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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Times New Roman"><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">Cleveland</SPAN></B></st1:PlaceName><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"> </SPAN></B><st1:PlaceType><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">State</SPAN></B></st1:PlaceType><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"> </SPAN></B><st1:PlaceType><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">University</SPAN></B></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">’s Dramatic Arts Program<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Times New Roman">proudly presents<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>The <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">World Premiere</B> of:</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Times New Roman">Keith Josef Adkins’<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt"><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Times New Roman">WILBERFORCE<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Times New Roman">Directed by Jimmie Woody<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT color=#000000>February 19–March 1 <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT color=#000000>$10 general admission and $5 for students, senior (55+) and faculty & staff<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT color=#000000>Box office: 216.687.2109<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT color=#000000>CSU Factory Theatre<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman"><I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">“</SPAN></I><FONT size=3>The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.</FONT><I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">”<o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">—Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>WILBERFORCE is the epic story based in the year 1856, of Shepard, a free man of color and full-time pig slaughterer, who strives to keep his ailing daughter, Dannie, alive. But when <st1:place><st1:City>Wilberforce</st1:City>, <st1:country-region>America</st1:country-region></st1:place>’s first black college opens next door to his home in <st1:place><st1:City>Green County</st1:City>, <st1:State>Ohio</st1:State></st1:place>, his son’s aspiration of being well-educated threatens his tight-knit family and the safety of his daughter. Mixed ancestry, sickle-cell anemia, and the hysteria created by a need to be “civilized” haunt the halls of Wilberforce.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>WILBERFORCE, the engaging and controversial work by playwright and screenwriter Keith Josef Adkins pits progress against tradition and self-fulfillment against bonds of family. Adkins’ other works include <SPAN style="mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun">SAFE HOUSE, a commission honoring August Wilson from the Alliance Theater (Goodman Theater New Stages Series), FAREWELL MISS COTTON (Black Dahlia Theater - Los Angeles. WILBERFORCE was originally developed as staged readings at Cleveland Public Theatre and the</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Palatino; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica"> </SPAN>National Black Theater Festival. Both play and playwright won Best New Play and Playwright awards at the New Play Festival at Cleveland Public Theatre.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This area premiere is being staged by <st1:City><st1:place>Cleveland</st1:place></st1:City> director, Jimmie Woody. This marks Woody's first collaboration with <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Cleveland</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType>University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>. He has directed in other are theatres such as Cleveland Public Theatre, Karamu House, and <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Cuyahoga</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Community College</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>WIBERFORCE features CSU students Kevin Marr, II, Tamara Isabell, Bryan Jones, and Arana Lynch and <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Cuyahoga</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Community College</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> student Joella Blount.</FONT></FONT></P>
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