[NEohioPAL]Karamu proudly presents World Premier A Colored Funeral

Wed Mar 21 16:52:11 PDT 2007

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Contact:  Vivian C. Wilson

Marketing Manager

Phone (216) 795-7070 x 215

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Karamu House, Inc. proudly presents the World Premiere of Gregory S. Carr's 

A Colored Funeral   Directed by Christopher Johnston April 13 to May 6, 2007

Karamu House presents the World Premiere production of A Colored Funeral by
Gregory S. Carr directed by Christopher Johnston.   Opening Night is
scheduled for Friday, April 13th in Karamu Performing Arts Arena Theatre.
St. Louis, Missouri's Gregory S. Carr is the creator of Johnny Taylor is
Gone which had its World Premiere at Karamu in 2005.  Carr's production of A
Colored Funeral was winner of Karamu's R. Joyce Whitley ARENAFEST festival
of New works in 2005 and was featured with a staged reading in The Cleveland
Play House 2006's Fusion Fest.

A Colored Funeral is a hysterical, poignant, deliciously irreverent look at
death in the African-American community and the creative ways Blacks cope
with this universal phenomenon.   The play is a "wake-up call", that will
make you laugh and think at the same time and then ask yourself do you have
your house is order? 

Performances are Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. and Sundays
at 3:00 p.m.  

Ticket prices are $18 on Thursdays and Sundays and $21 on Friday and
Saturdays.   

Preview night performances are scheduled for April 11th and 12th at 7:30
p.m; Ticket price for preview nights only is $8.00.  

For tickets to A Colored Funeral call Karamu's box office at (216) 795-7077
or log onto www.karamu.com <http://www.karamu.com/> .

Come to Karamu and "Feel at Home In the House", Karamu House is the oldest
African American Cultural Arts Institution in the United States and
recipient of an Ohio Historical Marker. Karamu theatre productions are
sponsored in part by The Cleveland Foundation. 

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<h1><b><font size=3D3 face=3DArial><span =
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IMMEDIATE RELEASE –Wednesday, March 21, =
2007<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h1>

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<h6>Karamu =
House, Inc.
proudly presents the World =
Premiere
of Gregory S. Carr’s <o:p></o:p></h6>

<h6><b><font size=3D4 face=3D"Comic Sans MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-weight:bold'>A Colored =
Funeral</span></font></b>
  Directed by Christopher Johnston <b><span =
style=3D'font-weight:bold'>April 13
to May 6, 2007<o:p></o:p></span></b></h6>

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Karamu =
House
presents the World Premiere production of =
A Colored Funeral by Gregory S. =
Carr directed by =
Christopher Johnston.   Opening Night is scheduled for =
Friday, April 13th
in Karamu Performing Arts Arena Theatre.  <st1:place =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:City w:st=3D"on">St.
 Louis</st1:City>, <st1:State =
w:st=3D"on">Missouri</st1:State></st1:place>’s
Gregory S. Carr is the creator of Johnny
Taylor is Gone which had its World Premiere at Karamu in =
2005. 
Carr’s production of A =
Colored Funeral
was winner of Karamu’s R. Joyce Whitley ARENAFEST festival of New =
works
in 2005 and was featured with a staged reading in The Cleveland Play =
House
2006’s Fusion Fest.<o:p></o:p>

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face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial'><o:p> =
</o:p></span></font></p>

A Colored =
Funeral is a hysterical, poignant, =
deliciously
irreverent look at death in the African-American community and the =
creative
ways Blacks cope with this universal phenomenon.   The play is a "wake-up =
call",
that will make you laugh and think at the same time and then ask =
yourself do you have your house is =
order? =
<o:p></o:p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><font =
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<p class=3DMsoBodyText style=3D'line-height:150%'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%'>Performances are Thursdays, =
Fridays
and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. and Sundays at 3:00 p.m.  =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoBodyText style=3D'line-height:150%'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%'>Ticket prices are $18 on =
Thursdays
and Sundays and $21 on Friday and Saturdays.   =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%'>Preview night performances =
are
scheduled for April 11<sup>th</sup> and 12th at 7:30 p.m; Ticket price =
for
preview nights only is $8.00.  <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%'>For tickets to <i><span
style=3D'font-style:italic'>A Colored Funeral</span></i> call =
Karamu’s box
office at (216) 795-7077 or log onto <a =
href=3D"http://www.karamu.com/">www.karamu.com</a>.  
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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Come to Karamu and =
“Feel at
Home In the House”, Karamu House is the oldest African American =
Cultural
Arts Institution in the <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on">United
 States</st1:country-region></st1:place> and recipient of an Ohio =
Historical
Marker. Karamu theatre productions are sponsored in part by The =
Cleveland
Foundation. <o:p></o:p>

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