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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Cleveland Public Theatre presents: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=5 color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue;font-weight:bold'>Little
Box</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>Staged readings of new work by six local
writers<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></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'>October 23 - November 1<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>James Levin 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'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>As part of CPT’s commitment to local playwrights and
producers, CPT presents Little Box, a series of staged readings. Little Box is
modeled after CPT's successful Big [BOX] Series but on a smaller scale,
designed to foster works at an earlier stage of development. Six plays will be
presented as staged readings over two weekends. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Premiere Performances <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></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'>Tickets only $10 General Admission, $7 Students and Seniors<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 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>All shows begin at 7:30pm!<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'>Visit <a href="http://www.cptonline.org/">www.cptonline.org</a>
or call 216.631.2727 x 501 to purchase tickets now! <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Bridge</span></font></i></b><b><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'> by Andrew Kramer<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thursday, October 23<sup>rd</sup><br>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Two strangers meet late one night on a city bridge. The men soon
discover that they have come to the bridge with the same goal: to commit
suicide. Not wanting to jump the same night as the other, a violent debate of
race, politics, class and addiction emerges as the two men fight to be the one
to carry through with their plan of death. Directed by Josh Brown<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><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Bon Voyage, Nate by Steve Maistros<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Friday, October 24th<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'>Nate is dead and Darla is in charge of helping his
co-workers deal with it. Scenes from their grief counseling session mix
with monologues from Nate’s funeral to show just how deeply (or not so
deeply) his passing has affected the group. Darla struggles to keep the
group on task. The group struggles to figure out why they’re there.
In the end the truth comes out, progress is made (if that’s what you want
to call it), real tears are shed (sort of) and Nate is just as dead as he was
in the beginning. Whether any actual grief gets counseled remains to be
seen. Directed by Margi Herwald Zitelli<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><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><b><i><font size=3
face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;
font-style:italic'>Bisbee</span></font></i></b></st1:City><b><i><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">America</st1:country-region></span></font></i></b></st1:place><b><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'> by Tara Broeckel
Ooten<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Saturday, October 25th<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:City w:st="on"><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Bisbee</span></font></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">America</st1:country-region> examines the lives of the Nations
family, before, during and after the 1917 Bisbee Deportation, a real event that
forced over 1,000 striking copper miners to be deported from their home in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Bisbee</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Arizona</st1:State></st1:place>.
This play looks at the role of women and children in the male-driven world of
the copper mining industry in early 20th century America while examining
how corrupt business can encourage a town to become so fearful of a community
that they turn on each other. The events of this play ultimately force the
question: What does it really mean to be a patriot? Directed by Rose Leininger<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><b><i><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>The Conjure-Man Dies: A
Play in Five Acts</span></font></i></b><b><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'> by Adrienne Gossellin</span></font></b><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'>Thursday, October 30<sup>th</sup><br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>The Conjure-Man
Dies</span></font></i><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> is the story of the murder of N G'ana Frimbo, scientist,
Harvard graduate and African king, who resurrects himself to find his murderer,
only to be killed in the process. The crime is investigated by John
Archer, a pedantic doctor, and Perry Dart, the first black detective in <st1:place
w:st="on">Harlem</st1:place>, with help from Jinx Jenkins and Bubber Brown, two
ex-sanitation workers turned "private eyes." <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>The Conjure-Man Dies</span></i> is an adaptation of
the first African American Detective novel written by Rudolph Fisher in 1932. <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><b><i><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>540 AM</span></font></i></b><b><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'> by Jeffrey Grover <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>and<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>It's Okay to Cry: A
Personal History of <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Cleveland</st1:place></st1:City>
Baseball</span></font></i></b><b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:
Arial;font-weight:bold'> by Mike Geither<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Saturday, November 1st<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><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>540 AM</span></font></i><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'> by Jeffrey Grover<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'>A 50 something man finds himself an orphan, having recently
lost his Mom. Add to that a divorce and the quest to find the answer to the
question: How can I die content? Lessons learned from the way his mom died and
the ways that she lived add to his introspective and often humorous journey. <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>540 AM</span></i> is a time of day for everyone. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>It’s Okay to Cry: A Personal History
of Cleveland Baseball </span></font></i><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>by Mike Geither<i><span
style='font-style:italic'><o:p></o:p></span></i></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><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>It's Okay to Cry</span></font></i><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'> is a <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Cleveland</st1:City></st1:place> sports
fan’s attempt to negotiate bitterness, death and middle age. By exploring
the Ray Chapman/Carl Mays story, the economics of professional baseball and
personal tragedy, this quirky fan makes peace with the complexity of loving
losers of all kinds. <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'>Both productions will be directed by Jacqi Loewy<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'>Visit <a href="http://www.cptonline.org/">www.cptonline.org</a>
for more information and to purchase tickets!<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'>Mindy Herman<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Communications Director<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Cleveland Public Theatre<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>6415 Detroit Ave.</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street><font
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Cleveland</span></font></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, <st1:State
w:st="on">OH</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">44102</st1:PostalCode></span></font></st1:place><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'>[p] 216.631.2727 x 203<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>[f] 216.631.2575<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a href="mailto:mherman@cptonline.org">mherman@cptonline.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><a href="http://www.cptonline.org">www.cptonline.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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