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<p style='background:white'><span class=seasontitle1><b><font size=2
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'>Cleveland Public Theatre is proud to
present:</span></font></b></span><span class=seasontitle1><b><font size=2
color="#a82708" face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'><br>
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</span></font></b></span><span class=seasontitle1><b><i><font size=4
color=purple face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:purple;font-style:italic'>Me as I Am, Me as I Will Be</span></font></i></b></span><span
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</span></font></b></span><span class=seasontitle1><b><font size=2 color=purple
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:purple;
font-weight:normal'>The 2008 <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Elyria</st1:City></st1:place>
YWCA Women's Voice Project</span></font></b></span><font size=2 face=Arial><span
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<br>
CPT Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan presents an evening of new work
from the CPT/Elyria YWCA Women's Voices Project entitled <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Me as I Am, Me as I Will Be</span></i>, created by
the women of the Elyria YWCA and Directed by CPT Education Director <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">Chris Seibert</st1:PersonName><br>
<br>
An evening of insightful, delightful and powerfully original works of drama,
story and poetry performed by women in transition. Established in 1999, the
Women's Voices Project is a collaboration between Cleveland Public Theatre and
the Elyria YWCA's Women's Campus Project. Offered as part of a larger system of
care and resources, the Women's Voices Project connects Campus Project
residents with the tools of creative expression to help them achieve
independent living and recover from domestic violence and/or addiction.
Following performances at CPT and the Elyria YWCA, the women tour their work to
area shelters, recovery centers and prisons.<br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Me as I Am, Me as I Will Be</span></b> will
be presented to the public:<br>
<br>
Friday, April 18 at 7:00pm<br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Elyria</st1:City></st1:place> YWCA<br>
<st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">318 West Ave.</st1:address></st1:Street><br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Elyria</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">OH</st1:State>,
<st1:PostalCode w:st="on">44035</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><br>
<br>
Wednesday, April 23 at 8:00pm<br>
Cleveland Public Theatre<br>
<st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">6415 Detroit Ave.</st1:address></st1:Street><br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Cleveland</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">OH</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">44102</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Both performances are free and open to the
public. <br>
</span></b><br>
Donations will be accepted. Each performance will be followed by a post-show
discussion and reception.<br>
<br>
Under the guidance of CPT Education Director <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Chris
Seibert</st1:PersonName>, Women's Voices participants have worked with gifted
local artists Deborah Burke, Becky Cummings, Lisa Langford, Sarah McCoy,
Gabrielle Perrin and Elizabeth R. Wood. Together, the artists and the
residents have engaged in writing and dramatic activities to improvise and
verbalize stories that are born from the truth of difficult life circumstances.
<br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Don't miss this touching and transformative
performance. It's what CPT is all about!</span></b><br>
<br>
<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Me as I Am, Me as I Will Be</span></i>
features work by Veronica Brantford, Katie Brown, Anne Larson-Dougan, Debra
Fesler, Tanya E. Garner, Michaela Joyce, Norma J. Kendle, Trish Mendiola and
Nicole M. Rivera.<br>
<br>
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<p style='background:white'><font size=2 color="#121212" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Made possible by the generous
support of The Nord Family Foundation, Nordson Corporation Foundation, The
Stocker Foundation and KeyBank. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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