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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a name="articles_1"></a><b><font
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bold'>Cleveland Public Theatre Presents Big [BOX]</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Award-winning
artists in residency program returns for 6<sup>th</sup> year</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoBodyText2><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Big
[BOX] is an award-winning residency program produced by Cleveland Public Theatre
that focuses on the independent creative artist and the exciting things that
can happen when one is given the space and time to create. Now in its sixth
successful year, Cleveland Public Theatre is proud to support and foster the
work of area artists in this unique program. Over eight weekends, ten artists
are given keys to The James Levin Theatre and the freedom to transform the
space for the presentation of their work. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Big [Box] 2008</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Onstage now through February 24th!</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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font-family:Arial'>Sundays at 3:00pm</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Tickets: General Admission $15 | Students and
Seniors $12</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Tickets available
now! Visit <a href="http://www.cptonline.org/">www.cptonline.org</a> to
purchase online or call 216.631.2727!</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red;font-weight:bold'>February
1-3</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>The One Who...</span></font></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Written and Performed by Scott Plate</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Directed by Joel Hammer</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>An original work that listens to the voices of
five gay men who live outside of typical gay urban "<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Mecca</st1:place></st1:City>’s." They are unaware
they are being seen by an audience, or by anyone for that matter - their
invisibility is part of their problem. The play explores a spectrum of
gender expression from a completely closeted and repressed Irish Catholic
priest to a cross-dressing shaman doing a public access cable television
show. Each character searches for - and ponders what it means to
have - an essential self, in a world that makes it necessary to hide it.
Featuring Scott Plate. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red;font-weight:bold'>February
8-10</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><b><i><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;
font-style:italic'>Costumbrismo, or Khandihba Wars </span></font></i></b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>by Deborah Magid</span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Costumbrismo, or Khandihba
Wars</span></font></i></b></span><span class=apple-style-span><font size=2
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'> is a new comic chamber opera about passion, desire, how
societies function, and candy bars as an allegory for sexual preference. In
mythical Khandihba, the Drooler, Sensualist, Nibbler, Fanatic, and S&M
Guy each enjoy YumBar, the local delicacy, in their own unique manner, and
all carry on a daily discordance as to whose method and perception is best.
A mysterious woman appears and seduces the folks to accept her MyBar
instead, modulating and altering each character's musical theme to bend that
person to her will and, more importantly, to destroy the economy of
Khandihba. Her game is exposed, and a dangerous mob forms! The wise
Mayoress recognizes that diversity is a necessary part of society, and
persuades everyone to welcome the interloper and her MyBar into their quirky
fold. Written in the American Neoromantic genre, <i><span style='font-style:
italic'>Costumbrismo </span></i>also utilizes tango, waltz, etude, and march
styles to explore societal and musical diversity.</span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red;font-weight:bold'>February
15-17</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>vis-à-vis</span></font></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Choreographed by Kalindi Stockton and Maree
ReMalia </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>A dance noir collection that explores a myriad of personal
and social issues inspired by daily observation and common experience. When
confronting our habits, influences, and current state of being, we use this
artistic opportunity to come face to face with all of our “humanness.”
An exciting evening with touches of humor and hope. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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font-family:Arial'>AND</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>De Vices</span></font></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Presented by Hi
Lyfe
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Choreographed and Directed by Shenee King</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Using the music of James Brown, dance company Hi Lyfe
explores the duality found in women’s relationships with men, other
women and themselves. This new work attempts to create a framework for
interpreting the behavior of various women in various stages of life. Hi
Lyfe’s work utilizes the movements of the African Diaspora to
entertain, motivate and illustrate aspects of urban life in a theatrical
setting. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red;font-weight:bold'>February
22-24</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Ictus </span></font></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>by Barbara Becker</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Directed by Rose Leininger</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>An athletic, healthy, thirty-five year old woman
experiences a severe stroke, or brain attack, while traveling through <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Italy</st1:place></st1:country-region> on
vacation. In seconds her life is derailed. Unable to speak or swallow and
paralyzed, she must find a way to put her life back together as she struggles
through rehabilitation. The brain is the center of the self. How do you
reawaken yourself when everything that defines you is broken? <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Ictus</span></i> is a journey through a foreign
country and through the world of catastrophic illness.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Big [BOX] 2008</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>James Levin Theatre </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>January 4 - February
24. <br>
</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm, Sundays at 3:00pm</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Tickets: General Admission $15 | Students and
Seniors $12</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Visit <a href="http://www.cptonline.org/">www.cptonline.org</a>
or call 216.631.2727 to purchase tickets now!</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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