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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Cleveland Public Theatre is proud to present:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-style:italic'>Between Life and Death</span></font></i></b><b><font size=4
color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy;font-weight:bold'> and <i><span style='font-style:italic'>The Other
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
14.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Two Plays by Gao Xingjian<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Directed by Raymond Bobgan and Holly Holsinger<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>May 23 - June 14<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'>(Paid Preview May 22)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>CPT presents the Ohio Premieres of two plays by Chinese
playwright Gao Xingjian, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2000, now
living in exile in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">France</st1:country-region></st1:place>.
Don't miss your chance to see these inventive, adventurous and highly original
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>This is the kind of theatre you will only
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>The Other Shore</span></font></i><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, titled as
a reference to the Buddhist concept of enlightenment, is a non-narrative
journey of collective and individual longing directed by CPT Executive Artistic
Director Raymond Bobgan. The play is grand in its vision and provides for
imaginative staging and unconventional acting choices. Actors take on multiple
roles and the line between audience and actors at times is slightly blurred. <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Between Life and Death</span></i>, directed by Holly
Holsinger, is a haunting story of one woman’s recollections at the end of
her life. Told through monologue, dance, and images the play utilizes a
fragmented approach to character, with two performers playing the primary
role—dancer and actor, and delves into modern themes of identity,
alienation and the desire for redemption.<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Two Plays by Gao Xingjian<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Onstage May 23 - June 14<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Gordon Square Theatre<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-style:italic'>The
Other Shore</span></font></i><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> features Misael
Alvarado, Michael Andrews-Hinders, Kelly Elliot, Faye Hargate, Nick Koesters*,
Val Kozlenko, Anne McEvoy, Adam Seeholzer, Kalindi Stockton, Darius Stubbs and
Nadia Tarnawsky. (*-Member, Actor's Equity Association)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-style:italic'>Between
Life and Death</span></font></i><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> features Mark Cipra,
Melissa Crum and Anne McEvoy<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Written by Gao Xingjian<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Directed by Raymond Bobgan and Holly Holsinger<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Lighting Design: Josh Heidinger<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Costume Design for The Other Shore: Inda Blatch-Geib<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Costume Design and Design Coordinator for Between Life and
Death: Joan Horvitz<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Production Stage Manager: Lauren Calevich<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Videographer for Between Life and Death: Neil Sapienza<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Technical Director/Production Manager: Curtis L. Young<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Assistant Director: John Paul Soto <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Showtimes: Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00pm,
Sundays at 3:00pm<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Tickets: General Admission $18 | Seniors $15 | Thursdays
$10<o:p></o:p></span></font></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'>About Gao Xingjian:<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Born in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Ganzhou</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region></st1:place> (1940),
Gao Xingjian was educated in Chinese schools before the revolution and was once
forced to burn a suitcase full of manuscripts when he was sent to a
re-education camp. He started writing again after his release, but his plays
and stories still aroused concern from party officials. In 1986, his play The Other
Shore was banned. He fled the country and settled in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Paris</st1:City></st1:place>, where he still lives today. In
addition to his plays, Gao Xingjian has authored the books <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Soul</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Mountain</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
(1999) and One Man's Bible (2002), and he also exhibits his ink paintings
around the world. <br>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>When Gao Xingjian won the Nobel Prize for Literature in
2000, he became the only Chinese writer to achieve such international acclaim.
The Chinese University Press is the first publisher of his work in the English
language. Indeed, The Other Shore is one of the few works by the author
available in English today. The Other Shore: Plays by Gao Xingjian contains
five of Gao's most recent works: The Other Shore (1986), Between Life and Death
(1991), Dialogue and Rebuttal (1992), Nocturnal Wanderer (1993), and Weekend
Quartet (1995). With original imagery and in beautiful language, these plays
illuminate the realities of life, death, sex, loneliness, and exile. The plays
also show the dramatist's idea of the tripartite actor, a process by which the
actor neutralizes himself and achieves a disinterested observation of his self
in performance. An introduction by the translator describes the dramatist and
his view on drama.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>Two Plays by Gao Xingjian is presented in part by the National Endowment
for the Arts and The Walter and Jean Kalberer Foundation. Cleveland Public
Theatre is grateful for season support from Forest City Enterprises, Charter
One Bank, The Cleveland Foundation, Cleveland Magazine, The George Gund
Foundation, Jakprints, Deborah and Ron Ratner, DH Ellison Architects and The
Ohio Arts Council. Cleveland Public Theatre gratefully acknowledges the
citizens of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Cuyahoga</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> for their support
through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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