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Wilder Adaptation World Premiere at Heart of Multidisciplinary Festival Now in
Fourth Year<o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">CLEVELAND,
OH</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> (<I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">March 5, 2009</I>) -- For the fourth
consecutive year, The Cleveland Play House presents FusionFest, the only
multidisciplinary performing arts festival at a regional theatre in the country,
from April 29-May 10, 2009. The festival will offer a sampling of international
and “other-worldly” works, including an ancient Japanese art form<SPAN
style="COLOR: black">, <EM><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Dogugaeshi,
</SPAN></EM>by master puppeteer Basil Twist, performances by Charles
Ross of his <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">One-Man Star Wars
Trilogy</I>, and a world-premiere adaptation of Thorton Wilder’s comic
novel <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Heaven’s My
Destination</I>, by Tony-award nominee Lee Blessing an</SPAN>d commissioned
by The Play House expressly for FusionFest with support from The Roe Green
Foundation.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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size=3>"This year marks the coming of age of FusionFest,” says <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Michael</B> <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Bloom, FusionFest creator and <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Cleveland</st1:City></st1:place> Play House
Artistic Director</B>. “The adventure is anchored by a world premiere play
commissioned by The Play House and includes exciting partnerships with the
Cleveland Museum of Art and The Cleveland
Orchestra."<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT
size=3>Complementing <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Heaven’s My
Destination</I>, for which The Cleveland Play House received a $25,000 “Access
to Artistic Excellence” grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, the
FusionFest lineup created by Bloom and <SPAN class=390081922-05032009>Play
House </SPAN>Associate Artistic Director, Seth Gordon, includes partnerships
with the Cleveland Museum of Art, Verb Ballets, the Museum of Contemporary Art
Cleveland (MOCA), Karamu House, The Cleveland Orchestra and the Mandel Jewish
Community Center. This year’s New Play Readings feature works by two members of
The Play House Playwrights Unit, Eric Coble and Faye
Sholiton.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'"><FONT size=3>Tickets to most FusionFest
events can be purchased by calling The Cleveland Play House ticket office at
(216) 795-7000, ext 4 or online at www.clevelandplayhouse.com. Ms. Roe Green is
the Honorary Producing Sponsor of FusionFest, presented in part by the National
Endowment for the Arts.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><U><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">FUSIONFEST 2009
EVENTS<o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></B></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><U><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Heaven’s My
Destination</SPAN></U></I></B><U><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> by Lee
Blessing, based on the comic novel by Thornton Wilder</SPAN></U><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV><SPAN
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size=3>Presented by</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">
</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT
size=3>The Cleveland Play House with support from National Endowment for the
Arts<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT
size=3>April 24 – May 17, 2009 ~ Drury Theatre<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT
size=3>Directed by Michael Bloom<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT
size=3>Tickets Available NOW: $10 to $65; call Play House at 216-795-7000 or
online<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p><FONT
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Meet
George Marvin Brush—Don Quixote comes to <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address
w:st="on">Main Street</st1:address></st1:Street> in the Great Depression, and
one of Thornton Wilder’s most memorable characters. A traveling textbook
salesman, he is also a fervent religious convert determined to lead “a good
life.” In a startlingly relevant tale of religion and tolerance—with
poignant and sometimes hilarious consequences—his travels take him through
smoking cars, bawdy houses, banks, and campgrounds from Texas to Illinois—and
into the soul of America.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoHeader style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><U><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">A Brush with Heaven:
<st1:City w:st="on">Thornton</st1:City> Wilder and <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">America</st1:country-region></st1:place>’s Spiritual Voice During the
Depression<o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></B></P>
<P class=MsoHeader style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">A
Symposium by The <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Cleveland</st1:City></st1:place> Play House </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoHeader style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">Sunday, April 26th, 4:30pm
~ Drury Theatre<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoHeader style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">Admission is
FREE<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoHeader style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'"><BR></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">An insightful look at The Cleveland Play
House’s world premiere production of<I> Heaven’s My Destination</I>, the life of
Thornton Wilder and the inspiration for his best-selling 1935 novel<I> Heaven’s
My Destination</I>, and the spiritually-conflicted world of its protagonist
George Brush. Panelists include Tappan Wilder, nephew of author Thornton Wilder;
Lee Blessing, playwright,<I> Heaven's My Destination</I>; Clayton Koppes,
Professor of History, Oberlin College; Michael Bloom,
moderator.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><U><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Basil Twist’s<I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"> “Dogugaeshi”</I></SPAN></U></B><U><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> presented by
the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Cleveland</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Museum</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> of
Art<o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT
size=3>April 30 – May 3, 2009 @ 3:00pm & 7:30pm<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>~ Brooks
Theatre<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT
size=3>Tickets Available NOW: $39 / $41; call CMA at
1-888-CMA-0033<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">Master puppeteer Basil
Twist unfolds an intimate, abstract, contemporary journey of images and emotions
influenced by the rare tradition of Japanese stage
machinery, dogugaeshi. This hour-long performance features original
shamisen compositions created and performed live by master musician Yumiko
Tanaka. The multidisciplinary production blends Twist’s signature puppetry with
superb video projection, lighting, and sound design. Not suitable for children
under 12. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><U><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Dorothy Silver
Playwriting Award Winner</SPAN></U></B><U><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> presented by
the Mandel Jewish Community Center</SPAN></U><U><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Title
TBA</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT
size=3>April 30, 2009 @ 7:30pm ~ Studio One<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT
size=3>Tickets Available NOW: $10; call Play House at 216-795-7000 or
online<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p><FONT
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">The
Dorothy Silver Playwriting Competition, sponsored annually by the Mandel Jewish
Community Center, is a highly regarded international writing competition for
plays about the Jewish experience. For over twenty years countless plays
with Jewish themes have been submitted to the competition. Many past winners
have been produced and received national recognition. The judging panel is
comprised of seasoned theatre professionals drawn from the <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Cleveland</st1:place></st1:City> area, including
producers, directors, actors and critics. Dorothy Silver, for whom the
competition is named, is a well-known and respected theatre professional who
served as the Mandel JCC’s Cultural Arts Department director for many
years.<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"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p><FONT
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></I></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><U><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Verb Ballets
All Stars</SPAN></U></I></B><U><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> presented by
Verb Ballets<o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT
size=3>May 1-2, 2009 @ 7:30pm ~ Bolton Theatre<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT
size=3>Tickets Available NOW: $18 / $25; call Play House at 216-795-7000 or
online<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">See
the world premiere of<I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"> In the Groove and
Over the Top</I> from nationally respected choreographer and native Clevelander
Dianne McIntyre, and a major revival from Verb Ballets repertoire by Seán
Curran, <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Mozart Piano Trio in C Major</I>.
The pieces in this repertoire also highlight music from the classical and jazz
worlds.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><U><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">New Play
Readings</SPAN></U></B><U><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> presented by
The <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Cleveland</st1:place></st1:City>
Play House<o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT
size=3>Tickets Available NOW: $10; call Play House at 216-795-7000 or
online<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p><FONT
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p><FONT
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
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size=3><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">A Girl's Guide to Coffee</SPAN></I><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">, by Eric
Coble<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></LI></UL>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.25in"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'"><FONT size=3>Directed by Seth Gordon
<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'"><FONT size=3>Sunday, May 3 @ 4:00 ~
Studio</FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">
</SPAN><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">One</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P></DIV><SPAN
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">Everything you need to know
can be learned behind the counter of the Steamed Bean Coffee House, at the hands
of barista-extraordinaire Alex. Join her as she grapples with life, love, death
and decaf beans in her quest for the Holy Grail of espresso: The Perfect
Latte.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'"><o:p><FONT
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><FONT
size=3><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">U.S.</SPAN></I></st1:place></st1:country-region><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">
v. Howard Mechanic</SPAN></I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">, by
Faye Sholiton. Adapted from <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The
Fugitive Candidate: The Autobiography of Howard Mechanic, The Last Prisoner of
the Vietnam War</I>, by Howard Mechanic <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></LI></UL>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.25in"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'"><FONT size=3>Directed by Seth
Gordon<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.25in"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'"><FONT size=3>Saturday, May 9 @ 4:00 ~ Brooks
Theatre<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'"><o:p><FONT
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">Shaker
Heights</SPAN></st1:place></st1:City><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'"> native Howard Mechanic
never dreamed his presence at a campus anti-Vietnam War rally would prompt his
false arrest on federal charges and turn him into a fugitive for nearly 30
years. <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> v Howard Mechanic examines how
one idealist struggles to stay whole while trying to reclaim his freedom and his
life.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p><FONT
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p><FONT
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><U><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Minstrel Show,
or The Lynching of William Brown</SPAN></U></I></B><U><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> by Max
Sparber, presented by Karamu<o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT
size=3>New Play <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Reading</st1:City></st1:place> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT
size=3>May 2, 2009 @ 4:00 pm ~ Studio One<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT
size=3>Tickets Available NOW: $10; call Play House at 216-795-7000 or
online<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p><FONT
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">A
retelling of the harrowing story of the real-life murder of an African-American
man in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Omaha</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">Neb.</st1:State></st1:place>, in 1919, through the narration of two
fictional African-American blackface performers.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p><FONT
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><U><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">One-Man Star
Wars Trilogy</SPAN></U></I></B><U><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> by Charles
Ross, presented by The Cleveland Play House<o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT
size=3>May 6 – 10, 2009 @ 3:00pm & 8:30pm ~ Baxter
Stage<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT
size=3>Tickets Available NOW: $20 / $29; call Play House at 216-795-7000 or
online<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p><FONT
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">A
one-hour, high energy, nonstop blast through the first three <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Star Wars</I> films. The catch is there's
only one cast member. Charles Ross, the writer and solo performer, spent too
much of his childhood in a galaxy far, far away and adulthood has been similar.
Ross plays all the characters, recreates the effects, sings the music, flies the
ships, and fights both sides of the battles.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p><FONT
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><U><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">American Music
with the Cleveland Orchestra Chamber Players </SPAN></U></I></B><U><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">presented by
The Cleveland Orchestra<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><o:p></o:p></I></B></SPAN></U></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT
size=3>Friday, May 8, 2009 @ 6:30pm ~ Brooks
Theatre<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT
size=3>Tickets Available NOW: $40; call Play House at 216-795-7000 or
online<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Members
of The Cleveland Orchestra will perform American chamber music from the 1930s
that explores the depths of the human spirit and shared emotional experiences
from this historic era, represented in various works of American musical legends
from Aaron Copland to George Gershwin.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><U><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Pechu Kucha
</SPAN></U></I></B><U><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">presented by<B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">
</I></B>the<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"> </I></B>Museum of Contemporary Art
Cleveland (MOCA)<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><o:p></o:p></I></B></SPAN></U></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT
size=3>May 8, 2009 @ 8:20pm ~ MOCA<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoHeader style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">Admission is
FREE<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Let
us now bullet-point our praise</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'"> for Mark Dytham and Astrid
Klein, two Tokyo-based architects who have turned PowerPoint, that fixture of
cubicle life, into both art form and competitive sport. Their innovation, dubbed
pecha-kucha (Japanese for "chatter"), applies a simple set of rules to
presentations: exactly 20 slides displayed for 20 seconds each. That's it. Say
what you need to say in six minutes and 40 seconds of exquisitely matched words
and images and then sit the hell down. The result, in the hands of masters of
the form, combines business meeting and poetry slam to transform corporate
cliché into surprisingly compelling beat-the-clock performance art.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">Roe Green, Honorary
Producer</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">,
arts patron and community activist, is Chief Executive Officer of the Roe Green
Foundation. With a B.A. in Theatre and Communications from the <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Colorado</st1:PlaceName> and a Masters degree in Theatre from
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Kent</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>, her experience in stage and business
management includes <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Cain</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Park</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>; the Cleveland Opera; and the
Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. Today, she is President Emeritus of
CAVORT, Inc., the Conference About Volunteers of Regional Theatres; serves on
the Kent State University School of Theatre and Dance Advisory Board; the
Foundation Board of Kent State University; the Board of Porthouse Theatre; the
Board for the Maltz Jupiter Theatre in Jupiter, Florida; and the Board of The
Cleveland Play House. She is responsible for the Roe Green Visiting
Director Series for the <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">School</st1:PlaceType> of
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Theatre</st1:PlaceName> and Dance at <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Kent</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceName>
and the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>
of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Colorado</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> and the Green
Arts Fund, which supports the Mandel Jewish Community Center arts and culture
programs. Ms. Green recently received the 2009 State of Ohio Governor’s Award
for Arts Patron.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">The National Endowment for
the Arts</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'"> is
a public agency dedicated to supporting excellence in the arts, both new and
established; bringing the arts to all Americans; and providing leadership in
arts education. Established by Congress in 1965 as an independent agency
of the federal government, the Arts Endowment is the largest annual national
funder of the arts, bringing great art to all 50 states, including rural areas,
inner cities, and military bases.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><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-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Founded
in 1915, <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">The Cleveland Play House</B> 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></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><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-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">The
Cleveland Play House is funded through the generosity
of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Cuyahoga</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType> residents through <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Cuyahoga Arts and Culture,</B> and <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">The <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on">Ohio</st1:State></st1:place> Arts Counci</B>l which 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></SPAN></P>
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<P align=left><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial size=2>Lisa
Craig</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial size=2>Public
Relations Manager</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Cleveland Play House</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial
size=2>8500 Euclid Avenue</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Cleveland OH 44106</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT
face=Arial size=2>Phone (216) 795-7000 x236</FONT></SPAN><BR><SPAN
lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial size=2>FAX (216) 795-7005</FONT></SPAN>
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