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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>MACHINAL</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>By Sophie Treadwell</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Directed by Holly
Holsinger</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>at Cleveland State University</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>A 1928 Broadway hit, <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Machinal</span></i>
traces the dark, downward spiral of a young woman trapped by the machine of a
patriarchal society. Her life is dictated by the rituals of modern life,
leading her into mindless labor, loveless marriage, and unwanted motherhood. <br>
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Inspired by her long time interest in women accused of murder, playwright
Sophie Treadwell loosely bases <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Machinal</span></i>
on the sensational 1927 murder trial of Ruth Snyder, who became the first woman
to die in the electric chair. Treadwell uses this scenario as a springboard for
her own speculations about what circumstances might drive a seemingly harmless
stenographer to commit murder. Treadwell describes her play as "the story
of a woman... any woman… ready, eager for life, for love...but deadened,
squeezed, crushed by the machinelike quality of the life surrounding." <br>
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In 1928, the play was lauded by the New York Times as a play that “in a
hundred years should still be vital and vivid.” A powerful
expressionistic drama, <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Machinal</span></i>
is a provocative look at an increasingly impersonal world—perhaps more
vital now than ever.<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>CSU Factory Theatre</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Free parking, East 24<sup>th</sup> Street between Chester and Payne
Avenues</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Nov. 29<sup>th</sup>–December 9<sup>th</sup></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>8pm Thursdays—Saturdays</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>2pm on Sundays</span></font></p>
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12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>$5 for students, seniors, and CSU faculty/staff </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>$10 for general admission</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Box office: 216.687.2109</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><a href="http://www.csuohio.edu/theater/">http://www.csuohio.edu/theater/</a></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><a href="http://www.myspace.com/csudrama">http://www.myspace.com/csudrama</a></span></font></p>
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