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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 the World
Premiere of <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><b><i><font size=4
face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;
font-style:italic'>Goldstar</span></font></i></b></st1:City><b><i><font
size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold;font-style:italic'>, <st1:State w:st="on">Ohio</st1:State></span></font></i></b></st1:place><b><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Written by Michael Tisdale<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 Andy Paris<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><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<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>October 16 - November 8<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>(Paid Previews October 16th and 17th, Opening Night October
18th)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>CPT opens the 2008-2009 season with the world premiere of <st1:City
w:st="on"><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Goldstar</span></i></st1:City><i><span
style='font-style:italic'>, <st1:State w:st="on">Ohio</st1:State></span></i>, a
new play by <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Cleveland</st1:City></st1:place>
native Michael Tisdale. This exciting new work tells the stories of the
families of 22 Marines from the 325 Battalion based in <st1:City w:st="on">Brook
Park</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Ohio</st1:State> who lost their lives in
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Anbar Province</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Iraq</st1:country-region></st1:place> in 2005. <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on"><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Goldstar</span></i></st1:City><i><span
style='font-style:italic'>, <st1:State w:st="on">Ohio</st1:State></span></i></st1:place>
is a work of non-fiction created from transcripts of interviews with the
families of the fallen Marines. The lives of the young men are remembered and
celebrated through the memories and words of four central <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Ohio</st1:place></st1:State> families who invited Tisdale into their
homes.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><i><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>Goldstar</span></font></i></st1:City><i><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:
italic'>, <st1:State w:st="on">Ohio</st1:State></span></font></i></st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'> sheds light
on the unforeseen and often hidden consequences of war on personal
relationships and on the national consciousness. CPT believes in the role of
theatre to promote awareness and to create dialogue on important social issues
and the production of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Goldstar</span></i></st1:City><i><span
style='font-style:italic'>, <st1:State w:st="on">Ohio</st1:State></span></i></st1:place>
works toward this goal. <i><span style='font-style:italic'> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Goldstar</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Ohio</st1:State></st1:place></span></i>
is directed by nationally recognized Andy Paris, an original member of the
Tectonic Theatre Project, who was an original cast member of <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>The Laramie Project</span></i> and collaborator on <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde.</span></i>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Featuring Bob Goddard, Dana Hart*, Jill Levin, Anne McEvoy,
Sarah Marcus, Casey Spindler, Justin Tatum and Chuck Tisdale <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>(* - Appears Courtesy of Actors Equity Association)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Written by Michael Tisdale <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 Andy Paris<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Produced by Raymond Bobgan<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Set and Lighting Design: Trad A Burns<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: Alison Garrigan <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Sound Design: Richard B. Ingraham<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Properties Design: <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Lydia</st1:place></st1:country-region> Lazar Chanenka <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 Manager/Technical Director: <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">Curtis Young</st1:PersonName> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Stage Manager: Dan Kilbane<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: Eve Hartmann<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 Stage Manager: Danielle Hisey<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><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 $20 | Students and Seniors $17 |
Thursdays $10<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><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 on sale now! Call 216.631.2727 to purchase via
phone. Tickets will be for sale online soon!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Join Cleveland Public Theatre and Cuyahoga County Public
Library for a special event, in conjunction with CPT's presentation of <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Goldstar, Ohio</span></i>, featuring Andy Paris,
Michael Tisdale, actors from the company performing excerpts, a grief counselor
from Cornerstone of Hope and a representative from the Library of Congress'
Veterans History Project, along with other special guests at the Brook Park
Public Library.<br>
<br>
Thursday, October 2<sup>nd</sup> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>7:00pm<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Brook Park</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'> Public
Library<br>
<st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">6155 Engle Road</st1:Street>, <st1:City
w:st="on">Brook Park</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">OH</st1:State></st1:address><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<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>
for more information on this World Premiere production and the upcoming Brook
Park Library event.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
9.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>***<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=1
face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Goldstar</span></font></st1:City><font
size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, <st1:State
w:st="on">Ohio</st1:State></span></font></st1:place><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'> is presented in part by AT&T,
Michael J. Cancelliere, The Cyrus Eaton Foundation, CareWorks, Vicor C.
Laughlin, M.D. Memorial Foundation, Cuyahoga County Public Library, Cleveland
Browns, Michael Paris, David M. DeRoma, Medical Mutual, Robert N. Trombly, Mr.
and Mrs. Alvin and Lenore Katz, Patrick and Eileen MCIntyre and other
individual supporters. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Additional support for Cleveland Public Theatre comes from The
Cleveland Foundation, The George Gund Foundation, The Ohio Arts Council,
Jakprints, Deborah and Ron Ratner and The Shubert Foundation.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>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>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
9.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Mindy Herman</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Communications Director</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Cleveland Public Theatre</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>6415 Detroit Ave.</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Cleveland</span></font></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, <st1:State
w:st="on">OH</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">44102</st1:PostalCode></span></font></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>[p] 216.631.2727 x 203</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>[f] 216.631.2575</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a href="mailto:mherman@cptonline.org">mherman@cptonline.org</a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a href="http://www.cptonline.org">www.cptonline.org</a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a href="http://www.myspace.com/cptonline">www.myspace.com/cptonline</a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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