[NEohioPAL]"My Buddy Bill (Clinton)" and Writers Workshop 3/29 & 30

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Emmy Award-Winning Playwright Rick Cleveland

performs My Buddy Bill  

as the first of a "Celebration of Coventry" series

The Unitarian Universalist Society of Cleveland hosts and presents the
series

February 28, 2007 CLEVELAND, OH - Emmy Award writer Rick Cleveland is back
in the neighborhood to kick off the Unitarian Universalist Society of
Cleveland's yearlong "Celebration of Coventry."  Cleveland will perform his
hit one-man play My Buddy Bill; a witty and knowing tale about his
friendship with former president Bill Clinton and host a Writers Workshop
the next day. My Buddy Bill performs on Friday, March 30 at 7 pm at the
Unitarian Universalist Society of Cleveland, 2728 Lancashire Road, just off
Coventry Road in Cleveland Heights.  Tickets are $20 each or two for $30 and
can be purchased at Mac's Backs, 1820 Coventry Road, (next to Tommy's
Restaurant) or by calling 216-321-BOOK.  The audience is invited to a
post-performance Meet 'n Greet with the artist and complimentary coffee.  

Saturday, March 31st, from 2 - 5pm, Cleveland will host a Writers Workshop
for aspiring writers honing their skills for stage, screen and TV.  The
seminar will be held at the Unitarian Universalist Society of Cleveland and
has a $10** entrance fee.(**Please note corrected price from 2-16-07
release)

Interviews with Rick Cleveland and electronic photos are available. A 5
minute promotional DVD may be viewed online at
www.dropshots.com/my_buddy_bill -- this URL can be used in a feature story.
"Dropshot" DVD is available upon request.

In the spirit of Spalding Gray to whom the work is partially dedicated, My
Buddy Bill is a comic shaggy-dog tale about a star-crossed friendship
between the writer, a leader of the free world and their two dogs.  Variety
calls it, "Relentlessly funny.delightful" and Hollywood Reporter says it is
"amusing enough to tickle even the most demanding funny bone." Starting
innocently enough with a chance meeting between Rick Cleveland, then a
writer for the TV hit The West Wing, and the 42nd president of the United
States, and the show proceeds to chronicle their unusual and idiosyncratic
relationship including a trip to Amsterdam, a spontaneous jam session in
Arkansas and more.  

Mr. Cleveland won the Jury Award for Best Performance in a One Person Show
for My Buddy Bill at the US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colorado in
March, 2006.  My Buddy Bill had its world premiere at the Geffen Playhouse
in Los Angeles.    

Rick Cleveland

Rick Cleveland was an Executive Producer and writer for all five seasons of
HBO's Six Feet Under.  In 2000, he won an Emmy Award and a Writer's Guild
Award for his writing on The West Wing.  His play Jerry and Tom was adapted
as a screenplay and was an official selection at both the Sundance and
Toronto Film Festivals in 1998.  He was nominated for an Edgar Award,
presented by the Mystery Writers of America, for his screen adaptation of
John Grisham's Runaway Jury.  As a playwright he attended the National
Playwright's Conference at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center in 1991 and
1993, Midwest PlayLabs in 1994, and has received playwriting grants and
fellowships from the Kennedy Center's Fund for New American Plays, the
National Endowment for the Arts and the Rockefeller Foundation.  As a
freelance journalist he has written for the Destinations column of Outside
Magazine and for the Sunday Magazine of the Chicago Tribune.  He received
his MFA from the University of Iowa's Playwright's Workshop in 1995.  Rick
is also a commentator for NPR's All Things Considered. 

Celebration of Coventry  

The Unitarian Universalist Society of Cleveland resides in Coventry, a small
Cleveland Heights neighborhood with an eclectic, liberal history that has
been celebrated in internationally celebrated movies and books. During the
USC "Celebration of Coventry" monthly celebrations hosted by different
celebrities will illuminate fascinating inside stories and neighborhood
history.

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<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D5 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span
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Playwright Rick
Cleveland<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

<h3 align=3Dleft style=3D'text-align:left'><b><font size=3D6 =
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Bill</span></font>  </i><o:p></o:p></h3>

<h2 align=3Dleft style=3D'text-align:left'><b><font size=3D5 =
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:18.0pt'>as the first of a “Celebration of =
<st1:place
w:st=3D"on"><st1:City w:st=3D"on">Coventry</st1:City></st1:place>” =
series<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h2>

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<h1 align=3Dleft style=3D'text-align:left'><i><font size=3D3 =
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>The Unitarian Universalist Society of =
<st1:place
w:st=3D"on"><st1:City w:st=3D"on">Cleveland</st1:City></st1:place> hosts =
and
presents the series<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></h1>

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style=3D'font-size:
11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'line-height:150%'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%'>February 28, 2007 CLEVELAND, =
OH <b><span
style=3D'font-weight:bold'>—</span></b></span></font><font =
size=3D2
color=3Dblack><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;color:black'> Emmy
Award writer Rick Cleveland is back in the neighborhood to kick off the
Unitarian Universalist Society of Cleveland’s yearlong =
“Celebration
of Coventry.”  <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City =
w:st=3D"on"><b><span
  =
style=3D'font-weight:bold'>Cleveland</span></b></st1:City></st1:place><b>=
<span
style=3D'font-weight:bold'> will perform his =
</span></b></span></font><b><font
size=3D2><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-weight:bold'>hit
one-man play <i><span style=3D'font-style:italic'>My Buddy =
Bill</span></i>; a
witty and knowing tale about his friendship with former president Bill =
Clinton
and host a Writers Workshop the next day. </span></font></b><b><i><font =
size=3D2><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-weight:bold;font-style:it=
alic'>My
Buddy Bill</span></font></i></b><b><font size=3D2><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-weight:bold'> performs on Friday, March 30 =
</span></font></b><font
size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%'>at 7 pm at =
the Unitarian
Universalist Society of Cleveland, <st1:Street w:st=3D"on"><st1:address =
w:st=3D"on">2728
  Lancashire Road</st1:address></st1:Street>, just off <st1:Street =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:address
 w:st=3D"on">Coventry Road</st1:address></st1:Street> in <st1:place =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:City
 w:st=3D"on">Cleveland Heights</st1:City></st1:place>.  Tickets are =
$20 each
or two for $30 and can be purchased at Mac’s Backs, <st1:Street =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:address
 w:st=3D"on">1820 Coventry Road</st1:address></st1:Street>, (next to
Tommy’s Restaurant) or by calling 216-321-BOOK.  The audience =
is
invited to a post-performance Meet ‘n Greet with the artist and
complimentary coffee.  </span></font><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span=
></font></p>

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face=3D"Times New Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%'><o:p> </o:p></span></fon=
t></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'line-height:150%'><b><font size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-weight:bold'>Saturday, March 31<sup>st</sup>, from 2 - 5pm, =
Cleveland will
host a </span>Writers Workshop for aspiring writers honing their skills =
for
stage, screen and TV</font></b>.  The seminar will be held at the
Unitarian Universalist Society of Cleveland and has a $10** entrance =
fee.(**<u>Please
note corrected price from 2-16-07 release</u>)<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'line-height:150%'><font size=3D3 =
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;text-transform:uppercase'><o:p=
> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoBodyText><b><font size=3D2 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;text-transform:none'>Interview=
s with
Rick Cleveland and electronic photos are available. A =
</span>5</font></b><span
style=3D'text-transform:none'> minute promotional DVD may be viewed =
online at <font
color=3Dblue><span =
style=3D'color:blue'>www.dropshots.com/my_buddy_bill</span></font>
-- this URL can be used in a feature story. “Dropshot” DVD =
is
available upon request.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'line-height:150%'><b><font size=3D2
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'margin-right:-9.0pt;line-height:150%'><font size=3D2
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%'>In the
spirit of Spalding Gray to whom the work is partially dedicated, =
<b><i><span
style=3D'font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>My Buddy Bill =
</span></i></b>is a
comic shaggy-dog tale about a star-crossed friendship between the =
writer, a
leader of the free world and their two dogs.  =
</span></font><i><font
size=3D2><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-style:italic'>Variety
</span></font></i><font size=3D2><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%'>calls
it, “Relentlessly funny…delightful” and =
</span></font><i><font
size=3D2><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-style:italic'>Hollywood
Reporter</span></font></i><font size=3D2><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;
line-height:150%'> says it is “amusing enough to tickle even the =
most
demanding funny bone.” Starting innocently enough with a chance =
meeting
between Rick Cleveland, then a writer for the TV hit <i><span =
style=3D'font-style:
italic'>The</span></i> <i><span style=3D'font-style:italic'>West Wing, =
</span></i>and<i><span
style=3D'font-style:italic'> </span></i>the 42<sup>nd</sup> president of =
the
United States, and the show proceeds to chronicle their unusual and
idiosyncratic relationship including a trip to Amsterdam, a spontaneous =
jam
session in Arkansas and more.  <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'margin-right:-9.0pt;line-height:150%'><font size=3D2
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%'><o:p> </o:p></span></fon=
t></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'line-height:150%'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;
color:black'>Mr.</span></font><b><i><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;color:black;font-weight:bold;
font-style:italic'> </span></font></i></b><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;color:black'>Cleveland won =
the Jury
Award for Best Performance in a One Person Show for <b><i><span
style=3D'font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>My Buddy =
Bill</span></i></b> at the
US Comedy Arts Festival in <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City =
w:st=3D"on">Aspen</st1:City>,
 <st1:State w:st=3D"on">Colorado</st1:State></st1:place> in March,
2006.  <em><b><i><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-weight:
bold'>My Buddy Bill</span></font></i></b></em><b><span =
style=3D'font-weight:bold'>
</span></b>had its world premiere at the Geffen Playhouse in =
<st1:place
w:st=3D"on"><st1:City w:st=3D"on">Los =
Angeles</st1:City></st1:place>.    =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'line-height:150%'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%'><o:p> </o:p></span></fon=
t></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'line-height:150%'><b><i><u><font size=3D2
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Rick =
Cleveland<o:p></o:p></span></font></u></i></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'line-height:150%'><i><font size=3D2
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-style:italic'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></i></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'line-height:150%'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;
color:black'>Rick Cleveland</span></font><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;color:black'> was an =
Executive
Producer and writer for all five seasons of HBO's <em><i><font
face=3D"Times New Roman">Six Feet Under.</font></i></em>  In 2000, =
he won an
Emmy Award and a Writer's Guild Award for his writing on <em><i><font
face=3D"Times New Roman">The West Wing.  </font></i></em>His play =
<em><i><font
face=3D"Times New Roman">Jerry and Tom</font></i></em> was adapted as a
screenplay and was an official selection at both the Sundance and =
Toronto Film
Festivals in 1998.  He was nominated for an Edgar Award, presented =
by the
Mystery Writers of America, for his screen adaptation of John Grisham's =
<em><i><font
face=3D"Times New Roman">Runaway Jury</font></i></em>.  As a =
playwright he
attended the National Playwright's Conference at the Eugene O'Neill =
Theatre
Center in 1991 and 1993, Midwest PlayLabs in 1994, and has received =
playwriting
grants and fellowships from the <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName =
w:st=3D"on">Kennedy</st1:PlaceName>
 <st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>'s Fund =
for New
American Plays, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Rockefeller
Foundation.  As a freelance journalist he has written for the =
<em><i><font
face=3D"Times New Roman">Destinations</font></i></em> column of =
<em><i><font
face=3D"Times New Roman">Outside Magazine</font></i></em> and for the =
<em><i><font
face=3D"Times New Roman">Sunday Magazine </font></i></em><em><i><font
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D'font-style:normal'>of =
the</span></font></i>
Chicago Tribune</em>.  He received his MFA from the <st1:place =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceType
 w:st=3D"on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName =
w:st=3D"on">Iowa</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>'s
Playwright's Workshop in 1995.  Rick is also a commentator for =
NPR's <em><i><font
face=3D"Times New Roman">All Things =
Considered. <o:p></o:p></font></i></em></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'line-height:150%'><em><i><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></i></em></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'line-height:150%'><em><b><i><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;
color:black;font-weight:bold'>Celebration of <st1:place =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:City
 =
w:st=3D"on">Coventry</st1:City></st1:place> </span></font></i></b></=
em><b><font
size=3D2><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-weight:bold'> =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'line-height:150%'><b><font size=3D2
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>

The Unitarian Universalist Society of Cleveland resides in =
<st1:City
w:st=3D"on">Coventry</st1:City>, a small <st1:place =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:City w:st=3D"on">Cleveland
 Heights</st1:City></st1:place> neighborhood with an eclectic, liberal =
history
that has been celebrated in internationally celebrated movies and books. =
During
the USC “Celebration of Coventry” monthly celebrations =
hosted by
different celebrities will illuminate fascinating inside stories and
neighborhood history.<o:p></o:p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'line-height:150%'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%'><o:p> </o:p></span></fon=
t></p>

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style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;text-transform:none'><o:p>&nbs=
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