[NEohioPAL]CPT Presents Chalk Circle in City Parks

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CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE'S

STUDENT THEATRE ENRICHMENT PROGRAM PRESENTS EVENINGS OF FREE SUMMER THEATRE
IN CLEVELAND CITY PARKS!

CHALK CIRCLE

A classic tale for all ages!

August 4-13, 2005

Cleveland Public Theatre is proud to announce an outdoor production of CHALK
CIRCLE, an original performance, loosely based on Bertolt Brecht's classic
play The Caucasian Chalk Circle, performed by members of CPT's Student
Theatre Enrichment Program (STEP).  The production will take place in a
variety of Cleveland City Parks from August 4 through 13, 2005. Admission is
free.  The play is suitable for families.

STEP (Student Theatre Enrichment Program) engages inner-city teens in a
rigorous and fun theatrical journey, focusing on excellence in performance,
play creation, writing, and production. STEP serves a diverse range of
youth, including those who have had little previous exposure to theatre.
The majority of students come from economically challenged households. Now
in its eleventh year, STEP performances have gained a reputation of
excellence and the program has received multiple awards and recognitions
including those from the City of Cleveland, The President's Committee on the
Arts and Humanities, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Reviewing
STEP's 2004 production of Blood Wedding for Cool Cleveland Linda Eisenstein
writes, ".a program that blows away preconceptions of 'educational' or
'outreach' theatre.... The results are riveting and inspirational." 

In CHALK CIRCLE, a child's fate hangs in the balance as his birth mother and
adopted mother battle for control of his future in a dynamic tale of love,
justice and courage in the face of adversity.  STEP's production is a highly
visual adaptation geared for the outdoor environment, with stunning visual
imagery, powerful action, and haunting a cappella music.  Co-Directors
Raymond Bobgan and Chris Seibert and the students of STEP have adapted the
script for this production.

"Every year the STEP program gets better and better," states Bobgan, CPT's
newly appointed Associate Artistic Director who serves as the Director of
Education and is the Co-Director of the production.  "The work of the teens
improves and flourishes as they grow in experience over time. The discipline
and enthusiasm of our returning students creates a compelling and focused
environment that really challenges and draws out our new students. Chris
Seibert has brought this program to a high level of vibrancy and artistic
accomplishment. The results are clear, a group of highly professional,
incredibly talented, amazing performers doing their best work in a stunning
work of theatre."

This summer's STEP participants include students from all over the Cleveland
area.  

Featured performers include: Joella R. Blount, Anthony Brooks, Vincent
Cleveland, Grace Czerniawski, Mariah Dukes, Adena E. Fancher, Gina Ferguson,
Ernestine Gantz, Yohanz Alee Lawrence, Joshua O'Neill, Quinton Perry, Megan
J. Randolph, Samantha Robinson, Dontez Rowdy, Edward Siwik, Todd Siwik,
Tyler Slaughter, and Katherine N. Uitenham.

Performance locations are:

Thursday, August 4th at 7:00 pm in Herman Park (West 60th and Herman)

Friday, August 5th at 7:00 pm in Lake Pool Park (West 85th and Lake)

Saturday, August 6th at 7:00 pm in Lincoln Park (West 14th and Starkweather)

Sunday, August 7th at 7:00 pm in Lincoln Park (West 14th and Starkweather)

Wednesday, August 10th at 12:00 pm and 6:00 pm in Downtown Mall B 

Thursday, August 11th at 7:00 pm in Sam Miller Park (750 East 88th St.)

Friday, August 12th at 7:00 pm at Sterling Recreation Center (East 32nd &
St. Clair)

Saturday, August 13th at 7:00 in Artha Woods Park (MLK & Woodstock Ave.)

Friday, September, 2nd at 7:00 pm InGenuity at Public Square

All performances are FREE. No reservations are required, audiences are
encouraged to pack a picnic, and to bring a chair or blanket.  

Raymond Bobgan (Co-Director)  is Associate Artistic Director and Education
Director at CPT. Raymond specializes in creating new works of theater and
has directed and collaboratively conceived and created over twenty new
plays. Raymond's Blue Sky Transmission: A Tibetan Book of the Dead was
commissioned co-produced by CPT and La Mama ETC (NYC) was the recipient of a
Rockefeller MAP Fund Grant. His most recent co-creation The Confessions of
Punch and Judy was produced by CPT, NaCl (NYC), and Number 11 Theatre
(Toronto) and was performed at CPT, HERE Arts Center (NYC), and Toronto
Theatre Centre. Raymond's theatrical work has been seen in Romania, Belgium,
Denmark, Wales, Brazil, Canada, and throughout the United States. Raymond
served as Collaborating Director for Guillermo Gomez- Pena's Borderscape
2000 (San Francisco and Wales) and he was Robert Falls' Assistant Director
for both the Goodman Theatre and Broadway productions of Arthur Miller's
Death of a Salesman. Raymond's more conventional works include the highly
successful CPT productions of Tennessee Williams' Summer and Smoke and
Thornton Wilder's The Skin of Our Teeth. Raymond worked as a participant and
later a group leader in Jerzy Grotowski's Objective Drama Research Program
at The University of California, Irvine. Raymond's work has been featured in
American Theatre, Canadian Theatre Review, Theatre Journal, and in Lisa
Wolford's book Grotowski's Objective Drama Research. He is an alumni of
Theatre Communications Group/Pew Charitable Trust's National Theatre Artist
Residency Program (2001-02) and the TCG/NEA Career Development Program for
Directors (1997-98). Raymond was Acting Artistic Director of CPT (1995-1997)
while Artistic Director and Founder James Levin was on a two year
sabbatical. In 1994 Raymond initiated CPT's STEP program and has directed or
co-directed seven STEP shows. 

Chris Seibert (Co-Director) has run the Student Theatre Enrichment Program
(STEP) for the last three years, and is also the Director of the CPT/Elyria
YWCA Women's Voices Project.  Through these programs, she has facilitated
the creation of five original works: Ugly in Love, Bliss, Surrendering, Hope
Here, and courage of i.  STEP's production of The Tale of the Emerald Bird
toured to local libraries, children's homes and community centers, and last
summer's Blood Wedding toured to Cleveland parks.  Chris has written solo
works, a screenplay, and several plays. Her solo performance, Split, was
selected as a Critic's Choice by the Chicago Reader and her screenplay, Moon
Tooth, was a semifinalist in the prestigious Chesterfield Screenwriting
Competition. She has performed with Chicago performance companies Redmoon
and Jellyeye Drum Theatre. At CPT, she performed in The Cult, a play which
she co-created. She has also appeared in CPT's productions of The Vagina
Monologues and Discordia. Chris is a graduate of Loyola University with a
B.A. in Theatre and Women's Studies.

Holly Holsinger (Music Director/Voice Coach) is a member and co-founder of
Wishhounds, a group which researches and creates performance. Holsinger
currently performs with Wishhounds and Cleveland Public Theatre and was
featured in a collaboration between the two:  Blue Sky Transmission: A
Tibetan Book of the Dead. She has performed throughout the United States,
Canada, Romania, Belgium, and Brazil. Specializing in voice work and
traditional songs, Holsinger creates much of the music for Wishhounds
productions.  Holsinger received an M.F.A. in Acting from The University of
California, Irvine, where she was a participant in Grotowski's Objective
Drama Research. She is also a consummate administrator, having served as 

Cleveland Public Theatre's Managing Director from 1995 -1997. Holsinger has
taught acting and theatre at Ohio State University, University of Akron,
Lorain County Community College, and Cuyahoga Community College. She is the
director of Cleveland Public Theatre's CPT Academy. 

The mission of CPT is to inspire, nurture, challenge, amaze, educate, and
empower artists and audiences, in order to make the Cleveland public a more
conscious and compassionate community.  Located at 6415 Detroit Avenue, CPT
serves as catalyst for urban development in the Detroit-Shoreway
neighborhood.

STEP and this production are supported by: Billie Howland Steffie Fund, City
of Cleveland, Key Bank, MBNA Foundation, Omni Media, Martha Holden Jennings
Foundation, Nathan L. and Regina Herman Charitable Fund, Raymond John Wean
Foundation, Third Federal Bank, Thomas H. White Foundation, Women's
Community Foundation.  

Special thanks to Councilpersons Patricia J. Britt, Joe Cimperman, Sabra
Pierce Scott, and Matthew Zone.  

Partner organizations: City of Cleveland's Employment Connection, Detroit
Shoreway Community Development Corporation, Famicos Foundation, ParkWorks,
Murtis H. Taylor Multi-Service Center, Tremont West Development Corporation,
YO! Cleveland. 

Cleveland Public Theatre and its artistic and education programs are funded
in part by funding from The Cleveland Foundation, The George Gund
Foundation, Ohio Arts Council, National Endowment for the Arts, Nord Family
Foundation, John P. Murphy Foundation, Kulas Foundation, Theatre
Communications Group, Bruening Foundation, Codrington Foundation, Giant
Eagle Foundation, Thomas White Foundation, Community Foundation of Greater
Lorain, Family Foundations of Jewish Community Federation, The Dolphin
Trust, Saint Ann Foundation, William J. and Dorothy K. O'Neill Foundation,
Stocker Foundation, Key Foundation, Nordson Foundation, Martha Holden 

Jennings Foundation, The Heartland Arts Fund, Wolf Family Foundation, The
Gerson Foundation, The Meisel Family Foundation, The Doll Family Foundation,
Raymond John Wean Foundation, The Ellie Fund, Cyrus Eaton Foundation,
Greater Cleveland Community Shares, Forest City Enterprises Charitable
Foundation, Alcoa Foundation, Capelin Foundation, Nathan and Regina Herman
Foundation, Hankins Foundation, Wilbert Fund of the Cleveland Foundation,
The Cleveland Browns Foundation, The Cleveland Plain Dealer, City
Architecture, Beech, Fried Lander, Copland, & Runoff LPA, Ron and Deborah
Rather, Joan Horvath, Roe Green Foundation, Fifth Third Bank, Huntington
National Bank, National City Bank, Markus Brothers Construction, Stewart and
Donna Kohl, and other corporate and individual contributors.

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PRESENTS EVENINGS OF FREE SUMMER THEATRE IN CLEVELAND CITY =
PARKS!<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

<p class=3Dvenue><b><i><font size=3D5 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:18.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>CHALK CIRCLE<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>

<p class=3Dvenue><b><i><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;
font-weight:bold;font-style:normal'>A classic tale for all =
ages!<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>

<p class=3Dvenue><b><i><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-weight:bold;font-style:normal'>August 4-13, =
2005<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>

<p class=3Dvenue><b><i><font size=3D3 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;
font-weight:bold;font-style:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></i></=
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<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-align:justify'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Cleveland Public Theatre is =
proud to
announce an outdoor production of <b><i><span style=3D'font-weight:bold;
font-style:italic'>CHALK CIRCLE</span></i></b>, an original performance,
loosely based on Bertolt Brecht’s classic play <i><span =
style=3D'font-style:
italic'>The Caucasian Chalk Circle</span></i>, performed by members of
CPT’s Student Theatre Enrichment Program (<b><span =
style=3D'font-weight:
bold'>STEP</span></b>).  The production will take place in a =
variety of
Cleveland City Parks from August 4 through 13, 2005.<b><span =
style=3D'font-weight:
bold'> Admission is free.</span></b>  The play is suitable for =
families.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></fo=
nt></p>

STEP (Student Theatre Enrichment =
Program) engages
inner-city teens in a rigorous and fun theatrical journey, focusing on
excellence in performance, play creation, writing, and production. STEP =
serves
a diverse range of youth, including those who have had little previous =
exposure
to theatre.  The majority of students come from economically =
challenged
households. Now in its eleventh year, STEP performances have gained a
reputation of excellence and the program has received multiple awards =
and
recognitions including those from the City of <st1:City =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:place
 w:st=3D"on">Cleveland</st1:place></st1:City>, The President’s =
Committee on
the Arts and Humanities, and the National Endowment for the Arts. =
Reviewing
STEP’s 2004 production of Blood
Wedding for Cool =
Cleveland
Linda Eisenstein writes, “…a
program that blows away preconceptions of ‘educational’ or
‘outreach’ theatre.... The results are riveting and
inspirational.” <o:p></o:p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>In <b><i><span =
style=3D'font-weight:
bold;font-style:italic'>CHALK CIRCLE</span></i></b>, a child’s =
fate hangs
in the balance as his birth mother and adopted mother battle for control =
of his
future in a dynamic tale of love, justice and courage in the face of
adversity.  STEP’s production<i><span =
style=3D'font-style:italic'> </span></i>is
a highly visual adaptation geared for the outdoor environment, with =
stunning
visual imagery, powerful action, and haunting a cappella music.  =
Co-Directors
Raymond Bobgan and Chris Seibert and the students of STEP have adapted =
the
script for this production.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></fon=
t></p>

“Every year the STEP =
program
gets better and better,” states Bobgan, CPT’s newly =
appointed
Associate Artistic Director who serves as the Director of Education and =
is the
Co-Director of the production.  “The work of the teens =
improves and
flourishes as they grow in experience over time. The discipline and =
enthusiasm
of our returning students creates a compelling and focused environment =
that
really challenges and draws out our new students. Chris Seibert has =
brought
this program to a high level of vibrancy and artistic accomplishment. =
The
results are clear, a group of highly professional, incredibly talented, =
amazing
performers doing their best work in a stunning work of =
theatre.”<o:p></o:p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-align:justify'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></fo=
nt></p>

<p class=3DMsoBodyText =
style=3D'margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal'><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>This
summer’s STEP participants include students from all over the =
<st1:City
w:st=3D"on"><st1:place w:st=3D"on">Cleveland</st1:place></st1:City> =
area.  <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

Featured
performers include: Joella R. Blount, Anthony Brooks, Vincent Cleveland, =
Grace
Czerniawski, Mariah Dukes, Adena E. Fancher, Gina Ferguson, Ernestine =
Gantz,
Yohanz Alee Lawrence, Joshua O’Neill, Quinton Perry, Megan J. =
Randolph,
Samantha Robinson, Dontez Rowdy, Edward Siwik, Todd Siwik, Tyler =
Slaughter, and
Katherine N. Uitenham.<o:p></o:p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-align:justify'><b><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Performance=

locations</span></font></b><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'> are</span></font></b><font =
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<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-align:justify'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Thursday, August =
4<sup>th</sup> at
7:00 pm in <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName =
w:st=3D"on">Herman</st1:PlaceName>
 <st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">Park</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> (West =
60<sup>th</sup>
and Herman)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-align:justify'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Friday, August =
5<sup>th</sup> at
7:00 pm in <st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">Lake</st1:PlaceType> =
<st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Pool</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">Park</st1:PlaceType> (West 85<sup>th</sup> =
and <st1:place
w:st=3D"on">Lake</st1:place>)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-align:justify'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Saturday, August =
6<sup>th</sup> at
7:00 pm in <st1:City w:st=3D"on"><st1:place w:st=3D"on">Lincoln =
Park</st1:place></st1:City>
(West 14<sup>th</sup> and Starkweather)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-align:justify'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Sunday, August =
7<sup>th</sup> at
7:00 pm in <st1:City w:st=3D"on"><st1:place w:st=3D"on">Lincoln =
Park</st1:place></st1:City>
(West 14<sup>th</sup> and Starkweather)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-align:justify'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Wednesday, August =
10<sup>th</sup> at
12:00 pm and 6:00 pm in Downtown Mall B <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-align:justify'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Thursday, August =
11<sup>th</sup> at
7:00 pm in <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName =
w:st=3D"on">Sam</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
 w:st=3D"on">Miller</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType =
w:st=3D"on">Park</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
(<st1:Street w:st=3D"on"><st1:address w:st=3D"on">750 East =
88<sup>th</sup> =
St</st1:address></st1:Street>.)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

Friday, August =
12th at
7:00 pm at <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName =
w:st=3D"on">Sterling</st1:PlaceName>
 <st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Recreation</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType =
w:st=3D"on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
(East 32nd & St. Clair)<o:p></o:p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-align:justify'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Saturday, August =
13<sup>th</sup> at 7:00
in Artha Woods Park (MLK & Woodstock =
Ave.)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-align:justify'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Friday, September, =
2<sup>nd</sup> at
7:00 pm InGenuity at <st1:Street w:st=3D"on"><st1:address =
w:st=3D"on">Public =
Square</st1:address></st1:Street><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-align:justify'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></fo=
nt></p>

All performances are FREE. =
No
reservations are required, audiences are encouraged to pack a picnic, =
and to
bring a chair or blanket.  <o:p></o:p>

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face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></fo=
nt></p>

Raymond Bobgan =
(Co-Director) 
is Associate Artistic Director and Education Director at CPT. Raymond
specializes in creating new works of theater and has directed and
collaboratively conceived and created over twenty new plays. =
Raymond’s Blue Sky Transmission: A Tibetan Book of the =
Dead was
commissioned co-produced by CPT and La Mama ETC (NYC) was the recipient =
of a
Rockefeller MAP Fund Grant. His most recent co-creation The Confessions of Punch and Judy =
was
produced by CPT, NaCl (NYC), and Number 11 Theatre (Toronto) and was =
performed
at CPT, HERE Arts Center (NYC), and Toronto Theatre Centre. =
Raymond’s
theatrical work has been seen in <st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on">Romania</st1:country-region>,
<st1:country-region w:st=3D"on">Belgium</st1:country-region>, =
<st1:country-region
w:st=3D"on">Denmark</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on">Wales</st1:country-region>,
<st1:country-region w:st=3D"on">Brazil</st1:country-region>, =
<st1:country-region
w:st=3D"on">Canada</st1:country-region>, and throughout the =
<st1:country-region
w:st=3D"on"><st1:place w:st=3D"on">United =
States</st1:place></st1:country-region>.
Raymond served as Collaborating Director for Guillermo Gomez- =
Pena’s Borderscape 2000 (<st1:City =
w:st=3D"on">San
 Francisco</st1:City> and <st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on">Wales</st1:country-region>)
and he was <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName =
w:st=3D"on">Robert</st1:PlaceName>
 <st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Falls</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>’ =
Assistant
Director for both the Goodman Theatre and Broadway productions of Arthur
Miller’s Death of a =
Salesman.
Raymond’s more conventional works include the highly successful =
CPT
productions of Tennessee Williams’ Summer
and Smoke and Thornton Wilder’s The Skin of Our Teeth. Raymond worked as a =
participant and
later a group leader in Jerzy Grotowski’s Objective Drama Research
Program at The University of California, <st1:City =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:place w:st=3D"on">Irvine</st1:place></st1:City>.
Raymond’s work has been featured in American
Theatre, Canadian =
Theatre Review,
Theatre Journal, and in =
Lisa
Wolford’s book Grotowski’s
Objective Drama Research. He is an alumni of Theatre =
Communications
Group/Pew Charitable Trust’s National Theatre Artist Residency =
Program (2001-02)
and the TCG/NEA Career Development Program for Directors (1997-98). =
Raymond was
Acting Artistic Director of CPT (1995-1997) while Artistic Director and =
Founder
James Levin was on a two year sabbatical. In 1994 Raymond initiated =
CPT’s
STEP program and has directed or co-directed seven STEP shows. =
<o:p></o:p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></fo=
nt></p>

Chris Seibert (Co-Director) has run the =
Student
Theatre Enrichment Program (STEP) for the last three years, and is also =
the
Director of the CPT/Elyria YWCA Women’s Voices Project.  =
Through these
programs, she has facilitated the creation of five original works: =
Ugly in Love, Bliss, Surrendering,
Hope Here, and courage of i.  STEP’s =
production of The Tale of the Emerald Bird =
toured to
local libraries, children’s homes and community centers, and last =
summer’s
Blood Wedding toured to =
<st1:City
w:st=3D"on"><st1:place w:st=3D"on">Cleveland</st1:place></st1:City> =
parks.  Chris
has written solo works, a screenplay, and several plays. Her solo =
performance, Split, was selected as a =
Critic’s
Choice by the Chicago Reader and her screenplay, Moon Tooth, was a semifinalist in the prestigious
Chesterfield Screenwriting Competition. She has performed with <st1:City =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:place
 w:st=3D"on">Chicago</st1:place></st1:City> performance companies =
Redmoon and
Jellyeye Drum Theatre. At CPT, she performed in The Cult, a play which she co-created. She has also =
appeared
in CPT’s productions of The =
Vagina Monologues
and Discordia. Chris is =
a
graduate of <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName =
w:st=3D"on">Loyola</st1:PlaceName>
 <st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> with =
a B.A. in
Theatre and Women’s Studies.<o:p></o:p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></fo=
nt></p>

Holly Holsinger (Music Director/Voice =
Coach) is a
member and co-founder of Wishhounds, a group which researches and =
creates
performance. Holsinger currently performs with Wishhounds and Cleveland =
Public
Theatre and was featured in a collaboration between the two:  =
Blue Sky Transmission: A Tibetan Book of the =
Dead.
She has performed throughout the <st1:country-region w:st=3D"on">United =
States</st1:country-region>,
<st1:country-region w:st=3D"on">Canada</st1:country-region>, =
<st1:country-region
w:st=3D"on">Romania</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on">Belgium</st1:country-region>,
and <st1:country-region w:st=3D"on"><st1:place =
w:st=3D"on">Brazil</st1:place></st1:country-region>.
Specializing in voice work and traditional songs, Holsinger creates much =
of the
music for Wishhounds productions.  Holsinger received an M.F.A. in =
Acting from
The University of California, <st1:City w:st=3D"on"><st1:place =
w:st=3D"on">Irvine</st1:place></st1:City>,
where she was a participant in Grotowski’s Objective Drama =
Research. She
is also a consummate administrator, having served as =
<o:p></o:p>

Cleveland Public
Theatre’s Managing Director from 1995 -1997. Holsinger has taught =
acting
and theatre at <st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Ohio</st1:PlaceName> =
<st1:PlaceType
w:st=3D"on">State</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType =
w:st=3D"on">University</st1:PlaceType>,
<st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName =
w:st=3D"on">Akron</st1:PlaceName>,
<st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Lorain</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType =
w:st=3D"on">County</st1:PlaceType>
<st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">Community College</st1:PlaceType>, and =
<st1:place
w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Cuyahoga</st1:PlaceName> =
<st1:PlaceType
 w:st=3D"on">Community College</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>. She is the =
director
of Cleveland Public Theatre’s CPT Academy. =
<o:p></o:p>

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face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></fo=
nt></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-align:justify'><b><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><o:p> =
</o:p></span></font></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-align:justify'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The mission of CPT is to =
inspire,
nurture, challenge, amaze, educate, and empower artists and audiences, =
in order
to make the <st1:City w:st=3D"on"><st1:place =
w:st=3D"on">Cleveland</st1:place></st1:City>
public a more conscious and compassionate community.  Located at =
<st1:Street
w:st=3D"on"><st1:address w:st=3D"on">6415 Detroit =
Avenue</st1:address></st1:Street>,
CPT serves as catalyst for urban development in the Detroit-Shoreway
neighborhood.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></fo=
nt></p>

STEP and this production =
are
supported by: Billie Howland Steffie Fund, City of <st1:City =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:place
 w:st=3D"on">Cleveland</st1:place></st1:City>, Key Bank, MBNA =
Foundation, Omni
Media, Martha Holden Jennings Foundation, Nathan L. and Regina Herman
Charitable Fund, Raymond John Wean Foundation, Third Federal Bank, =
Thomas H.
White Foundation, Women’s Community Foundation.  =
<o:p></o:p>

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face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></fo=
nt></p>

Special thanks to =
Councilpersons
Patricia J. Britt, Joe Cimperman, Sabra Pierce Scott, and <st1:place =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName
 w:st=3D"on">Matthew</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName =
w:st=3D"on">Zone</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>. 
<o:p></o:p>

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face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></fo=
nt></p>

Partner organizations: City =
of <st1:City
w:st=3D"on"><st1:place =
w:st=3D"on">Cleveland</st1:place></st1:City>’s
Employment Connection, Detroit Shoreway Community Development =
Corporation,
Famicos Foundation, ParkWorks, Murtis H. Taylor Multi-Service Center, =
Tremont
West Development Corporation, YO! <st1:City w:st=3D"on"><st1:place =
w:st=3D"on">Cleveland</st1:place></st1:City>.
<o:p></o:p>

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face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></fo=
nt></p>

Cleveland Public Theatre =
and its
artistic and education programs are funded in part by funding from The
Cleveland Foundation, The George Gund Foundation, Ohio Arts Council, =
National
Endowment for the Arts, Nord Family Foundation, John P. Murphy =
Foundation,
Kulas Foundation, Theatre Communications Group, Bruening Foundation, =
Codrington
Foundation, Giant Eagle Foundation, Thomas White Foundation, Community
Foundation of Greater Lorain, Family Foundations of Jewish Community
Federation, The Dolphin Trust, Saint Ann Foundation, William J. and =
Dorothy K.
O’Neill Foundation, Stocker Foundation, Key Foundation, Nordson
Foundation, Martha Holden <o:p></o:p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-align:justify'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Jennings Foundation, The =
Heartland
Arts Fund, Wolf Family Foundation, The Gerson Foundation, The =
Meisel
Family Foundation, The Doll Family Foundation, Raymond John Wean =
Foundation,
The Ellie Fund, Cyrus Eaton Foundation, Greater Cleveland Community =
Shares,
Forest City Enterprises Charitable Foundation, Alcoa =
Foundation, Capelin
Foundation, Nathan and Regina Herman Foundation, Hankins Foundation, =
Wilbert
Fund of the Cleveland Foundation, The Cleveland Browns Foundation, The
Cleveland Plain Dealer, City Architecture, Beech, Fried Lander, Copland, =
&
Runoff LPA, Ron and Deborah Rather, Joan Horvath, Roe Green
Foundation, Fifth Third Bank, Huntington National Bank, =
National City
Bank, Markus Brothers Construction, Stewart and Donna Kohl, and =
other
corporate and individual contributors.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
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