[NEohioPAL]A Funky Situation!

Donnell Hodges remingtondreams at hotmail.com
Tue May 1 05:05:28 PDT 2007 

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<P><STRONG>For Immediate Release:</STRONG></P>
<P align=right><STRONG>May 1, 2007</STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG>Media Contact: Neal Hodges</STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG>216.795.7070 (x.249)</STRONG></P>
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<P align=center><STRONG><EM>Karamu House Conjures Up And Examines The Funk At The 2007 Fusion Festival With A Stage Reading Of The Funkentine Rapture May 7 At The Cleveland Playhouse Brooks Theater </EM></STRONG></P>
<P align=left><STRONG>Cleveland (OH) - May 1, 2007 - Karamu House</STRONG> <STRONG>Explores</STRONG> the <STRONG>Funk </STRONG>At The <STRONG>2007 Fusion Festival </STRONG>With A Stage Reading Of <STRONG>Ben Blake's' </STRONG>and <STRONG>Lee Summers'</STRONG> <STRONG>The Funkentine Rapture</STRONG>.  The Stage Reading Will Take Place <STRONG>Monday May 7 </STRONG>At <STRONG>7:30 PM</STRONG> at <STRONG>The Brooks Theater</STRONG>.</P>
<P align=left>The soaring 1970s, platform shoes, sky-high afros and a beat will take audiences even higher when an aspiring funk master reaches for the stars and is caught in an uproarious battle between good and evil, funk and disco.  <STRONG>Karamu House artistic director</STRONG>, <STRONG>Terrence Spivey</STRONG>, directs.</P>
<P align=left>Cast Includes a bevy of local talent including <STRONG>Kim Johnson </STRONG>(<EM>WZAK On-Air Personality</EM>); <STRONG>Chris Webb</STRONG> (<EM>Cleveland School of the Arts senior and poet</EM>); <STRONG>Arien Hodges</STRONG> (<EM>Cleveland State University senior and playwright</EM>); <STRONG>Nate Tolliver </STRONG>(<EM>Black Nativity</EM>); <STRONG>James Smith</STRONG> and <STRONG>Sir Milan</STRONG>; <STRONG>Katrice Monee Headd </STRONG>& <STRONG>Jerome</STRONG> <STRONG>Andeson</STRONG> (<EM>A Colored Funeral</EM>); <STRONG>Michael May</STRONG> & <STRONG>Morris Cammon</STRONG> (<EM>The Trial Of One-Short Sighted Black Woman Vs. Mammy Louise and Safreeta Mae</EM>); <STRONG>Mac Michael</STRONG> and <STRONG>Neal Hodges </STRONG>(<EM>Gospel, Gospel, Gospel!</EM>).  <B><I>The Funkentine Rapture </I></B>will be fully staged next season at Karamu.  </P>
<P align=left><STRONG><EM>The Funkentine Rapture</EM></STRONG> • <EM><STRONG>A Reading</STRONG>.</EM>  <STRONG>May 7 </STRONG>at <STRONG>7:30 PM</STRONG> at the <STRONG>Brooks Theatre</STRONG>.  Written by Lee Summers and Ben Blake.  Music and lyrics by Lee Summers.  Directed by Karamu’s artistic director Terrence Spivey.  <STRONG>Tickets are $10</STRONG>.  For more information call <STRONG>216.795.7000</STRONG> or visit <A href="http://www.clevelandplayhouse.com/"><STRONG>www.clevelandplayhouse.com</STRONG></A>.  </P>
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