[NEohioPAL]AUDITION CALL for Karamu's 2006/07 Season on August 17th, 19th & 20th
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AUDITION CALL For Karamu's 2006/07 Season of "SPEAKING THE GOSPEL! In Black=
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and White!" Main Stage Productions/Youth Theatre=20
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Thursday, August 17th @ 6PM (Concert Hall)
Saturday, August 19th @ 11AM (Jelliffe Theatre)
Sunday, August 20th @ 10:30AM-1:30PM (Jelliffe Theatre)
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Come Prepared with a monologue not exceeding three minutes (two =20
contrasting). Sides from each production will be available. Maybe asked to =20=
improvise.=20
Please bring headshot and resume.
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Rehearsals start five to six weeks out before opening of all main stage =20
productions.=20
Artist are paid for the mainstage.=20
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Karamu House
2355 East 89th Street (corner of Quincy)
Cleveland, OH 44106
216-795-7070=20
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Karamu Performing Arts Theatre Presents the 2006/07 Season of "SPEAKING TH=
E=20
GOSPEL!: In Black And White"=20
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GOSPEL! GOSPEL! GOSPEL! - World Premier (Musical)
Conceived, Directed and Choreographed by Otis Sallid
Jelliffe Theatre, October 6 - November 5, 2006
(Previews October 4th & 5th @ 7:30PM)
(Saturday Matinee shows @ 3PM on 10/14th, 10/21st, 10/28th & 11/4th)=20
In association with Karamu alumnae James Pickens Jr. (from the hot show=20=
=E2=80=9C
Grey's Anatomy=E2=80=9D) and Otis Sallid (Bdway's "Smokey Joe's Cafe," "Sch=
ool Daze,"=20
"Swing Kids," and "Malcolm X"), Karamu Performing Arts Theatre presents the=
=20
world premier musical Gospel! Gospel! Gospel!, an inspirational, foot-stom=
ping,=20
hand-clapping musical revue filled with some of the best gospel music ever=
=20
written, this original musical asks the question, "What is gospel?" and=20
answers it with the music of the greats:Thomas Dorsey, Clara Ward, Mahalia=20
Jackson, Aretha Franklin, James Cleveland, and more. (Casting In Process)
=20
BLACK NATIVITY (Annual Holiday Musical)
By Langston Hughes=20
Director/Choreographer Terence Greene
Jelliffe Theatre, December 8 - December 31, 2006
(Previews December 6th and 7th @ 7:30PM)=20
(Special Holiday Shows For Bookings Only: 12/20, 12/27 @ 7:30PM)
Literary genius Langston Hughes=E2=80=99 "Black Nativity" is a contemporary=
=20
retelling of the birth of Christ based on the Gospel of St. Luke and set to=
the music=20
of the Black church. A tradition for over twenty years, , this piece =20
celebrates the Reason for the Season at Karamu and features Cleveland Conte=
mporary=20
Dance Theatre dancers Michael Medcalf and Kathleen Turner as Joseph and Mar=
y=20
and students from Cleveland School of the Arts. (Annual holiday fun for the=20
whole family)
PERMANENT COLLECTION - Barrymore Award for Outstanding New Play/Cleveland=20
Premier (Drama) (Black History Month)
Written By Thomas Gibbons=20
Directed by Terrence Spivey
Arena Theatre, January 19 =E2=80=93 February 11, 2007=20
(Previews January 17th & 18th @ 7:30PM)
The team behind the critically acclaimed Karamu hit "bee-luther-hatchee=E2=
=80=9D are=20
at it again. Playwright Thomas Gibbons and Karamu Artistic Director Terrenc=
e=20
Spivey bring "Permanent Collection=E2=80=9D to the intimate Arena's stage t=
o explore=20
racial politics within the art world. An Impressionistic painting or an =20
African mask, which holds more artistic value? This thought provoking drama=20=
was =20
inspired by the true controversies surrounding Philadelphia=E2=80=99s acclai=
med=20
Barnes Foundation. In the play, new museum director, Sterling North, an Afr=
ican =20
American, discovers African American art tucked away in storage at Morris =20
Foundation and challenges the museum to display them beside European art.=20
=20
THE TRIAL OF ONE-SHORT SIGHTED BLACK WOMAN VS. MAMMY LOUISE
AND SAFREETA MAE (Satire) (Ohio Premier) (Women=E2=80=99s Month Celebration=
)
By Karani Marcia Leslie =20
Directed by Tony Sias
Jelliffe Theatre, March 2 - March 25, 2007=20
(Previews April 30th & March 1st @ 7:30PM)
Voted one of the top ten Off Broadway plays, this bristling political satir=
e=20
puts racial stereotypes on trial=E2=80=94literally! A young professional A=
frican =20
American files a law suit against two negative images of Black women: Mammy=20=
and=20
the sexually licentious, Safreeta Mae. This courtroom satire uses humor and=
=20
history to get to the truth of the images African Americans face daily. =20
(Contains Adult Themes, Content and Language
Parental Guidance Suggested)
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A COLORED FUNERAL- World Premier (Comedy Satire w/music)
Written by Gregory S. Carr=20
Directed by Christopher Johnston=20
Arena Theatre, April 13 - May 6, 2007=20
(Previews April 11th & 12th @ 7:30PM)
Gregory S. Carr, author of Karamu=E2=80=99s smash, Johnnie Taylor is Gone=
, returns=20
with A Colored Funeral, a hit a last year's Fusion Festival. This is a=20
hysterical, poignant, deliciously irreverent look at death in the African =20
American community and the creative ways Blacks cope with this universal ph=
enomenon.=20
The play=E2=80=99s contemporary message about the fate African American com=
munity in=20
the age of violence, disease, and racism is =E2=80=9Ca wake-up call,=E2=80=
=9D that will=20
make you laugh and think at the same time. (Parental Guidance Due to adult=20
themes)
KING HEDLEY II - Ohio Premier (Drama) =20=
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Written By August Wilson =20=
=20
Directed=20
by Caroline Jackson-Smith
Jelliffe Theatre, May 25- June 17, 2007=20
(Previews May 23rd & 24th @ 7:30PM)
The eighth work of Pulitzer Prize winner August Wilson's 10 play theatrical=
=20
opus, this play illuminates the African American experience in the =E2=80=
=9880=E2=80=99s.=20
Set in 1985, it tells the heart-wrenching story of King Hedley, an ex-con i=
n=20
post-Reagan Pittsburgh trying to rebuild his life. Surrounded by his mother=
,=20
his new wife, and his best friend, Hedley=E2=80=99s is the tale of a man de=
sperate for=20
a better life in a society contemptuous of his dreams. This grand salute to=
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the late, great playwright is directed by Wilson vet, Caroline Jackson-Smith=
. =20
(For ages 17 and up)
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YOUTH & YOUNG ADULT THEATRE SEASON
Youth Theatre Series:
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SHOES by Ted Shine =20
October 21-November 12, 2006 (Annie Mae) (Director: Judy Mazur) =20
An gripping educational drama, in which a young busboy at an exclusive=20
Dallas country club learns the value of money when he must choose between b=
uying=20
stylish shoes and saving his earnings. (For ages fifteen and up)
=20
A HIP HOP AESOP by Je Franklin, Music Composed by Sheryl Robinson Pattilo=20=
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December 18, 2006- January 7, 2007 (Jelliffe) Director: MC Spider
Written by New York Drama Desk Award winner Je Franklin and composed by=20
Sheryl Robinson Pattilo, A Hip Hop Aesop showcases talented local actors=20=
and=20
poets putting a slam-poetry, hip hop twist on classic Aesop fables like=20=
=E2=80=9CThe=20
Boy Who Cried Wolf=E2=80=9D and =E2=80=9CThe Hare and the Tortoise.=E2=80=
=9D (For All Ages: Family fun=20
for the Christmas holidays.)=20
=20
JIM: FLESH AND BLOOD and GREENSBORO FOUR by Nicole C. Kearney Cooper Januar=
y=20
26 =E2=80=93 February 18, 2007 (Two World Premiers) Jelliffe Theatre
=20
>From the playwright of Karamu hits The Little Boy Who Shook up the World,=20
and Little Rock Nine, comes the world premier of her third "movement cycle=
,=20
Greensboro Four, and the tell it like it is Jim Brown: Flesh and Blood.
=20
Greensboro Four=20
In 1960, four North Carolina A&T students staged a sit-in at the lunch=20
counter of the old F.W. Woolworth's on Elm Street after the store refused t=
o serve=20
them. This historical incident inspired similar movements across the=20
Southand later dissolved segregation. The four students are considered pion=
eers in=20
the nation's civil rights movement. (Director: Judy Mazur) 2PM Showtimes=20
=20
Jim Brown: Flesh and Blood, is a look at the life of legendary athlete, =20
actor, activist...Jim Brown. Considered our modern day John Henry, and one o=
f =20
the most celebrated and complexed figures in the world of sports and =20
entertainment. Brown tackles some serious issues just as much as being tackl=
ed on the=20
gridiron; a man who believes in self determination, economics and education=
. =20
(For ages 15 and up) (Director: TBA)
4PM Showtimes
=20
GOLDILOCKS ON TRIAL by Ed Monk (Encore)
March 10 =E2=80=93 April 1, 2007 (Arena) Dir. Richard Morris Jr.
Back by popular demand, Goldilocks is on trial again! Goldilocks is on tria=
l=20
for breaking and entering. Will she be found guilty and sent to prison, or=20
will the truth come out? Come and be a witness to the return of this winnin=
g=20
Karamu production. (For All Ages)=20
15th Annual R. Joyce Whitley Arena Festival of New Works
May 14 =E2=80=93 May 25, 2007 (Arena)
=20
Young Adult Series Double Bill: Beyond the Classrooms
May 12 =E2=80=93 June 3, 2007 (Arena)
WHEN THE CHICKENS COME HOME TO ROOST by Laurence Holder (Ohio Premier)
Director: Jimmie D. Woody =20
In Holder's Obie award winning classic, Malcolm X prepares to leave the=20
Nation as he confronts his mentor Elijah Muhammad, about philosophical=20
differences and the leader=E2=80=99s infidelities. (Ages 16 and up) Showtim=
e: 2PM
=20
BODY & SOLD by Debra Lake Fortson (World Premier)
Director: Najaa Young
Based on true accounts, Body & Sold tells the stories of three young women=20
who survived sex trafficking right here in the Unites States.. Following ea=
ch=20
performance, experts on this subject will lead discussions on the worldwide=
=20
sale and exploitation of women and men.
(Ages 16 and up) 4PM Showtime=20
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Terrence Spivey =20=
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Artistic =20
Director =20=
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Karamu Performing Arts=20
Theatre =20
216-795-7070 ext. 240
(Dates Are Subject To Change)
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<DIV><FONT size=3D3><STRONG>AUDITION CALL For Karamu's 2006/07 Season of "SP=
EAKING=20
THE GOSPEL! In Black and White!" Main Stage Productions/Youth Theatre=20
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<DIV>Thursday, August 17th @ 6PM (Concert Hall)</DIV>
<DIV>Saturday, August 19th @ 11AM (Jelliffe Theatre)</DIV>
<DIV>Sunday, August 20th @ 10:30AM-1:30PM (Jelliffe Theatre)</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Come Prepared with a monologue not exceeding three minutes (two=20
contrasting). Sides from each production will be available. Maybe asked to=20
improvise. Please bring headshot and resume.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Rehearsals start five to six weeks out before opening of all main stage=
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productions. </DIV>
<DIV>Artist are paid for the mainstage. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Karamu House</DIV>
<DIV>2355 East 89th Street (corner of Quincy)</DIV>
<DIV>Cleveland, OH 44106</DIV>
<DIV>216-795-7070 </DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3D5><STRONG><EM>Kar=
amu=20
Performing Arts Theatre Presents the 2006/07 Season of "SPEAKING=20=
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GOSPEL!: In Black And White" </EM></STRONG></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=3DMsoNormal><EM><STRONG><SPAN>GOSPEL! GOSPEL! GOSPEL! - World Pre=
mier=20
(Musical)</SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O></O></SPAN></STRONG></EM></=
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<DIV class=3DMsoNormal><EM><SPAN><STRONG>Conceived,=20
</STRONG></SPAN></EM><EM><SPAN><STRONG>Directed and Choreographed by Otis=20
Sallid<O></O></STRONG></SPAN></EM></DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal><EM><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Jelliffe Theatre, October 6 -=20
</SPAN><ST1><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">November 5,=20
2006</SPAN></ST1><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O></O></SPAN></STRONG></EM></=
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<DIV class=3DMsoNormal><EM><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">(Previews October 4th & 5t=
h @=20
</SPAN><ST1><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">7:30PM</SPAN></ST1><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">)</SPAN></STRONG></EM></DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal><EM><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">(Saturday Matinee shows @=20
3PM on 10/14th, 10/21st, 10/28th &=20
11/4th) </SPAN></STRONG></EM></DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal><EM><SPAN><O></O></SPAN></EM></DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I=
n=20
association with Karamu alumnae James Pickens Jr. (from the hot show =E2=80=
=9CGrey's=20
Anatomy=E2=80=9D) and Otis Sallid (Bdway's "Smokey Joe's Cafe," "School Daze=
," "Swing=20
Kids," and "Malcolm X"), Karamu Performing Arts Theatre presents the wo=
rld=20
premier musical Gospel! Gospel! Gospel!,<SPAN style=3D"COLOR: black"> an=20
inspirational, foot-stomping, hand-clapping musical=20
revue f</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">illed with some of the best go=
spel=20
music ever written, this original musical asks the question, "What=
is=20
gospel?" and answers it with the music of the greats:Thomas Dorsey, Clara Wa=
rd,=20
Mahalia Jackson, Aretha Franklin, James Cleveland, and more.<STRONG> (Castin=
g In=20
Process)<O></O></STRONG></SPAN></DIV></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal><B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></B> </DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal><EM><B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">BLACK=20
NATIVITY</SPAN></B></EM><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> (Annual=20
</SPAN></STRONG><ST1><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Holiday</SPAN></STRONG></ST1><=
STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Musical)</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN=
=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O></O></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">By Langston=20
Hughes</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <O></O></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Director/Choreographer Terence=
=20
Greene</SPAN></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Jelliffe Theatre, December 8 -=
=20
</SPAN></STRONG><ST1><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">December 31,=20
2006</SPAN></STRONG></ST1><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O></O></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">(Previews December 6th and 7th=
@=20
</SPAN></STRONG><ST1><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">7:30PM</SPAN></STRONG></ST1><S=
TRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">) </SPAN></STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O></O></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">(Special=20
</SPAN></STRONG><ST1><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Holiday</SPAN></STRONG></ST1><=
STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Shows For Bookings=20
Only: 12/20, 12/27 @ </SPAN></STRONG><ST1><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">7:30PM</SPAN></STRONG></ST1><S=
TRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">)</SPAN></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O></O></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">L=
iterary=20
genius Langston Hughes=E2=80=99 "Black Nativity" is a contemporary retelling=
of the=20
birth of Christ based on the Gospel of St. Luke and set to the music of the=20
Black church. <SPAN> </SPAN>A tradition for over twenty years, , this p=
iece=20
celebrates the Reason for the Season at Karamu and features Cleveland=20
Contemporary Dance Theatre dancers Michael Medcalf and Kathleen Turner as Jo=
seph=20
and Mary and students from Cleveland School of the Arts. <EM><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial">(Annual holiday fun for the whole=20
family)</SPAN></EM></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><=
EM><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></EM><O></O></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O></O></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O></O></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal><EM><B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">PERMANENT=20
COLLECTION</SPAN></B></EM><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> - Barrymore Award for Outstan=
ding=20
New Play</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">/<STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Cleveland Premier (Drama) (Black History=20
Month)</SPAN></STRONG><O></O></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Written By Thomas=20
Gibbons </SPAN></STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O></O></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Directed by Terrence=20
Spivey</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O></O></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Arena Theatre, January 19 =E2=
=80=93=20
</SPAN></STRONG><ST1><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">February 11,=20
2007</SPAN></STRONG></ST1><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O></O></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">(Previews January 17th & 1=
8th @=20
</SPAN></STRONG><ST1><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">7:30PM</SPAN></STRONG></ST1><S=
TRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">)</SPAN></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O></O></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal><EM><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The team b=
ehind=20
the critically acclaimed Karamu hit </SPAN></EM><EM><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">"</SPAN></EM><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">bee-luther-hatchee=E2=80=9D ar=
e at it again.=20
Playwright Thomas Gibbons and Karamu Artistic Director Terrence Spivey bring=
=20
"Permanent Collection=E2=80=9D to the intimate Arena's stage to explore=
racial=20
politics within the art world. An Impressionistic painting or an=20
African mask, which holds more artistic value? This thought provoking drama=20=
was=20
inspired by the true controversies surrounding Philadelphia=E2=80=99s acclai=
med Barnes=20
Foundation. In the play, new museum director, Sterling North, an Africa=
n=20
American, discovers African American art tucked away in storage at Morr=
is=20
Foundation and challenges the museum to display them beside European=20
art. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN><O></O></DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal><EM><B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">THE TRIAL OF ONE-SHORT SIGHTED=
BLACK=20
WOMAN VS. MAMMY LOUISE</SPAN></B></EM><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O></O></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal><EM><B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">AND SAFREETA MAE=20
</SPAN></B></EM><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">(Satire) (Ohio Premier) (Women=
=E2=80=99s=20
Month Celebration)</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O></O></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">By Karani Marcia Leslie<SPAN>&=
nbsp;=20
</SPAN></SPAN></STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O></O></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Directed by Tony=20
Sias</SPAN></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Jelliffe Theatre, March 2 -=20
</SPAN></STRONG><ST1><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">March 25,=20
2007</SPAN></STRONG></ST1><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O></O></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">(Previews April 30th & Mar=
ch 1st=20
@ </SPAN></STRONG><ST1><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">7:30PM</SPAN></STRONG></ST1><S=
TRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">)</SPAN></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O></O></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">V=
oted one=20
of the top ten Off Broadway plays, this bristling political satire puts raci=
al=20
stereotypes on trial=E2=80=94literally!<SPAN> </SPAN>A young professio=
nal African=20
American files a law suit against two negative images of Black women: Mammy=20=
and=20
the sexually licentious, Safreeta Mae. This courtroom satire uses humor and=20
history to get to the truth of the images African Americans face daily.=20
<SPAN> </SPAN>(<EM><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Contains Adult Th=
emes,=20
Content and Language</SPAN></EM><I><BR><EM><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Parental Guidance=20
Suggested</SPAN></EM></I>)<O></O></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <O></O></SPAN></DI=
V>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O></O></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal><EM><B><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: A=
rial">A=20
COLORED FUNERAL</SPAN></B></EM><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">- World Premier (Comedy Satire=
=20
w/music)</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O></O></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Written by</SPAN></STRONG><SPA=
N=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Gregory S.=20
Carr </SPAN></STRONG><O></O></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Directed by Christopher=20
Johnston </SPAN></STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O></O></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Arena Theatre, April 13 -=20
</SPAN></STRONG><ST1><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">May 6,=20
2007</SPAN></STRONG></ST1><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O></O></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">(Previews April 11th & 12t=
h @=20
</SPAN></STRONG><ST1><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">7:30PM</SPAN></STRONG></ST1><S=
TRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">)</SPAN></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O></O></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Gregory S=
.=20
Carr</SPAN></STRONG><STRONG><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Ari=
al">,=20
</SPAN></STRONG><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">author of=
=20
Karamu=E2=80=99s smash,</SPAN></STRONG><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></STRONG><I><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Johnnie Taylor is=20
Gone,</SPAN></I><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> returns=
with=20
<I>A Colored Funeral</I>, a hit a last year's Fusion Festival. This is=20
a hysterical, poignant, deliciously irreverent look at death in the Afr=
ican=20
American community and the creative ways Blacks cope with this universal=20
phenomenon. The play=E2=80=99s contemporary message about the fate African A=
merican=20
community in the age of violence, disease, and racism is =E2=80=9Ca wake-up=20=
call,=E2=80=9D that=20
will make you laugh and think at the same time. <EM>(Parental Guidance=20=
Due=20
to adult themes)</EM></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><EM></EM><O></O></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O></O></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal><EM><B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">KING HEDLEY=20
II</SPAN></B></EM><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> - Ohio=20
Premier (Drama) &n=
bsp; =
&nbs=
p; &n=
bsp; =
=20
</SPAN></STRONG><FONT size=3D2><STRONG><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Wr=
itten By=20
August </SPAN></STRONG><ST1><ST1><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Wilson  =
; &nb=
sp; &=
nbsp;  =
; &nb=
sp; &=
nbsp;  =
; =20
</SPAN></STRONG></FONT><STRONG><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT=20
size=3D2>Directed by Caroline Jackson-Smith</FONT></SPAN></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Jelliffe Theatre, May 25-=20
</SPAN></STRONG><ST1><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">June 17,=20
2007</SPAN></STRONG></ST1><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O></O></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">(Previews May 23rd & 24th=20=
@=20
</SPAN></STRONG><ST1><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">7:30PM</SPAN></STRONG></ST1><S=
TRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">)</SPAN></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O></O></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">T=
he=20
eighth work of Pulitzer Prize winner August Wilson's 10 play theatrical opus=
,=20
this play illuminates the African American experience in the =E2=80=9880=E2=
=80=99s. Set in 1985,=20
it tells the heart-wrenching story of King Hedley, an ex-con in post-Reagan=20
</SPAN><ST1><ST1><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Pittsburgh</SPAN></ST1></ST1><=
SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> trying to rebuild his life.=20
Surrounded by his mother, his new wife, and his best friend, Hedley=E2=80=
=99s is the=20
tale of a man desperate for a better life in a society contemptuous of his=20
dreams. This grand salute to the late, great playwright is directed by=20
</SPAN><ST1><ST1><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Wilson</SPAN></ST1></ST1><SPAN=
=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> vet, Caroline Jackson-Smith.=20
<I>(For ages 17 and up)</I><O></O></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT=20
face=3D"Times New Roman"> <O></O></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><O><FONT=20
face=3D"Times New Roman"></FONT></O></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal><FONT size=3D3><STRONG><U><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial">YOUTH & YOUNG ADULT THEATRE=20
SEASON</SPAN></U></STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O></O></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D3><STRONG><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Youth Theatre=
=20
Series:</SPAN></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D3><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></STRONG></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D3><STRONG><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></STRO=
NG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O></O></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">SHOES by Te=
d=20
Shine<SPAN> </SPAN></SPAN></S=
TRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">October=20
21-</SPAN></STRONG><ST1><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">November 12,=20
2006</SPAN></STRONG></ST1><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> (Annie Mae)<SPAN> =20
</SPAN>(Director: Judy Mazur) </SPAN></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">An grippi=
ng=20
educational drama, in which a young busboy at an exclusive Dallas country cl=
ub=20
learns the value of money when he must choose between buying stylish shoes a=
nd=20
saving his earnings. </SPAN></STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN> </SPAN>(For ages f=
ifteen=20
and up)<O></O></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal><STRONG><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:=20=
Arial">A=20
HIP HOP AESOP by Je Franklin, Music Composed by</SPAN></STRONG><STRONG><SPAN=
=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">=20
</SPAN></STRONG><B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Sheryl Robinson=20
Pattilo<SPAN> </SPAN><O></O></SPAN></B></DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal><ST1><B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">December 18,=20
2006-</SPAN></B></ST1><B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">=20
</SPAN></B><ST1><B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">January 7,=20
2007</SPAN></B></ST1><B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> (Jelliffe) Dire=
ctor:=20
MC Spider</SPAN></B></DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">W=
ritten=20
by New York Drama Desk Award winner Je Franklin and composed by Sh=
eryl=20
Robinson Pattilo,<SPAN> </SPAN><I>A Hip Hop Aesop </I>showcases talent=
ed=20
local actors and poets putting a slam-poetry, hip hop twist on classic Aesop=
=20
fables like =E2=80=9CThe Boy Who Cried Wolf=E2=80=9D and =E2=80=9CThe Hare a=
nd the Tortoise.=E2=80=9D (For All=20
Ages: Family fun for the Christmas holidays.) <O></O></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN></SPAN><O></O></SPAN></D=
IV>
<DIV><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">JIM: FLESH=20=
AND=20
BLOOD and GREENSBORO FOUR by Nicole C. Kearney Cooper January 26=20=
=E2=80=93=20
February 18, 2007 (Two World Premiers)<SPAN> Jelliffe=20
Theatre</SPAN></SPAN></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></=
STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">From the=20
playwright of Karamu hits <I>The Little Boy Who Shook up the World</I>, and=20
<I>Little Rock Nine</I>, comes the world premier of her third=20
"movement cycle, <EM>Greensboro Four</EM>, and the tell it like it is=20
<EM>Jim Brown: Flesh and Blood.</EM></SPAN></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><EM></EM>=
</SPAN></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><STRONG>G=
reensboro=20
Four </STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN=20
class=3Dnamedescriptions><SPAN class=3Dnamedescriptions>In 1960, four North=20=
Carolina=20
A&T students staged a sit-in at the lunch counter of the old F.W.=20
Woolworth's on Elm Street after the store refused to serve them. </SPAN>This=
=20
historical incident inspired similar movements across the Southand later=20
dissolved segregation. The four students are considered pioneers in the=
=20
nation's civil rights movement. (<STRONG>Director: Judy Mazur)=20
</STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></STRONG><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN=20
class=3Dnamedescriptions><STRONG>2PM Showtimes</STRONG>=20
</SPAN></SPAN></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN=20
class=3Dnamedescriptions></SPAN></SPAN></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><STRONG>J=
im=20
Brown: Flesh and Blood</STRONG>, is a look at the life of legendary athlete,=
=20
actor, activist...Jim Brown. Considered our modern day John Henry, and one o=
f=20
the most celebrated and complexed figures in the world of sports and=20
entertainment. Brown tackles some serious issues just as much as being tackl=
ed=20
on the gridiron; a man who believes in self determination, economics and=20
education. (For ages 15 and up) <STRONG>(Director:=20
TBA)</STRONG></SPAN></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><STRONG>4=
PM=20
Showtimes</STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><STRONG><=
/STRONG></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></=
STRONG><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O></O></SPAN></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">GOLDILOCKS ON TRIAL by Ed Monk=
=20
(Encore)</SPAN></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">March 10 =E2=80=93=20
</SPAN></STRONG><ST1><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">April 1,=20
2007</SPAN></STRONG></ST1><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> (Arena) Dir. Richard Morris=20
Jr.<O></O></SPAN></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">B=
ack by=20
popular demand, Goldilocks is on trial again! Goldilocks is on trial for=20
breaking and entering. Will she be found guilty and sent to prison, or will=20=
the=20
truth come out? Come and be a witness to the return of this winning Karamu=20
production. (For All Ages) </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O></O></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O></O></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal><B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">15<SUP>th</SUP> Annual R. Joyc=
e=20
Whitley Arena Festival of New Works<O></O></SPAN></B></DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal><B><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial=
">May 14=20
=E2=80=93 </SPAN></B><ST1><B><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Ar=
ial">May 25,=20
2007</SPAN></B></ST1><B><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">=
=20
(Arena)</SPAN></B></DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal><B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></B> </DIV>
<DIV class=3DMsoNormal><B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O></O></SPAN></B></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D3><STRONG><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Young Adult S=
eries=20
Double Bill: </SPAN></STRONG><EM><B><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Beyon=
d the=20
Classrooms</SPAN></B></EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D3><B><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">May 12 =E2=80=93 June 3, 2007=20
(Arena)</SPAN></SPAN></B></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D3><B><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></O></SPAN></B></FONT><=
/DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D3><B><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></O></SPAN></B></FONT><=
/DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">WHEN THE CH=
ICKENS=20
COME HOME TO ROOST by Laurence Holder<SPAN> (Ohio=20
Premier)</SPAN></SPAN></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN>Direc=
tor:=20
Jimmie D.=20
Woody </SPAN><SPAN> </SPAN></SPAN></STRONG=
></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">In Holder=
's=20
Obie</SPAN></STRONG><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> award wi=
nning=20
classic, Malcolm X prepares to leave the Nation as he confronts his mentor=20
Elijah Muhammad, about philosophical differences and the leader=E2=80=99s in=
fidelities.=20
(Ages 16 and up) Showtime: 2PM</SPAN></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></=
STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O></O></=
SPAN></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">BODY &=20=
SOLD=20
by Debra Lake Fortson (World Premier)</SPAN></STRONG></DIV>
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