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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"><i><font size=4
color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy;font-style:italic'>Goldstar</span></font></i></st1:City><i><font
size=4 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy;font-style:italic'>, <st1:State w:st="on">Ohio</st1:State></span></font></i></st1:place><i><font
size=4 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy;font-style:italic'><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'>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>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Gordon Square Theatre<font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'><br>
</span></font>Only 2 Weekends Remain!<br>
Onstage now through November 8<font color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></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>
to purchase tickets online now!<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 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:place w:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on">Ohio</st1:State></st1:place> families who invited Tisdale into their
homes. <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><i><span style='font-style:
italic'> </span></i>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 inspire community response and the
production of<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>
works toward this goal.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>What the critics are saying about <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><i><span
style='font-style:italic'>:</span></i><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>"A
gorgeous and moving production...a mesmerizing, seamlessly integrated blending
of stories.... There is no worthier project onstage this season in <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Cleveland</st1:place></st1:City>...nor is there
a timelier one. <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> is
Our Town, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Ohio</st1:State></st1:place>
and it has been revealed to us in all its pain and its little joys at Cleveland
Public Theatre." - Tony Brown, <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Cleveland
Plain Dealer</span></i><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>"Written
with affection, poignancy and humor, the play is a loving tribute...These
collective tales of grief never become maudlin in the hands of the actors,
whose muted sorrow magnifies their characters’ personal tragedies."
- Fran Heller, <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Cleveland</span></i></st1:place></st1:City><i><span
style='font-style:italic'> Jewish News</span></i><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>"The
acting is excellent, and it has to be. Andy Paris’s direction has the
actors moving and talking continuously, each scene transitioning seamlessly
into another with precision and timing normally seen only in well-rehearsed
performances of Oscar Wilde.... The actors create, with wonderful skill, a set
of characters, each clearly delineated, each believable, each a powerful
evocation." - Marcus Bales, Cool <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Cleveland</st1:place></st1:City><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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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'> 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=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>(* - Appears Courtesy of Actors Equity Association)<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'>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:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Lydia</st1:country-region></st1:place> 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: Curtis 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'>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>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><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'>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'>Onstage now through 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'><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>
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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 on sale now! <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>
to purchase tickets online now! <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Call 216.631.2727 to purchase via phone.<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:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>* * *<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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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=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Goldstar</span></font></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, <st1:State
w:st="on">Ohio</st1:State></span></font></st1:place><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> is presented in part by AT&T,
Michael J. Cancelliere, The Cyrus Eaton Foundation, CareWorks, Cornerstone of
Hope, Victor C. Laughlin, M.D. Memorial Foundation, Cuyahoga County Public
Library, Cleveland Browns, David M. DeRoma, David Conrad, Michael and Anne
Paris, Fred S. Vorys and other individual supporters. 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=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'>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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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<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>
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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>
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