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<P align=center><STRONG>'Aperture' Playwright, Director<BR></STRONG><STRONG>To Attend Staged Reading, Discussion<BR></STRONG><STRONG>At Cleveland Public Library</STRONG></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN class=Object id=OBJ_PREFIX_DWT933><FONT color=#00008b>February 13, 2009</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Cleveland Public Library will host a staged reading of Sean Christopher Lewis’s new play, “The Aperture,” Saturday, <SPAN class=Object id=OBJ_PREFIX_DWT934><FONT color=#00008b>March 7</FONT></SPAN> at 2:00 p.m., in the Literature Department on the 2<SUP>nd</SUP> floor of the Main Library, located at 325 Superior Avenue.</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>“The Aperture” will be given its world premiere on <SPAN class=Object id=OBJ_PREFIX_DWT935><FONT color=#00008b>March 13</FONT></SPAN> at Cleveland Public Theatre. The production will run through the 28<SUP>th</SUP> and will feature two actors playing six different parts.</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Mr. Lewis will be on hand at the library to discuss his play, as will Craig J. George, director of the production, and Raymond Bobgan, artistic director of Cleveland Public Theatre.</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>“The Aperture,” deals with the themes of global turbulence, violence and race. It is the inaugural winner of the Rosa Parks Playwright Award. The story examines the unlikely relationship of a beautiful American photographer with her “subject,” a former boy soldier from Africa.</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>The library program is free and open to the public.</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Call the Cleveland Public Library Literature Department at <SPAN class=Object id=OBJ_PREFIX_DWT936><A href="about:blank" target=_blank><FONT color=#00008b>(216) 623-2881</FONT></A></SPAN> for information.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><BR>-- <BR>**************<BR>Ron Antonucci<BR>Head of Literature<BR>Cleveland Public Library<BR>325 Superior Ave.<BR>Cleveland, Ohio 44114<BR>(216) <SPAN class=Object id=OBJ_PREFIX_DWT937><A href="about:blank" target=_blank><FONT color=#00008b>623-2881</FONT></A></SPAN><BR><FONT color=#00008b><SPAN class=Object id=OBJ_PREFIX_DWT938>rantonucci@cpl.org</SPAN><BR><SPAN class=Object id=OBJ_PREFIX_DWT939><A href="http://www.cpl.org/" target=_blank>www.cpl.org</A></SPAN></FONT><BR><BR>-- <BR>**************<BR>Ron Antonucci<BR>Head of Literature<BR>Cleveland Public Library<BR>325 Superior Ave.<BR>Cleveland, Ohio 44114<BR>(216) 623-2881<BR>rantonucci@cpl.org<BR>www.cpl.org<BR></P></DIV></DIV></body></html>