[NEohioPAL]Karamu OPEN CALL AUDITIONS for Main Stage & Youth

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OPEN CALL AUDITIONS For Karamu's 

2006/07 Season of  

"SPEAKING THE GOSPEL! In Black and White!" 

Main Stage Productions/Youth Theatre Plays

Thursday, August 17th @ 6PM (Concert Hall)

Saturday, August 19th @ 11AM (Jelliffe Theatre)

Sunday, August 20th @ 10:30AM-1:30PM (Jelliffe Theatre)

Come Prepared with a monologue not exceeding three minutes (two
contrasting). Sides from each production will be available. Maybe asked to
improvise. 

Karamu House

2355 East 89th Street (corner of Quincy)

Cleveland, OH 44106

216-795-7070 

July, 2006

Karamu Performing Arts Theatre's 2006/07 Season Presents "SPEAKING THE
GOSPEL!: In Black And White"  

GOSPEL! GOSPEL! GOSPEL! - World Premier (Musical)

Written by Otis Sallid

Directed and Choreographed by Otis Sallid

Jelliffe Theatre, October 6 - November 5, 2006

(Previews October 4th & 5th @ 7:30PM)

Karamu in association with Karamu alum James (Grey's Anatomy) Pickens Jr.,
comes the world premier of a musical by renowned director/choreographer Otis
Sallid (co-creator of B'way's "Smokey Joe's Cafe," choreographer of "School
Daze" and "Malcolm X") saluting one of America's greatest histories - gospel
music! Catch that gospel fever as a soulful narrator and some of Ohio's
finest singers take you through a journey from the origins of slavery to
Thomas Dorsey to the present belting out unforgettable classics under
Sallid's smooth direction and choreography! (A history lesson for the entire
family.)

Special Saturday Matinee performances @ 3:00 pm on October 14, 21, 28 &
November 4 

BLACK NATIVITY (Annual Holiday Musical)

By Langston Hughes 

Director Terence Greene

Jelliffe Theatre, December 8 - December 31, 2006

(Previews December 6th and 7th @ 7:30PM) 

(Special Holiday Shows For Bookings Only: 12/20, 12/27 

One of the most produced Christmas classics of all time about the birth of
Christ told through dancing, music and soul stirring gospel singing. Hughes
"Black Nativity" continues to entertain generation after generation in
Cleveland and all over the country. It is a staple at Karamu going on twenty
one years this season and counting. Come on and join the celebration once
again with Karamu, some Ohio's best singers and Cleveland Contemporary Dance
Theatre dancers Michael Medcalf and Kathleen Turner as Joseph and Mary for a
foot-stomping, hand-clapping shouting-for-joy-good time! 

(Annual holiday fun for the whole family)

PERMANENT COLLECTION - Barrymore Award for Outstanding New Play/Cleveland
Premier (Drama) (Black History Month)

Written By Thomas Gibbons 

Directed by Terrence Spivey

Arena Theatre, January 19 - February 11, 2007 

(Previews January 17th & 18th @ 7:30PM)

Playwright Thomas Gibbons and Karamu Artistic Director Terrence Spivey join
forces once again as Gibbons plays both sides of the race card as he did in
"bee-luther-hatchee," which won critical acclaim at Karamu two years ago. "A
powerful, provocative piece of theatrical writing. You want to run down the
street twisting people's arms to see it," quoted Linda Eisenstein of
Cleveland Plain Dealer. This time, in "Permanent Collection," he explores
racial politics within the art world. Sterling North, an African American,
has just been hired as new director for a private arts museum under the
Morris Foundation.  He discovers African American art tucked away in storage
and challenges the institution to display them amongst the present European
art. This most recent play is being produced in regional theatres throughout
the country. It is based on an actual account that happened in
Philadelphia-with a twist-which garnered national attention. (For ages 17
and up)

"Gibbons' intellectually charged drama is a beautifully balanced dialectic
that treats a complicated and emotional issue without cheap conclusions ...
Sophisticated and deft, it is a provocative treatment of the unanswerable." 

--F. Kathleen Foley, Los Angeles Times

THE TRIAL OF ONE-SHORT SIGHTED BLACK WOMAN VS. MAMMY LOUISE

AND SAFREETA MAE (Satire) (Ohio Premier) (Women's Month)

By Karani Marcia Leslie  

Director Tony Sias

Jelliffe Theatre, March 2 - March 25, 2007 

(Previews April 30th & March 1st @ 7:30PM)

A bristling political satire that centers around a young professional
African American woman who has had enough with black caricatures and files a
law suit, not against a local television program, but against two
stereotypical characters; the Mammy and the concubine Safreeta Mae. She
brings them to court-literally- feeling that these images have had a
negative impact on her life and making it in the workplace. The entire play
takes place in a courtroom. The Trial... was voted as one of the top ten Off
Broadway theatre events by Newsday magazine and winner of six New York
Audelco awards. (Contains Adult Themes, Content and Language
Parental Guidance Suggested)

"...a lightly rollicking vehicle of wit, humor and history."
Rohan B Preston, Chicago Tribune

" This is one of those embodiments of emotion and idea in theater that
remind you how reasonable the Greeks were when they said a god emerged from
a play and could be sensed in their midst."  D J R Bruckner, the New York
Times

A COLORED FUNERAL- World Premier (Comedy Satire w/music)

Written by Gregory S. Carr 

Directed by Christopher Johnston 

Arena Theatre, April 13 - May 6, 2007 

(Previews April 11th & 12th @ 7:30PM)

A Colored Funeral is a satirical, comedic, poignant and sometimes irreverent
look at 
death in the African American community. Each culture has its own
traditions, taboos
and mores in dealing with death, but the African American community has
experienced
unique challenges, circumstances and hardships that have spawned many
creative ways of
coping with this universal phenomenon. It takes place in a funeral parlor
and spoofs many angles. Sound familiar? There is even a spoof on a character
late for his own funeral. This daring piece from the playwright of "Johnnie
Taylor is Gone" was first developed through the 13th Annual R. Joyce Whitley
ArenaFest and work  shopped at the Cleveland Play House 1st Annual
FusionFest. (Parental Guidance Due to adult themes)

15th Annual R. Joyce Whitley ARENAFEST Festival of New Works

May 14 - May 25, 2007 (Arena)

KING HEDLEY II - Ohio Premier (Drama)

Written By August Wilson

Directed by Caroline Jackson-Smith

Jelliffe Theatre, May 25- June 17, 2007 

(Previews May 23rd & 24th @ 7:30PM)

This is the eighth work in the late two-time Pulitzer Prize winning
playwright August Wilson's 10-play cycle chronicling the history of the
African American experience in each decade of the twentieth century. It's
set in 1985 and tells the story of an ex-con trying to rebuild his life.
Peddling stolen refrigerators in the feeble hope of making enough money to
open a video store, King Hedley, a man whose self worth is built on self
delusion, is scraping in the dirt of an urban backyard trying to plant seeds
where nothing will grow. After spending seven years in prison, the title
character returns to a neighborhood gutted by Reaganism. Many critics have
hailed the work as a haunting and challenging tragedy of Shakespearean
proportions. Mr. Wilson is a two-time Pulitzer Prize winning author of
Fences, The Piano Lesson, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Joe Turner's Come and
Gone, Seven Guitars, Two Trains Running, Jitney and Radio Golf. His plays
have been produced all over the world. Karamu has staged seven of his
earlier works within the cycle and some under Ms Smith's direction. This is
a grand salute to one of the greatest playwrights of our time. (For ages 17
and up)

"Grand [with] some of the finest monologues ever written for an American
stage, speeches that build gritty, often brutal details into fiery patterns
of insight.... You may feel the scorch of lightning." N.Y. Times. 

"Exhilarating.... Wilson has endowed his struggling souls with a
metaphysical grandeur and a titanic vigor of language that is like no other
dramatist's. He takes the idea of tragedy and the common man to Olympian
heights ... [and] boldly tackles the big philosophical questions most
contemporary playwrights shrink from. He articulates these questions with
grounding, often witty detail and in an inner city vernacular that soars
into both unabashed lyricism and earthy anecdote.... There is no denying the
transporting, natural music of Hedley and phrases from it haunt the memory."
N.Y. Times. 

YOUTH & YOUNG ADULT THEATRE SEASON

Youth Theatre Series:

SHOES by Ted Shine

October 21-November 12, 2006 (Annie Mae)  Director: Judith Mazur
Takes place at a fashionable Dallas country club basement. A young busboy
desires to spend the money he has made working at the country club on some
very expensive shoes. When the club manager finds out, he refuses to give
him the money as he explains the importance of saving. From then on,
unexpected conflict arises in this educational drama. (For ages fifteen and
up)

A HIP HOP AESOP by Je Franklin, Music Composed by Sheryl Robinson Pattilo   

December 16, 2006- January 7, 2007 (Jelliffe) Director  MC Spider

A Hip Hop Aesop written by New York Drama Desk Award winner Je Franklin and
blind composer Sheryl Robinson Pattilo had a world premier at the second
annual Ingenuity Festival last summer. Don't miss the Spoken Word Leader
telling it like it tis' as some young talented local actors and poets move
and groove through ten of Aesop colorful fables such as "The Boy Who Cried
Wolf" and "The Hare and the Tortoise," under the tune of Sugar Hill Gang's
"Rappers Delight" and some original phat beats by Ms. Pattilo and some
clever writing by Ms. Franklin. (For All Ages; Family fun for the Christmas
holidays.) 

JIM: FLESH AND BLOOD and GREENSBORO Four by Nicole C. Kearney Cooper 

(Two World Premiers)    January 26 - February 18, 2007 

>From the playwright of Karamu hits The Little Boy Who Shook up the World,
and Little Rock Nine, comes the world premier of her  third "movement cycle,
Greensboro Four,  and the tell it like it is Jim Brown: Flesh and Blood.

Greensboro Four    (Director: Judy Mazur)

In 1960, four North Carolina A&T students staged a sit-in at the lunch
counter of the old F.W. Woolworth's on Elm Street after the store refused to
serve them. This historical incident inspired similar movements across the
South and later dissolved segregation. The four students are considered
pioneers in the nation's civil rights movement.          

(For ages 15 and up)             2PM Showtime 

Jim: Flesh and Blood  (Director Kimberly Brown)

This play takes a look at the life of legendary athlete, actor,
activist...Jim Brown. Considered the John Henry of our day, and one of the
most complex figures in the world of sports and entertainment, Brown tackled
some serious issues just as much as being tackled on the gridiron.  

 (For ages 15 and up)          4PM Showtime

GOLDILOCKS ON TRIAL by Ed Monk  (Director Richard Morris, Jr.)

March 10 - April 1, 2007 (Arena) 

Back by popular demand, Goldilocks is back on trial again. For those who
missed the verdict last season due to sell outs, this is your chance to come
and be a witness. Goldilocks is on trial for breaking and entering. Will she
be found guilty and sent to prison, or will the truth come out? It's up to
Judge Wallabee and some very silly jurors to decide after hearing testimony
from Goldee,  the bickering Three Bears, and surprise witness Merwin the Big
Bad Wolf, among others. (For All Ages) 

Young Adult Series Double Bill: Beyond the Classrooms

WHEN THE CHICKENS COME HOME TO ROOST by Laurence Holder    (Ohio Premier)

May 12 - June 3, 2007 (Annie Maes)        Director: Jimmie D. Woody

In this award winning play, Malcolm X prepares to leave the Nation as he
confronts his mentor Elijah Muhammad, about philosophical differences and
the leader's infidelities.

 (Ages 15 and up) 2PM Showtime 

BODY & SOLD by Debra Lake Fortson (Ohio Premier)  Director: Najaa Young

Based on true accounts, Body & Sold tells the stories of three young women
who survived sex trafficking right here in the Unites States.. Following
each performance, experts on this subject will lead discussions on the
worldwide sale and exploitation of women and men.

(Ages 15 and up)  4PM Showtime  

Dates Are Subject To Change 

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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
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"SPEAKING THE GOSPEL! In =
Black and
White!" <o:p></o:p>

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Plays<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
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Hall)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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Come Prepared with a monologue not
exceeding three minutes (two contrasting). Sides from each production =
will be
available. Maybe asked to improvise. <o:p></o:p>

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<p class=3DMsoBodyText><em><b><i><font size=3D3 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Karamu Performing Arts Theatre's 2006/07 =
Season
Presents "SPEAKING THE GOSPEL!: In Black And =
White</span></font></i></b></em><em><i><font
size=3D4 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial'>" 
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GOSPEL!</span></font></i></b></em><strong><b><font
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Written by Otis =
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
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Karamu in association with Karamu alum James =
(Grey's
Anatomy) Pickens Jr., comes the world premier of a musical by
renowned director/choreographer Otis Sallid (co-creator of B’way's
"Smokey Joe's Cafe," choreographer of "School Daze" =
and
"Malcolm X") saluting one of <st1:place =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:country-region
 w:st=3D"on">America</st1:country-region></st1:place>'s greatest =
histories -
gospel music! Catch that gospel fever as a soulful narrator and some of =
<st1:place
w:st=3D"on"><st1:State w:st=3D"on">Ohio</st1:State></st1:place>'s finest =
singers
take you through a journey from the origins of slavery to Thomas Dorsey =
to the
present belting out unforgettable classics under Sallid's smooth =
direction
and choreography! (A
history lesson for the entire =
family.)<o:p></o:p>

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style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Special Saturday Matinee performances @ 3:00 pm on =
October
14, 21, 28 & November 4 <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>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><em><b><i><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>BLACK =
NATIVITY</span></font></i></b></em><strong><b><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> (Annual <st1:place
w:st=3D"on">Holiday</st1:place> Musical)</span></font></b></strong><font =
size=3D2
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p=
>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>By Langston =
Hughes</span></font></b></strong><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></fo=
nt></p>

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

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Jelliffe Theatre, December 8 - December 31, =
2006</span></font></b></strong><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p=
>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>(Previews December 6th and 7th @ =
7:30PM) </span></font></b></strong><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p=
>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>(Special <st1:place =
w:st=3D"on">Holiday</st1:place>
Shows For Bookings Only: 12/20, 12/27 =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>

One of the most produced Christmas classics of all =
time
about the birth of Christ told through dancing, music and soul
stirring gospel singing. Hughes "Black Nativity" =
continues to
entertain generation after generation in <st1:place =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:City w:st=3D"on">Cleveland</st1:City></st1:place>
and all over the country. It is a staple at Karamu going on twenty one =
years
this season and counting. Come on and join the celebration once again =
with
Karamu, some <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:State =
w:st=3D"on">Ohio</st1:State></st1:place>'s
best singers and Cleveland Contemporary Dance Theatre dancers Michael =
Medcalf
and Kathleen Turner as Joseph and Mary for a foot-stomping, =
hand-clapping
shouting-for-joy-good time! <o:p></o:p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><em><i><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>(Annual holiday fun for the whole =
family)</span></font></i></em><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><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>

<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>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><em><b><i><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>PERMANENT =
COLLECTION</span></font></i></b></em><strong><b><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> - Barrymore
Award for Outstanding New Play</span></font></b></strong><font size=3D2
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>/<strong><b><font
face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>Cleveland Premier (Drama) =
(Black
History Month)</span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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

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

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Arena Theatre, January 19 – February 11,
2007 </span></font></b></strong><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p=
>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>(Previews January 17th & 18th @ =
7:30PM)</span></font></b></strong><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p=
>

Playwright Thomas Gibbons and Karamu Artistic =
Director <st1:PersonName
w:st=3D"on">Terrence Spivey</st1:PersonName> join forces once =
again as
Gibbons plays both sides of the race card as he did in "bee-luther-hatch=
ee,"
which won critical acclaim at Karamu two years ago. "A powerful, =
provocative piece
of theatrical writing. You want to run down the street twisting people's =
arms
to see it," quoted <st1:PersonName =
w:st=3D"on">Linda
 Eisenstein</st1:PersonName> of Cleveland Plain Dealer. This time, in =
"Permanent
Collection," he explores racial politics within the art world. =
Sterling
North, an African American, has just been hired as new director for a =
private
arts museum under the Morris Foundation.  He discovers =
African
American art tucked away in storage and challenges the institution to =
display
them amongst the present European art. This most recent play is =
being
produced in regional theatres throughout the country. It is =
based on
an actual account that happened in <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City =
w:st=3D"on">Philadelphia</st1:City></st1:place>-with
a twist-which garnered national attention. (For ages 17 and up)<o:p></o: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>

<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>

<table class=3DMsoNormalTable border=3D0 cellspacing=3D3 cellpadding=3D0 =
width=3D300
 style=3D'width:225.0pt'>
 <tr>
  <td style=3D'padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D2 face=3DTahoma><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
  font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>"Gibbons' intellectually =
charged
  drama is a beautifully balanced dialectic that treats a complicated =
and
  emotional issue without cheap conclusions ... Sophisticated and deft, =
it is a
  provocative treatment of the unanswerable." =
</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td style=3D'padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dcenter =
style=3D'text-align:center'><strong><b><font
  size=3D2 face=3DTahoma><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>--F.
  Kathleen Foley, <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City w:st=3D"on"><i><span
    style=3D'font-style:italic'>Los =
Angeles</span></i></st1:City></st1:place><i><span
  style=3D'font-style:italic'> =
Times</span></i></span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

<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>

<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>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><em><b><i><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>THE TRIAL OF ONE-SHORT =
SIGHTED BLACK
WOMAN VS. MAMMY LOUISE</span></font></i></b></em><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p=
>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><em><b><i><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>AND SAFREETA MAE =
</span></font></i></b></em><strong><b><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>(Satire)
(Ohio Premier) (Women’s Month)</span></font></b></strong><font =
size=3D2
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p=
>

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

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

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Jelliffe Theatre, March 2 - March 25, 2007 =
</span></font></b></strong><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p=
>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>(Previews April 30th & March 1st @ =
7:30PM)</span></font></b></strong><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p=
>

A bristling political satire that centers around a =
young
professional African American woman who has had enough with black =
caricatures
and files a law suit, not against a local television program, but =
against two
stereotypical characters; the Mammy and the concubine Safreeta =
Mae.
She brings them to court-literally- feeling that these images have =
had a
negative impact on her life and making it in the workplace. The entire =
play
takes place in a courtroom. The Trial... was voted as =
one of the
top ten Off Broadway theatre events by Newsday magazine and =
winner of
six New York Audelco awards. (Contains Adult Themes, Content and =
Language 
Parental =
Guidance
Suggested)<o:p></o: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>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><em><b><i><font size=3D2 face=3DTahoma><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>"...a lightly =
rollicking
vehicle of wit, humor and =
history."</span></font></i></b></em><b><i><font
size=3D2 face=3DTahoma><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:
bold;font-style:italic'><br>
</span></font></i></b><strong><b><font size=3D2 face=3DTahoma><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Rohan B Preston, =
<st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City
 w:st=3D"on">Chicago</st1:City></st1:place> =
Tribune</span></font></b></strong><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><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>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><em><b><i><font size=3D2 face=3DTahoma><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>“ This is one of those
embodiments of emotion and idea in theater that remind you how =
reasonable the
Greeks were when they said a god emerged from a play and could be sensed =
in
their midst."  </span></font></i></b></em><strong><b><font =
size=3D2
face=3DTahoma><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>D J R =
Bruckner,
the New York Times<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></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>

<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>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><em><b><i><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>A COLORED =
FUNERAL</span></font></i></b></em><strong><b><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>- World
Premier (Comedy Satire w/music)</span></font></b></strong><font size=3D2
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p=
>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Written by</span></font></b></strong><font =
size=3D2
face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> =
<strong><b><font
face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>Gregory S. =
Carr </span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Arena Theatre, April 13 - May 6, =
2007 </span></font></b></strong><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p=
>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>(Previews April 11th & 12th @ =
7:30PM)</span></font></b></strong><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p=
>

A Colored Funeral is a satirical, comedic, poignant =
and
sometimes irreverent look at 
death in the African American community. Each culture has its own =
traditions,
taboos 
and mores in dealing with death, but the African American community has
experienced 
unique challenges, circumstances and hardships that have spawned many =
creative
ways of 
coping with this universal phenomenon. It takes place in a funeral =
parlor
and spoofs many angles. Sound familiar? There is even a spoof =
on a
character late for his own funeral. This daring piece from the =
playwright
of "Johnnie Taylor is Gone" was first developed through the =
13th
Annual R. Joyce Whitley ArenaFest and work  shopped
at the Cleveland Play House 1st Annual FusionFest. (Parental Guidance Due to adult =
themes)<o:p></o: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>

<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>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold'=
>15<sup>th</sup>
Annual R. Joyce Whitley ARENAFEST Festival of New =
Works</span></font></b><font
size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold'=
>May 14
– May 25, 2007 (Arena)</span></font></b><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></spa=
n></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>

<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>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><em><b><i><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>KING HEDLEY =
II</span></font></i></b></em><strong><b><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> - Ohio
Premier (Drama)</span></font></b></strong><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p=
>

<h2><strong><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Written By August <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City =
w:st=3D"on">Wilson</st1:City></st1:place></span></font></b></strong><o:p>=
</o:p></h2>

<h1><strong><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Directed by Caroline =
Jackson-Smith</span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></h1>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Jelliffe Theatre, May 25- June 17, 2007 =
</span></font></b></strong><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p=
>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>(Previews May 23rd & 24th @ =
7:30PM)</span></font></b></strong><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p=
>

This is the eighth work in the late two-time =
Pulitzer
Prize winning playwright August Wilson's 10-play cycle chronicling the =
history
of the African American experience in each decade of the twentieth =
century.
It's set in 1985 and tells the story of an ex-con trying to rebuild =
his
life. Peddling stolen refrigerators in the feeble hope of making enough =
money
to open a video store, King Hedley, a man whose self worth is built on =
self
delusion, is scraping in the dirt of an urban backyard trying to plant =
seeds
where nothing will grow. After spending seven years in prison, the title
character returns to a neighborhood gutted by Reaganism. Many critics =
have
hailed the work as a
haunting and challenging tragedy of Shakespearean =
proportions.
Mr. Wilson is a two-time Pulitzer Prize winning author of =
Fences, The Piano Lesson, Ma Rainey's =
Black
Bottom, Joe Turner's Come and Gone, Seven Guitars, Two Trains Running, =
Jitney
and Radio Golf. His =
plays have
been produced all over the world. Karamu has staged seven of his =
earlier
works within the cycle and some under Ms Smith's direction. This is a =
grand
salute to one of the greatest playwrights of our time. (For ages 17 and =
up)<o:p></o: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>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><em><b><i><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>"Grand [with] some of =
the
finest monologues ever written for an American stage, speeches that =
build
gritty, often brutal details into fiery patterns of insight.... You may =
feel
the scorch of lightning." =
</span></font></i></b></em><strong><b><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>N.Y. Times. =
</span></font></b></strong><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><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>

"Exhi=
larating....
<st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City =
w:st=3D"on">Wilson</st1:City></st1:place> has
endowed his struggling souls with a metaphysical grandeur and a titanic =
vigor
of language that is like no other dramatist's. He takes the idea of =
tragedy and
the common man to Olympian heights ... [and] boldly tackles the big
philosophical questions most contemporary playwrights shrink from. He
articulates these questions with grounding, often witty detail and in an =
inner
city vernacular that soars into both unabashed lyricism and earthy =
anecdote....
There is no denying the transporting, natural music of Hedley and =
phrases from
it haunt the memory." =
N.Y. =
Times.
<o:p></o:p>

<p style=3D'margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><strong><b><font size=3D3 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></fo=
nt></b></strong></p>

<p style=3D'margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><strong><b><font size=3D3 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></fo=
nt></b></strong></p>

<p style=3D'margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><strong><b><font size=3D3 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>YOUTH & YOUNG ADULT =
THEATRE
SEASON</span></font></b></strong><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p=
>

<p style=3D'margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><strong><b><font size=3D3 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Youth Theatre =
Series:</span></font></b></strong><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p=
>

<p style=3D'margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><strong><b><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>SHOES by Ted
Shine           &n=
bsp;           &nb=
sp;           &nbs=
p;           &nbsp=
;            =
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nbsp;           &n=
bsp;           &nb=
sp;        
<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>

<p style=3D'margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><strong><b><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>October 21-November 12, =
2006 (Annie
Mae)  Director: <st1:PersonName w:st=3D"on">Judith =
Mazur</st1:PersonName>        &nb=
sp;           &nbs=
p;           &nbsp=
;            =

=
Takes place
at a fashionable <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City =
w:st=3D"on">Dallas</st1:City></st1:place>
country club basement. A young busboy desires to spend the money he has =
made
working at the country club on some very expensive shoes. When the club =
manager
finds out, he refuses to give him the money as he explains the =
importance of
saving. From then on, unexpected conflict arises in this educational =
drama.
(For ages fifteen and up)<o:p></o:p>

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

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>A HIP HOP AESOP by Je Franklin, Music Composed =
by</span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
normal'> </span></font></b></strong><b><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold'=
>Sheryl
Robinson Pattilo   <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold'=
>December
16, 2006- January 7, 2007 (Jelliffe) Director  MC =
Spider<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

A Hip Hop Aesop =
written by
New York Drama Desk Award winner Je Franklin and blind =
composer
Sheryl Robinson Pattilo had a world premier at the second annual =
Ingenuity
Festival last summer. Don’t miss the Spoken Word Leader telling it =
like
it tis’ as some young talented local actors and poets move and =
groove
through ten of Aesop colorful fables such as “The Boy Who Cried
Wolf” and “The Hare and the Tortoise,” under the tune =
of
Sugar Hill Gang’s “Rappers Delight” and some original =
phat
beats by Ms. Pattilo and some clever writing by Ms. Franklin. (For All =
Ages;
Family fun for the Christmas holidays.) <o:p></o: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>

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

JIM: FLESH AND
BLOOD and <st1:City w:st=3D"on">GREENSBORO</st1:City> Four by =
Nicole C. <st1:place
w:st=3D"on"><st1:City w:st=3D"on">Kearney</st1:City></st1:place> =
Cooper <o:p></o:p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>(Two World =
Premiers)    January
26 – February 18, 2007 </span></font></b></strong><font size=3D2
color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:norma=
l'>From
the playwright of Karamu hits <i><span style=3D'font-style:italic'>The =
Little Boy
Who Shook up the World</span></i>, and <i><span =
style=3D'font-style:italic'>Little
Rock Nine</span></i>, comes the world premier of her =
 third
"movement cycle, </span></font></b></strong><em><i><font size=3D2
color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Greensboro Four</span></font></i></em><strong><b><font =
size=3D2
color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;font-weight:normal'>,  and the tell it like it is =
</span></font></b></strong><em><i><font
size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Jim Brown: Flesh and Blood.</span></font></i></em><font =
size=3D2
color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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

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

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

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

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

<p class=3DMsoNormal><st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City =
w:st=3D"on"><strong><b><font
  size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
  =
color:black'>Greensboro</span></font></b></strong></st1:City></st1:place>=
<strong><b><font
size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'> Four   </span></font></b></strong><span =
class=3Dnamedescriptions><font
size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'> (Director: Judy Mazur)</span></font></span><font =
size=3D2
color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

In
1960, four North Carolina A&T students staged a sit-in at the lunch =
counter
of the old F.W. Woolworth's on <st1:Street w:st=3D"on"><st1:address =
w:st=3D"on">Elm
 Street</st1:address></st1:Street> after the store refused to serve =
them. This
historical incident inspired similar movements across the South and =
later
dissolved segregation. The four students are considered pioneers in =
the
nation's civil rights movement. =
        <str=
ong> <o:p></o:p></stro=
ng>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:norma=
l'>(For
ages 15 and up)   </span></font></b></strong><span =
class=3Dnamedescriptions><font
size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>          =
2PM Showtime</span></font></span><font size=3D2
color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Jim: Flesh and =
Blood 
(Director Kimberly Brown)</span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font =
size=3D2
color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></p=
>

This
play takes a look at the life of legendary athlete, actor, =
activist...Jim
Brown. Considered the John Henry of our day, and one of the most complex
figures in the world of sports and entertainment, Brown tackled some =
serious
issues just as much as being tackled on the gridiron. =
 <o:p></o:p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:norma=
l'> (For
ages 15 and up) =
         4PM =
Showtime</span></font></b></strong><font size=3D2
color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'> </span></font><strong><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>    &nbs=
p;           &nbsp=
;            =
            &=
nbsp;           &n=
bsp;           &nb=
sp;           &nbs=
p;           </spa=
n></font></b></strong><strong><b><font
size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></p=
>

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

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>GOLDILOCKS ON TRIAL by Ed Monk  (Director =
Richard
Morris, Jr.)<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>March 10 – April 1, 2007 (Arena) =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>

Back by popular demand, Goldilocks is back on trial =
again.
For those who missed the verdict last season due to sell outs, this is =
your
chance to come and be a witness. Goldilocks is on trial for =
breaking
and entering. Will she be found guilty and sent to prison, or will the =
truth
come out? It's up to Judge Wallabee and some very silly jurors to decide =
after
hearing testimony from Goldee,  the bickering Three Bears, and =
surprise witness
Merwin the Big Bad Wolf, among others. (For All Ages) =
<o:p></o: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>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D3 color=3Dblack =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Young Adult =
Series
Double Bill: </span></font></b></strong><em><b><i><font color=3Dblack =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Beyond the =
Classrooms</span></font></i></b></em><font
size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>WHEN THE =
CHICKENS COME
HOME TO ROOST by Laurence Holder    (Ohio =
Premier)</span></font></b></strong><font
size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>May 12 – =
June 3,
2007 (Annie Maes)        Director: =
Jimmie D. Woody</span></font></b></strong><font
size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:norma=
l'>In t</span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font
size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;font-weight:normal'>his award winning play, Malcolm X =
prepares to
leave the Nation as he confronts his mentor Elijah Muhammad, about
philosophical differences and the leader’s =
infidelities.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:norma=
l'> (Ages
15 and up) 2PM Showtime</span></font></b></strong><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> <o:p></o:p=
></span></font></p>

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

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>BODY & SOLD =
by <st1:place
w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Debra</st1:PlaceName> =
<st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Lake</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>
Fortson (Ohio Premier)  </span></font></b></strong><font =
size=3D2
color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Director: Najaa Young<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

Based on true accounts, =
Body & =
Sold
tells the stories of three young women who survived sex trafficking =
right here
in the Unites States.. Following each performance, experts on this =
subject
will lead discussions on the worldwide sale and exploitation of women =
and men.<o:p></o:p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>(Ages 15 and up)  4PM =
Showtime  <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p><strong><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>Dates Are Subject To Change </span></font></b></strong><font =
size=3D2
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><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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