[NEohioPAL]Karamu Auditions for Purlie Victorious and dramas for 2007/2008 season

Thu Aug 2 12:05:54 PDT 2007

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 2007

KARAMU PERFORMING ARTS THEATRE:  GENERAL CASTING CALL

                      2007/2008 Season:  "Living in America"

*      OPEN CALL Comedy and Drama AUDITIONS  Only!

When:

Saturday, August 4th    -    11am - 4pm

Where:   Karamu House

    2355 East 89th Street

               Cleveland, Ohio 44106    (between Quincy and Cedar Avenues)

What to Prepare:

*            Two contrasting monologues not exceeding three minutes each. 

*            For Julius X a monologue & slam poetry 

*            Copy of recent headshot or photo

*            Bio and/or a list of performance experience

*            Come in comfortable clothing and be prepared to move.  

Includes casting for Purlie Victorious which opens September 28, 2007

Characters:

Capn' Cotchipee- (white) old cantankerous, dresses like Colonel Sanders,

Missy - (black) Gitlow's wife -sassy, speaks her mind

David, (white) Capn' Cotchipee's innocent son (20's-30's)

Idella, (black) a mother to David, been around Capn Cotchipee for ages (40 -
60)

The play is set in South Georgia. Actors must perfect the Southern accent.

Rehearsal Start Date: Wednesday August 22, 2007  - Wednesdays - Sundays

Wednesdays - Fridays 6:30 pm - 10 pm

Saturdays - 11am - 4 pm

Sundays - 12  noon  - 4 pm

Who:  Karamu is a multicultural institution and encourages artist of all
nationalities and religions to attend the casting call.  

Directors of some plays will be present.      

*      Stage Manager Interviews for 2007/08 Season

(1)   Also seeking experienced Stage Managers for main stage and youth
theatre productions

(2)   Also seeking interns for Stage Manager positions and college theatre
majors for main stage and youth theatre productions

Send resumes to performingarts at karamu.com 

Will be called in for an appointment prior to the end of August.  

*      Karamu House is a Non-Equity theatre.  However, Equity artist are
invited to audition.

KARAMU's  2007/2008 THEATRE SEASON: 

"LIVING IN AMERICA."  

Purlie Victorious (Classic Comedy) by Ossie Davis 

Director: Terrence Spivey  

Sept. 28 - Oct. 21, 2007 (Jelliffe)

Previews: Sept. 26th & 27th

Newly ordained preacher, Purlie Victorious Judson, returns to his family's
sharecropper cabin to reacquire the local church and ring the "Freedom
Bell." An inheritance from a cousin supplies the needed cash, but
unfortunately it is controlled by Colonel Cotchipee, who owns the land that
Purlie's family works. Purlie attempts to trick the colonel out of the
inheritance, and complications ensue in a surprising and hysterical comedy. 

(For the entire Family)

Black Nativity (Gospel Musical) by Langston Hughes

Director: TBA

Dec. 7 - Dec. 30, 2007 (Jelliffe)

Previews Dec. 5th & 6th 

Black Nativity is a theatrical presentation focused on the religious and
spiritual aspects of the Christmas story.  It is performed with electrifying
gospel music, colorful costuming and with stunning dance context.  One of
the most produced Christmas classics of all time and a Karamu holiday
staple, Black Nativity is written by Karamu alumnus, Langston Hughes.  This
year's production is a tribute to Mike Malone, former Artistic Director;
director/choreographer/ and the person who first brought Black Nativity to
Karamu and to many other theatres across the country.  (For the entire
Family)

Co-Production with Ensemble Theatre

Bourbon at the Border  by Pearl Cleage  

Director: Terrence Spivey

Preview Jan. 4th

Jan. 5 - Jan. 20, 2008 (Studio One Theatre at the Cleveland Play House)

When May and Charlie joined hundreds of other Americans who went to
Mississippi in the summer of 1964 for a massive voter registration drive,
they had no idea their lives were about to change forever. Bourbon at the
Border puts a human face on the unknown soldiers of the civil rights
movement by refusing to romanticize them even as it honors their specific
sacrifices and the price they paid. 

Karamu subscribers receive a complimentary ticket to this Ensemble
production.

16th Annual R. Joyce Whitley ArenaFest-Festival of New Plays   

Jan 7.  - Jan 18, 2008 (Annie Mae's)

Michael Oatman, Coordinator;  James K. Spriggs - Moderator

Julius X (Drama) by Al Letson (Ohio Premiere)

Director: E.B. Smith

Feb. 1 - Feb. 24, 2008 (Arena)

Jan. 30th & 31st

HISTORY GETS A REMIX!  Inspired by Shakespeare's tragedy of Julius Caesar,
Julius X explores those same themes by viewing them through the life of
civil rights activist Malcolm X. Set in Harlem in 1965, Julius X is a leader
of The Nation. Fearing that Julius' growing strength and ambitions threaten
The Nation, a group of its members led by Brutus Mohammed and Cassius X plot
to assassinate him. But when Julius is killed, chaos engulfs Harlem. Alive
with hip hop dance, slam poetry and multimedia, Julius X investigates the
intoxicating effects of power and the danger of pride. Karamu first staged
Julius X at the Second Annual Ingenuity Festival in 2006.

Holes (Comedy-Drama Adventure) adapted by Louis Sachar  

Director: Najaa Young

(Ohio Premier- Women's Month)

March 14 - April 6, 2008 (Jelliffe)

Previews: Mar. 12th & 13th

Karamu is proud to bring the adaptation of this popular Disney motion
picture to our main stage season. Holes follows a young man, Stanley, who is
thrown into a detention camp in the middle of a desert for allegedly
stealing a very expensive pair of sneakers. There, he is given chores by a
Warden to dig holes along with a new found juvenile friend, Zero, for
treasure that was buried years ago by Kissin' Kate Barlow, a notorious
bandit. This is a story about tolerance, friendships, discoveries, legacies,
morality and justice.   (For the entire Family)

The Blacks: A Clown Show (Classic Drama) by Jean Genet

Director: Terrence Spivey

April 18 - May 11, 2008 (Arena)

Previews: April 16th & 17th 

The Blacks: A Clown Show was written in 1958 at the request of a black
actor. But Jean Genet, a white, French novelist and playwright (The
Balcony), wrote the drama focusing on a troupe of black actors, who come
together to perform a ritual that requires the corpse of a white woman.
Originally written for an all-black cast, The Blacks offered a new voice to
American theatre. It won an Obie for Best Off Broadway play in 1961.

NOTE: Audience members are required to wear mask for this production (which
will be provided by ushers). Discretion is advised due to content, language,
and unexpected audience interaction. Do not come alone! 

*** Special "Parliament" Performance (not part of the Subscription season)

The Funkentine Rapture 

(An original funktastic musical-comedy) (World Premiere)

book by Lee Summers and Ben Blake; music and lyrics by Lee Summers   

May 30 - June 22, 2008 (Jelliffe)

Previews: May 21st & 22nd
Funkentine pays homage to "Parliament Funkadelic," The soaring 1970s,
platform shoes, sky-high afros and a beat that will take audiences even
higher when an aspiring funk master, George Preston, who reaches for the
stars and is caught in an uproarious battle between good and evil, funk and
disco. Kentucky fried and Harlem's catfish surprise. He will try to win the
girl, gain the gig, and rescue the secret recipe from heinous hands.  

Ticket Prices:

Comedies and Dramas    Thurs. & Sundays $20.00; Fri. & Sat. $25.00

Black Nativity            Thurs. $20.; Fri. & Sat. $30; Sun. $25

The Funkentine Rapture  Thurs. $25; Fri. $35; Sat. $45.; Sun $30.

       Preview Nights $10.00 for Dramas & Comedies; $15.00 Black Nativity

       Senior Discounts $3.00 off published Ticket Price

       Student Discount with ID $15. 

No Senior nor Student Discounts apply on Preview Nights or for The
Funkentine Rapture

Youth & Young Adult Productions:  $10.00

                                                            ~~~~

                             2007/08 Youth Theatre Season

"There's a Boy in the Girls Bathroom" by Louis Sachar

Adapted from the novel by Heidi Bedrossian

Directed by:  Heidi Bedrossian    October 13 - November 4, 2007 (Arena)

Bradley Chalkers is the oldest kid in the fifth grade. He tells enormous
lies. He picks fights with girls. No one likes him-except Carla, the new
school counselor. She thinks Bradley is sensitive and generous, and knows
that Bradley could change, if only he weren't afraid to try. But when you
feel like the most-hated kid in the whole school, believing in yourself can
be the hardest thing in the world.

Babies Having Babies by Jeffrey Auerbach and Kathryn Montgomery

Directed by: TBA                October 27 - November 18, 2007 (Arena) 4:00
p.m.

Finding themselves together in a teen pregnancy counseling session, five
very different girls find common ground and begin to understand the impact
of their choices. This is a frank, sensitive, humorous script, always honest
in its treatment of young women facing the prospect of an unplanned,
unwanted pregnancy.  (12 and up)   

Little Red Riding Hood (and the Power Mutants) by Ed Monk

Directed by: Judy Mazur               December 22 -  January 6, 2008 (Arena)

Little Red, of Little Red's Gourmet Catering and Home Delivery Service, is
on a mission to deliver some goodies to Grandma's house. Unfortunately,
Oswald The Big Bad Wolf, president and founder of Oswald's School for
Wolves, is trying to teach his somewhat dim students how to steal baskets of
goodies. Only The Power Mutants, a strange and mysterious group of mutant
superheroes with rather silly powers, can help Little Red. Will the goodies
get to Grandma's house on time?

Birds of a Feather by Charles Briggs

Directed by: Richard H. Morris, Jr.     February 9 - March 2, 2008
(Jelliffe)

Birds of a Feather is loosely based on the story of Rosa Parks and the
jitney bus boycott of the 1960's, but in this version, all the characters
are birds. A Lavender Sookoo Secretary bird boards a bus, and asks a  Humble
Wrenkoo seamstress to relinquish her perch (seat).  What ensues will turn
the land of the Amakoos upside down, and lead to its first bus birdcott. It
is up to Vesper Sparrow and the Court of White Owls to make civil rights out
of civil wrongs, and calm the ruffled feathers of all the birds in the land
of the Amakoos.   "It is better to hop awhile, so one may ride in style"
------ the Wrenkoo Examiner.

Young Adult Series 

A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry

One Act adaptation by Shambrion Treadwell and Lamont Livingston
Directed by: Lamont Livingston   May 17 -  June 18, 2008 (Arena)

This play tells the story of a lower-class black family's struggle to gain
middle-class acceptance. When the play opens, Mama, the sixty-year-old
mother of the family, is waiting for a $10,000 insurance check from the
death of her husband, and the drama will focus primarily on how the $10,000
should be spent. The story is based upon Hansberry's own experiences growing
up in Chicago's Woodlawn neighborhood. It is the first play written by a
black woman to be on Broadway.  

An all-teen cast and director takes on this classic.

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11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Characters:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></stron=
g></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'=
>Capn’
Cotchipee- (white) old cantankerous, dresses like Colonel =
Sanders,<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'=
>Missy –
(black) Gitlow's wife -sassy, speaks her =
mind<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'=
>David,
(white) Capn’ Cotchipee's innocent son =
(20's-30's)<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'=
>Idella,
(black) a mother to David, been around Capn Cotchipee for ages (40 =
– 60)<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'=
> <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'=
>The
play is set in <st1:place w:st=3D"on">South Georgia</st1:place>. Actors =
must
perfect the Southern accent.<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'=
>Rehearsal
Start Date: Wednesday August 22, 2007  - Wednesdays - =
Sundays<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'=
>Wednesdays
- Fridays 6:30 pm – 10 pm<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'=
>Saturdays
- 11am – 4 pm<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'=
>Sundays
– 12  noon  - 4 pm<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
11.0pt;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:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Who:  Karamu is a multicultural =
institution and
encourages artist of all nationalities and religions to attend the =
casting
call.  <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></strong></p=
>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><i><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>Directors =
of some
plays will be present</span></font></i></b></strong><strong><b><font =
size=3D2
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.    &nb=
sp; </span></font></b></strong><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p=
>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p=
></span></font></b></strong></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 =
lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><strong><b><font
size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DWingdings><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Wingdings;color:black;font-weight:normal'><span =
style=3D'mso-list:Ignore'>Ø<font
size=3D1 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D'font:7.0pt "Times New =
Roman"'>     
</span></font></span></span></font></b></strong><![endif]><strong><b><fon=
t
size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Stage Manager Interviews for 2007/08 =
Season</span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font
size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></p=
>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>=

<p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 =
lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><b><font
size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;font-weight:bold'><span style=3D'mso-list:Ignore'>(1)<font =
size=3D1
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D'font:7.0pt "Times New =
Roman"'>   =
</span></font></span></span></font></b><![endif]><b><font
size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;font-weight:bold'>Also seeking experienced Stage Managers =
for main stage
and youth theatre productions<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 =
lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><b><font
size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;font-weight:bold'><span style=3D'mso-list:Ignore'>(2)<font =
size=3D1
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D'font:7.0pt "Times New =
Roman"'>   =
</span></font></span></span></font></b><![endif]><b><font
size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;font-weight:bold'>Also seeking interns for Stage Manager =
positions
and college theatre majors for main stage and youth theatre =
productions<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold'=
><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold'=
>Send
resumes to </span></font></b><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><a
href=3D"mailto:performingarts at karamu.com" =
title=3D"mailto:performingarts at karamu.com">performingarts at karamu.com</a><=
font
color=3Dblack><span style=3D'color:black'> =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold'=
>Will be
called in for an appointment prior to the end of August.  =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>=

<![if !supportLists]>Ø      =
<![endif]>Karamu House is a Non-Equity theatre.  However, Equity artist =
are invited
to audition.<o:p></o:p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></=
p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>KARAMU’s  2007/2008 THEATRE SEASON: =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><i><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>“LIV=
ING IN <st1:place
w:st=3D"on"><st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on">AMERICA</st1:country-region></st1:place>."
</span></font></i></b></strong><i><font face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-family:
Arial;font-style:italic'> </span></font></i><strong><b><font =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'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:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></strong></p=
>

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

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Purlie Victorious (Classic Comedy) by Ossie
Davis </span></font></b></strong><font face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'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: <st1:PersonName w:st=3D"on">Terrence =
Spivey</st1:PersonName></span></font></b></strong><font
face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'> <strong><b><font =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-family:Arial'> =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Sept. 28 - Oct. 21, 2007 =
(Jelliffe)</span></font></b></strong><font
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'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: Sept. 26<sup>th</sup> & =
27<sup>th</sup><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>

Newly ordained preacher, Purlie Victorious Judson, =
returns
to his family’s sharecropper cabin to reacquire the local church =
and ring
the “Freedom Bell.” An inheritance from a cousin supplies =
the
needed cash, but unfortunately it is controlled by Colonel Cotchipee, =
who owns
the land that Purlie’s family works. Purlie attempts to trick the =
colonel
out of the inheritance, and complications ensue in a surprising and =
hysterical
comedy. <o:p></o:p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>(For the entire Family)<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><strong><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Black Nativity (Gospel Musical) by Langston =
Hughes<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'>Director: =
TBA<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'>Dec. 7 - Dec. 30, 2007 =
(Jelliffe)</span></font></b></strong><font
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'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 Dec. 5<sup>th</sup> & =
6<sup>th</sup></span></font></b></strong><font
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><i><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>Black =
Nativity</span></font></i><font
face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'> is a theatrical =
presentation
focused on the religious and spiritual aspects of the Christmas =
story.  It
is performed with electrifying gospel music, colorful costuming and with
stunning dance context.  <st1:PersonName =
w:st=3D"on">On</st1:PersonName>e of
the most produced Christmas classics of all time and a Karamu holiday =
staple, <i><span
style=3D'font-style:italic'>Black Nativity</span></i> is written by =
Karamu alumnus,
Langston Hughes.  This year’s production is a tribute to Mike =
Malone,
former Artistic Director; director/choreographer/ and the person who =
first
brought <i><span style=3D'font-style:italic'>Black Nativity</span></i> =
to Karamu
and to many other theatres across the country.  (For the entire =
Family)<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'><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'>Co-Production with Ensemble =
Theatre</span></font></b></strong><font
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'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'>Bourbon at the Border  by <st1:place =
w:st=3D"on">Pearl</st1:place>
Cleage  <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'>Director: Terrence =
Spivey<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>

Preview Jan. =
4th=
<o:p></o:p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Jan. 5 – Jan. 20, 2008 (Studio =
<st1:PersonName
w:st=3D"on">On</st1:PersonName>e Theatre at the <st1:place =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:City
 w:st=3D"on">Cleveland</st1:City></st1:place> Play =
House)<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>

When May and Charlie joined =
hundreds of
other Americans who went to <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:State =
w:st=3D"on">Mississippi</st1:State></st1:place>
in the summer of 1964 for a massive voter registration drive, they had =
no idea
their lives were about to change forever. Bourbon
at the Border puts a human face on the unknown soldiers of =
the civil
rights movement by refusing to romanticize them even as it honors their
specific sacrifices and the price they paid. =
<o:p></o:p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal'>Karamu subscribers receive =
a
complimentary ticket to this Ensemble =
production</span></font></b></strong><strong><b><i><font
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>.</span></font></i></b></st=
rong><strong><b><font
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>

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

16th Annual R. Joyce Whitley =
ArenaFest-Festival of
New Plays   <o:p></o:p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Jan 7.  - Jan 18, 2008 (Annie =
Mae’s)</span></font></b></strong><font
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'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'>Michael Oatman, Coordinator;  James K. =
Spriggs
– Moderator<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'>Julius X (Drama) by Al Letson (<st1:State =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:place
 w:st=3D"on">Ohio</st1:place></st1:State> =
Premiere)</span></font></b></strong><font
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'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: E.B. =
Smith</span></font></b></strong><font
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'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'>Feb. 1 – Feb. 24, =
2008 (Arena)</span></font></b></strong><font
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'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'>Jan. 30<sup>th</sup> & =
31<sup>st<o:p></o:p></sup></span></font></b></strong></p>

HISTORY GETS A =
REMIX!  Inspired by
Shakespeare’s tragedy of Julius Caesar, Julius
X explores those same themes by viewing them through the life =
of
civil rights activist Malcolm X. Set in <st1:place =
w:st=3D"on">Harlem</st1:place>
in 1965, Julius X is a leader of The Nation. Fearing that Julius’ =
growing
strength and ambitions threaten The Nation, a group of its members led =
by
Brutus Mohammed and Cassius X plot to assassinate him. But when Julius =
is
killed, chaos engulfs <st1:place w:st=3D"on">Harlem</st1:place>. Alive =
with hip
hop dance, slam poetry and multimedia, Julius
X investigates the intoxicating effects of power and the =
danger of
pride. Karamu first staged Julius =
X
at the Second Annual Ingenuity Festival in =
2006.<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'>Holes (Comedy-Drama Adventure) =
</span></font></b></strong><b><font
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>adapted by
Louis Sachar  <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

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

<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>(<st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:State =
w:st=3D"on">Ohio</st1:State></st1:place>
Premier- Women’s Month)<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>March 14 - April 6, 2008 =
(Jelliffe)<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Previews: Mar. 12<sup>th</sup> & =
13<sup>th</sup><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

Karamu is proud to bring the adaptation of this =
popular
Disney motion picture to our main stage season. Holes follows a young man, Stanley, who is thrown =
into a
detention camp in the middle of a desert for allegedly stealing =
a very
expensive pair of sneakers. There, he is given chores by a Warden to dig =
holes
along with a new found juvenile friend, Zero, for treasure that was =
buried
years ago by Kissin' Kate Barlow, a notorious bandit. This is a =
story
about tolerance, friendships, discoveries, legacies, morality and
justice.   (For the entire =
Family)<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=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The Blacks: A Clown Show (Classic Drama) by =
Jean
Genet</span></font></b></strong><font face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'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: Terrence =
Spivey</span></font></b></strong><font
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'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'>April 18 - May 11, 2008 =
(Arena)</span></font></b></strong><font
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'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 16th & =
17th</span></font></b></strong><font
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

The Blacks: A =
Clown Show was written
in 1958 at the request of a black actor. But Jean Genet, a white, French
novelist and playwright (The
Balcony), wrote the drama focusing on a troupe of =
black
actors, who come together to perform a ritual that requires the corpse =
of a
white woman.  Originally written for an all-black =
cast, The =
Blacks offered
a new voice to American theatre. It won an Obie for Best Off Broadway =
play in
1961.<o:p></o:p>

NOTE: Audience members are required to wear mask =
for this
production (which will be provided by ushers). Discretion is =
advised due
to content, language, and unexpected audience interaction. Do not =
come
alone! <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=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>*** Special “Parliament” =
Performance (not
part of the Subscription =
season)<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'>The Funkentine Rapture =
<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'>(An original funktastic musical-comedy) (World
Premiere)</span></font></b></strong><font face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'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'>book by Lee Summers and Ben Blake; music and =
lyrics
by Lee Summers   <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'>May 30 - June 22, 2008 =
(Jelliffe)</span></font></b></strong><font
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

Previews: May 21st & =
22nd 
Funkentine pays homage to =
“Parliament
Funkadelic,” The soaring 1970s, platform shoes, sky-high afros and =
a beat
that will take audiences even higher when an aspiring funk master, =
George
Preston, who reaches for the stars and is caught in an uproarious battle
between good and evil, funk and disco. <st1:State =
w:st=3D"on">Kentucky</st1:State>
fried and <st1:place w:st=3D"on">Harlem</st1:place>'s catfish surprise. =
He will
try to win the girl, gain the gig, and rescue the secret recipe from =
heinous
hands.  <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'>Ticket Prices:<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'>Comedies and Dramas    Thurs. & =
Sundays
$20.00; Fri. & Sat. $25.00<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'>Black Nativity    =
        Thurs.
$20.; Fri. & Sat. $30; Sun. $25<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'>The Funkentine Rapture  Thurs. $25; Fri. $35; =
Sat.
$45.; Sun $30.<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'>       Preview Nights =
$10.00
for Dramas & Comedies; $15.00 Black =
Nativity<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'>       Senior Discounts =
$3.00
off published Ticket Price<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'>       Student Discount =
with
ID $15. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>No Senior nor Student Discounts =
apply on
Preview Nights or for The Funkentine =
Rapture<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Youth & Young Adult Productions:  =
$10.00<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'>         =
            &=
nbsp;           &n=
bsp;           &nb=
sp;           &nbs=
p;  ~~~~<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<div style=3D'mso-element:para-border-div;border:double windowtext =
5.25pt;
padding:1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt'>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'border:none;padding:0in'><strong><b><font =
size=3D2
color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>          =
            &=
nbsp;     
2007/08 Youth Theatre Season</span></font></b></strong><font =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

</div>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>"There's a =
Boy in
the Girls Bathroom" by Louis Sachar</span></font></b></strong><font
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-family:Arial'><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'>Adapted from =
the novel
by Heidi</span></font></b></strong><font face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-family:
Arial'> <strong><b><font color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Bedrossian</span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></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'>Directed by: =
 Heidi
Bedrossian    October 13 - November 4, 2007 =
(Arena)</span></font></b></strong><font
color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

Bradley
Chalkers is the oldest kid in the fifth grade. He tells enormous lies. =
He picks
fights with girls. No one likes him—except Carla, the new school
counselor. She thinks Bradley is sensitive and generous, and knows that =
Bradley
could change, if only he weren’t afraid to try. But when you feel =
like
the most-hated kid in the whole school, believing in yourself can be the
hardest thing in the world.<o:p></o:p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'background:white'><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'>Babies Having
Babies by Jeffrey Auerbach and Kathryn =
Montgomery</span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></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'=
>Directed
by: TBA  =
            &=
nbsp; <strong><b><font
face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>October 27 – =
November 18, 2007 (Arena)
4:00 p.m.</span></font></b></strong></span></font></b><font =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

Finding themselves together in a =
teen
pregnancy counseling session, five very different girls find common =
ground and
begin to understand the impact of their choices. This is a frank, =
sensitive,
humorous script, always honest in its treatment of young women facing =
the
prospect of an unplanned, unwanted pregnancy.  (12 and up) =
  <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'><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'>Little Red =
Riding Hood
(and the Power Mutants) by Ed =
Monk</span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-family:Arial'><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'>Directed by: =
Judy Mazur  
            D=
ecember
22 -  January 6, 2008 (Arena)</span></font></b></strong><font =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

Little Red, of Little Red's =
Gourmet
Catering and Home Delivery Service, is on a mission to deliver some =
goodies to
Grandma's house. Unfortunately, Oswald The Big Bad Wolf, president and =
founder
of Oswald's School for Wolves, is trying to teach his somewhat dim =
students how
to steal baskets of goodies. <st1:PersonName =
w:st=3D"on">On</st1:PersonName>ly
The Power Mutants, a strange and mysterious group of mutant superheroes =
with
rather silly powers, can help Little Red. Will the goodies get to =
Grandma's
house on time?<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'> <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'>Birds of a =
Feather by
Charles Briggs</span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-family:Arial'><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'>Directed by: =
Richard H. Morris,
Jr.     February 9 - March 2, =
2008 (Jelliffe)</span></font></b></strong><font
color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><em><i><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Birds of a =
Feather</span></font></i></em><font
color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-family:Arial;color:black'> is loosely
based on the story of Rosa Parks and the jitney bus boycott of the =
1960's,
but in this version, all the characters are birds. A Lavender Sookoo =
Secretary
bird boards a bus, and asks a  Humble Wrenkoo seamstress to =
relinquish
her perch (seat).  What ensues will turn the land of the =
Amakoos
upside down, and lead to its first bus birdcott. It is up to Vesper
Sparrow and the Court of White Owls to make civil rights out of civil =
wrongs,
and calm the ruffled feathers of all the birds in the land of the =
Amakoos. 
 "It is better to hop awhile, so one may ride in style" =
------
the Wrenkoo Examiner.<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'>Young Adult=

Series </span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'background:white'><strong><b><font =
size=3D2
color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>A Raisin in the Sun by <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:State =
w:st=3D"on">Lorraine</st1:State></st1:place>
Hansberry</span></font></b></strong><font color=3Dblack =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'background:white'><st1:PersonName =
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'>On</span></font></b></strong></st1:PersonName><strong><b><fo=
nt
color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-family:Arial;color:black'>e Act
adaptation by Shambrion Treadwell and Lamont =
Livingston</span></font></b></strong><b><font
color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:
bold'><br>
<strong><b><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>Directed =
by: Lamont
Livingston   May 17 -  June 18, 2008 =
(Arena)</span></font></b></strong></span></font></b><strong><b><font
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>

This
play tells the story of a lower-class black family's struggle to gain
middle-class acceptance. When the play opens, Mama, the sixty-year-old =
mother
of the family, is waiting for a $10,000 insurance check from the death =
of her
husband, and the drama will focus primarily on how the $10,000 should be =
spent.
The story is based upon Hansberry's own experiences growing up in =
<st1:place
w:st=3D"on"><st1:City w:st=3D"on">Chicago</st1:City></st1:place>'s =
Woodlawn
neighborhood. It is the first play written by a black woman to be on
Broadway.  <o:p></o:p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'background:white'><u><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>An
all-teen cast and director takes on this classic</span></font></u><font
color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-family:Arial;color:black'>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'background:white'><font size=3D1 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>  &nbsp=
;            =
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nbsp;           &n=
bsp;           &nb=
sp;           &nbs=
p;           &nbsp=
;            =
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##<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></=
p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D2 face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'> </span></font></b></strong><strong><b><=
font
size=3D4 face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana'>--------------------------=
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face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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