BR>Bencar, Iris Berry, Liz Carman, =
Pat=20
Davis, Cavana Faithwalker, Michael <BR>Fluellen, Lissy Gulick, Kelly =
Harris,=20
Kelly Holt, Meredith King, Marvin L. Mallory, <BR>Seabright McCabe, =
Norma=20
Powell, and Michael Regnier (brief cast bios at end of <BR>this=20
e-mail).<BR>    </FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2><FONT face=3DArial><FONT=20
size=3D3></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2><FONT face=3DArial><FONT size=3D3>CAST:<BR>Kelly =
Harris (poet,=20
performer, and city-wide poetry slam winner) <BR>Lissy Gulick (recently =
appeared=20
in the movies ANTWONE FISHER and WELCOME TO <BR>COLLINWOOD)<BR>Michael =
Regnier=20
(actor and former Artistic Director of Fairmount Theater for <BR>the=20
Deaf)<BR>Norma Powell (recent roles at Ensemble Theater, Red Hen =
Theater,=20
critical <BR>acclaim from FREE TIMES, COOL CLEVELAND, etc.)<BR>Marvin L. =
Mallory=20
(recent roles at Beck Center, Karamu Theater, Cleveland =
<BR>Playhouse)<BR>Pat=20
Davis (local diversity trainer and performer)<BR>Cavana Faithwalker =
(actor and=20
Cleveland Museum of Art Assistant Director of <BR>Outreach =
Programs)<BR>Kelly=20
Holt (actor and Professor Emeritus, CWRU Mather Dance =
Center)<BR>Seabright=20
McCabe (actress and director who has appeared at Dobama, Cleveland =
<BR>Public=20
Theater, Willoughby Fine Arts, etc.)<BR>Michael Fluellen (recent theater =

graduate from Williams College)<BR>Allison Bencar (CSU student, recent=20
appearances at Brecksville Little <BR>Theater, Willoughby School of Fine =
Arts,=20
Rabbit Run Theater)<BR>Iris Tucker-Berry (recent appearances in film =
ANTWONE=20
FISHER, as well as <BR>roles at East Cleveland Theater, Karamu Theater =
and=20
others)<BR>Meredith King (Hathaway-Brown alum and recent Stanford =
University=20
graduate)<BR>Liz Carman (Hathaway Brown Senior and Kulture Kids=20
intern)</FONT><BR></DIV></FONT></FONT></BODY></HTML>

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