[NEohioPAL]Karamu BEFORE IT HITS HOME- March 8-April 9-Jelliffe Theatre

Fri Feb 24 08:08:57 PST 2006

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Marketing Manager

Phone (216) 795-7070 x 215

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE =96Friday, February 24, 2006

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Karamu Performing Arts Theater Presents its 5th production in the =
2005/2006
90th Celebration Theater Season Theme: Raising the Roof Revivals: Before =
It
Hits Home

By Cheryl L. West

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Wendall Bailey, a smooth jazz saxophonist and a father of one, lives =
between
two worlds,=20

a pregnant fianc=E9e and a male lover.  After being stricken with AIDS,
Wendell decides to visit family.  Does he or does he not confront them =
about
his terrifying predicimic? Come find out March 10 - April 9, as Karamu
Performing Arts Theatre presents Cheryl L. West=92s award winning Before =
It
Hits Home.  One of the most talked about plays in Cleveland this season,
which tackles this serious epidemic and "the down low" within the black
community.

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Before It Hits Home by Cheryl L. West (DRAMA) March 10 =96 April 9, =
2006,
Karamu House=92s

Jelliffe Theatre directed by: Ray Allmond

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Preview nights are Wednesday and Thursday March 8 & 9 at 7:30pm; Preview
night

ticket prices are $8.00 each. =20

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Opening Night, March 10th and subsequent Performances are 8:00 p.m. on
Thursday, Friday and Saturdays and 3:00 p.m. on Sunday.  Thursday and
SundayTickets are $18=20

Friday and Saturday tickets are $21.00    Group, senior and student
discounts are available

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Technically National Black AIDS Awareness month is Feb. 1 =96 March 12
however, the need for information and testing never has an end date.
Information on AIDS/HIV will be available at Karamu House throughout the =
run
of this production.

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Come to Karamu and =93Feel at Home In the House=94, Karamu House is the =
oldest
African American Cultural Arts Institution in the United States, it is
listed in the National Registry of Historic Places and a recipient of an
Ohio Historical Marker.   Karamu=92s theatre productions are sponsored =
in part
by The George Gund Foundation.  For more information contact Karamu=92s =
box
office at 216-795-7077.

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style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Phone
(216) 795-7070 x 215<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

<h1><b><font size=3D3 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE –Friday, February 24, =
2006<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h1>

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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Karamu Performing Arts Theater Presents its 5th =
production
in the 2005/2006 90th Celebration Theater Season Theme: Raising the Roof
Revivals: <i><span style=3D'font-style:italic'>Before It Hits =
Home<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></font></p>

By Cheryl L. West<o:p></o:p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Wendall Bailey, a smooth jazz saxophonist and a =
father of
one, lives between two worlds, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

a pregnant fianc=E9e and a male lover.=A0 After being =
stricken
with AIDS, Wendell decides to visit family.=A0 Does he or does he =
not
confront them about his terrifying predicimic? Come find out March =
10 -
April 9, as Karamu Performing Arts Theatre presents Cheryl L. =
West’s
award winning Before It Hits =
Home.=A0
One of the most talked about plays in <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City =
w:st=3D"on">Cleveland</st1:City></st1:place>
this season, which tackles this serious epidemic and "the =
down
low" within the black community.<o:p></o:p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>=A0=A0=A0=A0 <i><span =
style=3D'font-style:italic'><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><i><font size=3D3 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>Before It Hits =
Home</span></font></i><font
size=3D3 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'> by Cheryl
L. West (DRAMA) March 10 – April 9, 2006, Karamu =
House’s<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Jelliffe Theatre directed by: Ray =
Allmond</span></font><font
face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoBodyText><font size=3D3 =
face=3DArial><o:p> </o:p></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoBodyText><u><font size=3D3 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>Preview
nights</span></font></u> are Wednesday and Thursday March 8 & 9 at =
7:30pm; <u>Preview
night<o:p></o:p></u></p>

<p class=3DMsoBodyText><u><font size=3D3 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>ticket
prices are $8.00 each.=A0 <o:p></o:p></span></font></u></p>

<p class=3DMsoBodyText><font size=3D3 =
face=3DArial><o:p> </o:p></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoBodyText><font size=3D3 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>Opening
Night, March 10th and subsequent Performances are 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, =
Friday
and Saturdays and 3:00 p.m. on Sunday.=A0 Thursday and SundayTickets are =
$18 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoBodyText><font size=3D3 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>Friday
and Saturday tickets are $21.00=A0=A0=A0 Group, senior and student =
discounts are
available<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoBodyText><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p=
>

<p class=3DMsoBodyText><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p=
>

Technically National Black AIDS =
Awareness month
is Feb. 1 – March 12 however, the need for information and testing =
never
has an end date.=A0 Information
on AIDS/HIV will be available at Karamu House throughout the run of this
production.<o:p></o:p>

<p class=3DMsoBodyText><font size=3D3 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>=A0=A0 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoBodyText><font size=3D3 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>Come
to Karamu and “Feel at Home In the House”, Karamu House is =
the
oldest African American Cultural Arts Institution in the <st1:place =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:country-region
 w:st=3D"on">United States</st1:country-region></st1:place>, it is =
listed in the
National Registry of Historic Places and a recipient of an Ohio =
Historical
Marker.=A0=A0 Karamu’s theatre productions are sponsored in part =
by The
George Gund Foundation.=A0 For more information contact Karamu’s =
box office
at 216-795-7077.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

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