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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Media Release Thursday, May 1, 2008: <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=4 face="Benguiat Frisky"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Benguiat Frisky";font-weight:bold'>Karamu
Performing Arts Theatre Young Adult Series <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=4 face="Benguiat Frisky"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Benguiat Frisky";font-weight:bold'>
presents “A Raisin In The Sun” by <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on">Lorraine</st1:State></st1:place> Hansberry.<font color=blue><span
style='color:blue'> </span></font></span></font></b><b><font color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>An all-teen cast and director take on
this classic production and delivers a one, two punch; <span style='background:
white'>Lamont Livingston, Director and Shambrion Treadwell, Assistant Director.
</span>This play tells the story of a lower-class black family's struggle to
gain middle-class acceptance. It was the first play written by a black woman to
be on Broadway. </span></font><font size=5 color=blue
face="Benguiat Frisky"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Benguiat Frisky";
color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=4 face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-weight:bold'>Performances: May 3
to May 18, 2008 <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
font-weight:bold'> Saturday and Sunday at 2:00 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
background:white;font-weight:bold'> Tickets -
$10.00 </span></font></b><b><font face="Benguiat Frisky"><span
style='font-family:"Benguiat Frisky";font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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</span></font><b><font
face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-weight:bold'>No
show on May 11, 1008 (Mother’s Day)</span></font></b><font
face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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"Benguiat Frisky";color:blue'><br>
</span></font><b><font face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
font-weight:bold'>Karamu House, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=3
face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
font-weight:bold'>Arena Theatre<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address
w:st="on"><b><font size=3 face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-weight:bold'>2355 East 89<sup>th</sup>
Street</span></font></b></st1:address></st1:Street><b><font
face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on"><b><font size=3 face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-weight:bold'>Cleveland</span></font></b></st1:City><b><font
face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-weight:
bold'>, <st1:State w:st="on">Ohio</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">44106</st1:PostalCode></span></font></b></st1:place><b><font
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font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b><b><font
size=4 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;background:white;font-weight:bold'>Performances for M</span></font></b><b><font
size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;background:
white;font-weight:bold'>ay 17<sup>th</sup> and May 18<sup>th</sup> are Sold
Out!!!!!!!!</span></font></b><b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;
background:white;font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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Please call 216-795-7077 for ticket information <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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font-family:Arial;background:white;font-weight:bold'>
Order tickets online at www.karamu.com<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Karamu House Inc. is generously
funded by <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Cuyahoga</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> Residents through
Cuyahoga Arts and Culture. </span></font></b><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>The
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Cleveland</st1:City></st1:place>
Foundation and</span></b> T<b><font size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>he George Gund Foundation</span></font></b><b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>. <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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