[NEohioPAL] Press Release: < 3 Weeks Until Oddy Fest!

[Oddy Festival]

[That's not an IM heart <3, that's a "less-than" sign followed by the Arabic
numeral 3.]

I'm getting in touch with local restaurants in the Coventry/Gordon
Square areas in regards to special discounts for the show if you make a
"dinner and theatre" night out of it on 9/3 or 9/17, so stay tuned to
NEOhioPAL for futher details!  I've also attached a pic from last night's
preview that looks like it's a one-man-with-two-personality show, which in
some ways it is...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
A bold new theatre festival hits Cleveland in September!

"Oddy Fest" turns back the cultural tide and unites Cleve-theatre
Odysseuses…

From:
Matt Greenfield
The Oddy Festival
oddyfest at gmail.com
216-WAM-TOG1 (216-926-8641)

For several years, the "brain drain" has affected Cleveland's young artistic
community in particular.  After trying their collective luck in the murky
waters abroad, a group of mid-20s Cleveland theatre artists returns home to
their "Ithaca on Lake Erie" to re-claim a place in the burgeoning arts
scene.  And do that thing with stringing the bow and the axes (you know what
I'm talkin' about).

The ODDY FEST IDEA: A new odd play every month, scheduled on every odd
Wednesday of the month.  (I.e., a play the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of
September; then another play the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of October, etc.)

The ODDY FEST GOAL: Unite Cleveland artists who may have wandered off the
artistic and/or literal map for a few years (or more).

The ODDY FEST DREAM: Get theatre audiences accustomed to a regular TV-esque
viewing schedule rather than treating theatre as a monolithic event every
few months.

The FIRST ODDY FEST SHOW:

"Vestibule"
By some guy called Matt Greenfield

It takes place in a vestibule.
It's about waiting for the door to open in more than one sense.
'Nuf said.

(Stick around for a talk-back,
"the musical stylings of Tom & Robert,"
and some improv after the show!)

East Side show:
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3rd at 8 p.m.
THE HISTORIC CENTRUM THEATER (2nd floor-- above Johnny Malloy's)
2781 Euclid Heights Boulevard, Cleveland Heights, OH 44106

West Side show:
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17th at 8 p.m.
CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE's CHURCH (W. 65th & Detroit-- the building that
looks like a church)
6415 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44102

TICKET INFO: $10 all seats (Stay tuned to NEOhioPAL for special discounts!)

WHY YOU SHOULD COME: Because you only have TWO CHANCES to see this
terrifically-written and -acted show! Personally, on September 3rd and/or
September 17th, I have two options: I could A) sit at home developing my
hemorrhoids while watching the latest "exciting" episode of "The Baby
Borrowers," or B) experience some original live theatre and music and
support Cleveland arts.  The choice is yours...

FOR INFO: Call OddyFest's hotline, 216-WAM-TOG1 (216-926-8641), or email
OddyFest at oddyfest at gmail.com

Have an odd day!
-Matt

P.S.: The answer is B).
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