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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><U><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">STAGE
AND EMMY-NOMINATED TV ACTOR PAUL ANTHONY STEWART LEADS </SPAN></U></B></P>
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><U><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'"><st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">CLEVELAND</st1:City></st1:place> PLAY HOUSE
PRODUCTION OF <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">CRIME AND
PUNISHMENT<o:p></o:p></I></SPAN></U></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">I Am My Own
Wife</SPAN></I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">
Director Anders Cato Returns to Play House with Gripping
Adaptation<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">February 27 – March 22,
2009<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">Opening Night / <U>Media
Night</U>: March 4, 2009<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">Cleveland</SPAN></B></st1:City><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">,
<st1:State w:st="on">OH</st1:State></SPAN></B></st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'"> (<I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">February 5, 2009</I>) – Emmy-nominated <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Paul Anthony Stewart</B> stars as
Raskolnikov in a gripping 90-minute adaptation of Dostoevsky's <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Crime and Punishment</I></B> at The
Cleveland Play House. In addition to numerous <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on">New York</st1:State></st1:place> and regional theatre roles, <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Stewart</B>, who was nominated for his
recurring role on “Guiding Light,” recently appeared on Broadway in the revivals
of <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Fiddler on the Roof</I> and <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Cyrano – The Musical</I>. Performed with
only three actors, the adaptation of <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Crime and Punishment</I> by Marilyn Campbell
and Cut Columbus is being helmed by the acclaimed director of the 2005 Play
House production of <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">I Am My Own Wife</I>,
<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Anders Cato</B>. <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Crime and Punishment</I></B> begins in the
Drury Theatre at The Cleveland Play House on Friday, February 27 and runs
through Sunday, March 22, 2009.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Tickets are on sale now at The Cleveland Play House box office by calling
216.795.7000 ext 4 or online at www.clevelandplayhouse.com. <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Crime and Punishment </I></B>is presented
</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">in
promotional partnership with <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">National
City</st1:City></st1:place> and Baker & Hostetler. </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; tab-stops: 78.65pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">"</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">A truly
inspired and innovative piece of play-making that turns a great novel into a
theatrical tour de force</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">,”
</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">declares
Cleveland Play House <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Artistic
Director</B> <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Michael Bloom</B>.
“</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">After
his remarkable work on our production of <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">I Am My Own Wife</I>, I’m confident Anders
Cato will bring an incisive theatricality to one of the singular stories of
western literature.”</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><U><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">ABOUT
THE PLAY and PLAYWRIGHTS<o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">Before
“Law and Order,” there was <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Crime and
Punishment</I>, </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">a startlingly
complex examination of man’s capacity for cruelty and the redemptive power of
goodness.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'"> In this
electrifying 90-minute adaptation of <SPAN style="COLOR: black">Fyodor
</SPAN>Dostoevsky's masterpiece audiences enter the tortured world of
Raskolnikov, one of the most fascinating figures in all of literature. What has
he done? Why has he done it? And of what are any of us capable? These haunting
questions are intricately woven into a stark, bracing and stunningly theatrical
production that takes the audience on a heart-racing journey into the mind of a
criminal. A thrilling psychological drama, Dostoevsky’s timeless classic
receives a swift and intense dramatization in which just three actors portray
the novel’s key characters. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'"><o:p><FONT
size=2> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">The New
York Times calls this adaptation “remarkably absorbing… <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Crime and Punishment</I>, in a feat that
rivals the construction of the Hoover Dam, has been distilled into a taut
90-minute play by Marilyn Campbell and Curt Columbus [that] will banish any bad
memories you might have of trying to struggle through Dostoevsky’s book.” The
play's premiere earned <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Chicago</st1:City></st1:place>'s prestigious Joseph Jefferson Award
for Best New Adaptation and was acclaimed by the Chicago Sun-Times as
"stunningly lean, taut, and emotionally searing.”<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'"><o:p><FONT
size=2> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">One of
the world’s most influential authors, <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Fyodor Dostoevsky</B> is also known for <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Brothers Karamazov, The Idiot</I>, and
<I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Notes from the Underground</I>. He was so
popular in his native <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Russia</st1:place></st1:country-region> that he was hailed as a
prophet and a mystic in the 19th century. According to Virginia Woolf, “The
novels of Dostoevsky are seething whirlpools, gyrating sandstorms, waterspouts
which hiss and boil and suck us in. They are composed purely and wholly of the
stuff of the soul. Against our wills we are drawn in, whirled round, blinded,
suffocated, and at the same time filled with a giddy rapture. Out of Shakespeare
there is no more exciting reading.”<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><U><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'"><o:p><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"> </SPAN></o:p></SPAN></U></B></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><U><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">CRIME
AND PUNISHMENT Cast</SPAN></U></B><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">PATRICK
HUSTED</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">
(Porfiry) played Dr. Bob in the off Broadway premiere of <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Bill W. and Dr. Bob</I>, about the two men
who founded Alcoholics Anonymous during the Great Depression. Also in <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">New York City</st1:place></st1:City> he played
Dr. Kelekian in the Pulitzer Prize winning play <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Wit</I>, and worked with Arthur Miller on
his remake of <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The American Clock</I>. His
regional theater credits of over 150 productions across the country include the
central character in Arthur Miller’s last play <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Resurrection Blues</I>. Film credits include
Tim Robbins’ <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Cradle Will Rock</I> with
Bill Murray, <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Blow</I> with Ray Liota, and
Neil Jordan’s film <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Brave One</I> with
Jody Foster. He has guest starred in numerous episodic television shows, most
recently in January on “Law and Order,” and the television movie <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">For One More Day</I> with Michael Imperioli
of “Sopranos” fame and Ellen Burstyn.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p><FONT size=2> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">LETHIA
NALL</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">
(Sonia) was last seen in<I> Macbeth</I> at Stonington Opera House. She recently
originated the character of Hope in “Stuck,” a pilot for Abderian Productions
and portrayed a WWII French prostitute turned spy in<I> Jumping Blind</I>,
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Gayfest</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">New York</st1:State></st1:place> City. Off Broadway credits include<I>
As You Like It</I>, The Public Theater and<I> Come to Leave</I>, The Women's
Project. New York City favorite projects include singing with The Howard Fishman
Quartet in<I> We are Destroyed</I>, Joe's Pub/The Public Theater; Tom Stoppard's
<I>Indian Ink</I>, Alter Ego;<I> The Eliots, </I>Centerstage<I>; Dutchman</I>,
American Theatre of Actors; Michael John Garces’<I> Last Call</I>, world
premiere, Prospect Theater;<I> Pulling the Lever</I>, New York Innovative
Theatre Award, Rising Circle;<I> The Taming of The Shrew, </I>Nevada Shakespeare
in the Park;<I> Antarctica</I>, Samuel French Play Festival;<I> Pleaching the
Coffin Sisters</I>, Ensemble Studio Theatre. Television credits are “Rescue Me,”
“Law & Order,” “All My Children,” and
“Nick at Nite."
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p><FONT size=2> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">PAUL
ANTHONY STEWART</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">
(Raskolnikov) appeared on Broadway as Perchik in the recent revival of <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Fiddler on the Roof</I> and Christian in <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Cyrano – The Musical</I>. Other <st1:State
w:st="on">New York</st1:State> credits include <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">She Can’t Believe She Said That</I>,<I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"> The Man Who Would Be King</I>, <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">City Of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Dreams</st1:City></st1:place></I>,<I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"> Playing With Fire</I>, <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Until Day Breaks</I>, <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Rivalry of Dolls</I>, and <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">White Water</I>. Favorite regional credits
include <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Changes Of Heart</I>, Mark Taper
Forum; <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Quills</I>, Geffen Playhouse; the
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Los Angeles</st1:place></st1:City>
premiere of Michael John LaChiusa’s <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Hello
Again</I>; <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Pera Palas</I>, Long Wharf
Theatre; <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Game of Love and Chance</I>,
Huntington Theatre; <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">How It Was Done in
Odessa</I>, Walnut Street Theatre; and the American premiere of Stephen
Schwartz’s <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Children of Eden</I>, Mill
Mountain Theatre. Television appearances include “Guiding Light,” Emmy
Nomination; “Damages,” “Law & Order,”<I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">
</I>“Dream On,” “The Hunger,” <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The
Inheritance </I>(Hallmark Movie), “First Time Out,” and “Loving.” Films include
<I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Appearance of Things</I>, <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Somewhere in the City, Duty Dating,</I>
and<I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"> Shadows and Fog</I>.<I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><o:p></o:p></I></SPAN></P>
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size=2> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><U><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">CRIME
AND PUNISHMENT Creative Team</SPAN></U></B><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">ANDERS
CATO</SPAN></B><SPAN
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(Director) is excited to return to The Cleveland Play House where he directed
the 2005-2006 season production of<I> I Am My Own Wife, </I>starring Mark
Nelson. The production was later presented at Coconut Grove Playhouse in
<st1:City w:st="on">Miami</st1:City> and George Street Playhouse in <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">New Jersey</st1:place></st1:State>. Mr. Cato
recently directed Shaw's <I>Mrs. Warren’s Profession</I> at the Alley
Theatre and Conor McPherson's <I>The Seafarer</I> at George Street
Playhouse. Other directing credits include <I>War</I>, and Craig Lucas’s
adaptation of <I>Miss Julie</I> at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater in New
York;<I> Texts for Nothing</I> at The Royal Court Theatre in London and the
Magic Theater in San Francisco; <I>When the World Was Green</I> at American
Repertory Theater and Moscow Art Theatre; <I>Blood Orange</I> at Cherry Lane
Theatre; <I>A Dream Play</I> at Westbeth Theatre; <I>The War in Heaven</I> at La
Jolla Playhouse; <I>All My Sons</I>, <I>Tango Palace</I>, and <I>In Berlin</I>
at 7 Stages; <I>Doubt </I>and <I>Souvenir</I> at George Street Playhouse; and
<I>Gross Indecency</I> and <I>Dirty Blonde</I> at Theatre in the Square. At
Berkshire Theatre Festival he directed <I>Texts for Nothing</I> (with Joseph
Chaikin), <I>Miss Julie</I>, <I>Talley’s Folly</I>, <I>Heartbreak House</I>,
<I>The Misanthrope</I>, <I>The Father</I>, <I>American Buffalo</I>, <I>The Night
of the Iguana</I>, <I>Via Dolorosa</I>, <I>Love! Valour! Compassion!</I>,
<I>Mrs. Warren’s Profession</I>, <I>Candida, </I>and <I>Waiting for
Godot</I>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
class=apple-style-span><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; FONT-VARIANT: small-caps; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">MARILYN
CAMPBELL</SPAN></B></SPAN><SPAN class=apple-style-span><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">
(co-Adaptor) </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">is
a published playwright and award winning actress; she is also producer,
co-founder, and artistic associate of Writers’ Theatre. Her co-adaptation with
Curt Columbus of <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Crime and Punishment</I>
won <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Chicago</st1:place></st1:City>’s
2003 Joseph Jefferson Award, Best New Adaptation and was subsequently published
by Dramatic Publishing. Since its publication <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Crime and Punishment</I> has enjoyed
numerous productions across the country including the following: Arden Theatre
Company; Round House Theatre; Orlando Shakespeare Festival where it won Top Pick
at the 2005 Harriett Lake Festival of New Plays; Cincinnati Playhouse in the
Park; 59E59th Street Theatre in New York City; and in 2009, Berkeley Repertory
Theatre, Indiana Rep, and Intiman Theatre among others.<SPAN
style="COLOR: black"> </SPAN>Ms. Campbell’s other full length plays include the
award winning <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">My Own Stranger, </I>a
co-adaptation based on the writings of Pulitzer Prize winning poet Anne Sexton;
<I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Beats</I>, based on the writings of
the 1950’s beat poets (which starred David Cromer as Allen Ginsberg); and <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Gospel According to Mark Twain</I>, a
co-adaptation based on the later writings of Mark Twain, which premiered at the
Edinburgh Festival, Scotland. Ms. Campbell is currently writing a new play,
commissioned by Writers’ Theatre and based on Mary Shelley’s <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Frankenstein</I>, titled <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Monster’s Lullaby</I>. She is also
co-authoring and performing in an original comedic work with her daughter Maria
Merrin entitled <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Mixing It Up</I>.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p><FONT size=2> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">CURT
COLUMBUS</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">
(<SPAN class=apple-style-span>co-Adaptor</SPAN>) joined Trinity Rep as artistic
director in January, 2006. He directed his own translation of <STRONG><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Cherry
Orchard</SPAN></I></STRONG> for Trinity, as well as productions of <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Receptionist</I>, <STRONG><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">A
Christmas Carol</SPAN></I></STRONG><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">,</SPAN></STRONG><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">
</SPAN></STRONG><STRONG><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Memory
House</SPAN></I></STRONG>, and <STRONG><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Blithe
Spirit</SPAN></I></STRONG>. Last season saw the premiere of his play with music
<STRONG><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Paris
by Night</SPAN></I></STRONG> and Trinity’s 2008–2009 season opened with his
re-imagining of Sophocles’ <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Antigone</I>
entitled <STRONG><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">The
House of Antigone</SPAN></I></STRONG>. Mr. Columbus was associate artistic
director of Steppenwolf Theatre Company from 2000–2005, where world premieres of
his translations of C<I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">herry Orchard
</I>and <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Uncle Vanya</I> were presented.
Other Steppenwolf credits include translating <STRONG><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Maria
Arndt</SPAN></I></STRONG> and directing <STRONG><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">The
House of Lily</SPAN></I></STRONG><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">,</SPAN></STRONG><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">
</SPAN></STRONG><STRONG><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Division
Street: America</SPAN></I></STRONG>, and <STRONG><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Our
Town</SPAN></I></STRONG>. He was also artistic director of Chicago Park
District’s Theatre on the <st1:place w:st="on">Lake</st1:place> and an artistic
associate at Victory Gardens Theatre from 1990–2006. His adaptation with Marilyn
Campbell of <STRONG><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Crime
and Punishment</SPAN></I></STRONG>, first presented by Writers’ Theatre, earned
a Joseph Jefferson Award, Best New Adaptation. His play <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Dreams of Antigone</I>, written with the
Trinity Rep resident acting company, will be published by Broadway Play
Publishing. His translations of Anton Chekhov’s plays have been published by
Ivan R. Dee, including a volume of translations called <STRONG><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Chekhov:
The Four Major Plays</SPAN></I></STRONG>. From that collection, <STRONG><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Seagull</SPAN></I></STRONG><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">
</SPAN></STRONG>premiered at Writers’ Theatre and <STRONG><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Three
Sisters</SPAN></I></STRONG><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">,
honored with a Joseph Jefferson Citation,</SPAN></STRONG> premiered at Strawdog
Theatre.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'"><o:p><FONT
size=2> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">The
design team for <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Crime and Punishment</I>
includes Lee Savage (Scenic Designer), Olivera Gajic (Costume Design), Jeff
Davis (Lighting Designer), James C. Swonger (Sound Design), and Jesse Freedman
(Assistant Director). The Cleveland Play House’s Production Staff is responsible
for the sets, costumes, lighting, props, furniture, scenic painting, sound,
special effects and/or wigs used in this production.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'"><o:p><FONT
size=2> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><U><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">Special
Events<o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; tab-stops: list .25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">First
Friday Tasting Series</SPAN></I></B><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">
– Friday, February 27, 2009</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">
– Mingle with other theatre fans and enjoy drink tastings and complimentary hors
d’oeuvres starting at 6:30pm in our lobbies. Specially priced preview tickets
include this pre-show reception and admittance to the
play.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; tab-stops: list .25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Pre-show
discussions</SPAN></I></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">
– Join us 45 minutes before <U>every</U> performance for a lively discussion
with a member of the cast or creative team.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; tab-stops: list .25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Playbacks</SPAN></I></B><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">
– Wednesday, March 11 and Sunday, March 15, 2009</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">
– </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">Join actors
from the cast for these post-play discussions moderated by a member of the
artistic staff.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; tab-stops: list .25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">Student
Matinees</SPAN></I></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'"> occur at 10:30am on <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Friday, March 6 and Tuesday, March 17,
2009</B>. Tickets are $10 each, and teacher tickets are complimentary. For
details, call (216) 795-7000, ext. 149 or e-mail
StudentOutreach@clevelandplayhouse.com.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><U><SPAN
style="TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'"><o:p><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"><FONT
size=2> </FONT></SPAN></o:p></SPAN></U></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><U><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">Ticket
Information<o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; tab-stops: 0in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">Tickets
for <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Crime and Punishment </I>range from
<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">$42 to $64, with discounts</B> available
for groups of ten or more, for senior citizens aged 60 and over, and for
military reservists and their families. Tickets are <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">$10 for all students under the age of
25</B>. A limited number of <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">$10 rush
tickets</B> go on sale 90 minutes before curtain and remain on sale until 30
minutes before curtain, based on availability. The Cleveland Play House is
located at 85th and <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Euclid
Ave.</st1:address></st1:Street> next door to the Cleveland Clinic near
<st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">University
Circle</st1:address></st1:Street>. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p><FONT
size=2> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p><FONT
size=2> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT
size=2>Founded in 1915, The Cleveland Play House is the first permanently
established professional theatre in the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">United States</st1:country-region></st1:place>. More than 12 million
people have attended over 1,300 productions at The Play House – including more
than 130 American and/or World Premieres. Today, under the leadership of
Artistic Director <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Michael Bloom</st1:PersonName> and
Managing Director Kevin Moore, The Cleveland Play House is an artist-driven
theatre that serves the Greater Cleveland community by holding true to its
mission: <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">To produce plays of the highest
professional standards that inspire, stimulate, and entertain our diverse
audiences, to conduct training and educational programs that enhance the quality
of life for those we serve and help to insure the future of
theatre.<o:p></o:p></I></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p><FONT
size=2> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT
size=2>The Cleveland Play House is funded through the generosity
of <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 and The Ohio Arts Council helps to fund The Cleveland
Play House with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational
excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; tab-stops: 78.65pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'"># #
#<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><BR
style="PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE: auto; mso-break-type: section-break" clear=all><BR
style="PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE: always" clear=all></SPAN>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">FACT
SHEET<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -1in"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">What:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>Crime and Punishment<I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">
</I></SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">by
Marilyn Campbell & Curt Columbus, based on the novel by Fyodor</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">Dostoevsky<I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-VARIANT: small-caps"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -1in"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">Where:<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN></SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">Drury Theatre, The
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Cleveland</st1:place></st1:City> Play
House, <st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">8500 Euclid
Avenue</st1:Street>, <st1:City w:st="on">Cleveland</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">Ohio</st1:State></st1:address><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -1in"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">When:<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN></SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">Preview Performances:<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 2">
</SPAN>Fri. Feb 27, Sat. Feb 28, Sun. Mar 1, Tue. Mar 3,
2009<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 2">
</SPAN><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Opening Night:<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 3">
</SPAN>Wednesday, March 4, 2009<o:p></o:p></B></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 2">
</SPAN>Final Performance:<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 2">
</SPAN>Sunday, March 22, 2009<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Who:<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN></SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><U>Cast<o:p></o:p></U></B></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 4.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -3.75in; tab-stops: dotted 3.75in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Porfiry<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1 dotted">............................................................................
</SPAN>Patrick Husted<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 4.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -3.75in; tab-stops: dotted 3.75in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Sonia<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1 dotted">............................................................................
</SPAN>Lethia Nall<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 4.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -3.75in; tab-stops: dotted 3.75in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Raskolnikov<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1 dotted">.................................................................
</SPAN>Paul Anthony Stewart<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><U><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"> </SPAN></o:p></SPAN></U></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><U><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Creative
Team<o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; tab-stops: 3.75in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Co-Adaptor:<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>Marilyn Campbell<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; tab-stops: 3.75in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Co-Adaptor:<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>Curt Columbus<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; tab-stops: 3.75in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Director:<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>Anders Cato<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; tab-stops: 3.75in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Assistant
Director:<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>Jesse Freedman<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; tab-stops: 3.75in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Scenic
Designer:<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>Lee Savage<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; tab-stops: 3.75in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Costume
Design:<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>Olivera Gajic<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; tab-stops: 3.75in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Lighting
Design: <SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>Jeff Davis<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; tab-stops: 3.75in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Resident
Sound Designer:<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>James C. Swonger<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; tab-stops: 3.75in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 1.0in 3.75in"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Times:<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN></SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Tuesday-Saturday
Evenings<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>8:00 pm<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; tab-stops: 3.75in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Saturday
Matinee<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>3:00 pm<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; tab-stops: 3.75in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Sunday
Matinee<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>2:00 pm<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; tab-stops: 3.75in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Weekday
Matinee<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>1:30 pm, Thu, March 12, 2009<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; tab-stops: 3.75in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Early
Curtain<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>7:00pm, Tue, March 17, 2009<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow';
mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 12">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><U><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Special
Events<o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; tab-stops: list 1.0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">First
Friday Tasting Series</SPAN></I></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">
– Friday, February 27, 2009 – Mingle with other theatre fans and enjoy drink
tastings and complimentary hors d’oeuvres starting at 6:30pm in our lobbies.
Specially priced preview tickets include this pre-show reception and admittance
to the play.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; tab-stops: list 1.0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Pre-show
discussions</SPAN></I></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">
– Join us 45 minutes before <U>every</U> performance for a lively discussion
with a member of the cast or creative team.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; tab-stops: list 1.0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Playbacks</SPAN></I></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">
– Wednesday, March 11 and Sunday, March 15, 2009 – </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">Join actors from the cast
for these post-play discussions moderated by a member of the artistic
staff.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; tab-stops: list 1.0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">Student
Matinees</SPAN></I></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'"> occur at 10:30am on <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Friday, March 6 and Tuesday, March 17,
2009</B>. Tickets are $10 each, and teacher tickets are complimentary. For
details, call (216) 795-7000, ext. 149 or e-mail
StudentOutreach@clevelandplayhouse.com.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1.25in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -1in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Prices:
<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN></SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Regular
ticket prices<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> </B></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">range from <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">$42 to $64, with</B> <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">discounts</B> available for groups of ten
or more, for senior citizens aged 60 and over, and for military reservists and
their families. Tickets are <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">$10 for all
students under the age of 25</B>. A limited number of <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">$10 rush tickets</B> go on sale 90 minutes
before curtain and remain on sale until 30 minutes before curtain, based on
availability.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 2">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -1.5in"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">For
Single Tickets: </SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Call
(216) 795-7000, ext. 4, or <SPAN style="COLOR: black">visit <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><U><A
href="http://www.clevelandplayhouse.com/">www.clevelandplayhouse.com</A><o:p></o:p></U></B></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -1.5in"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Groups
of 10 of more: </SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Call
Cosandra Wheeler, (216) 795-7000, ext. 180<B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p></o:p></B></SPAN></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>