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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"><FONT size=3>PLAYWRITE AND ACTOR JEFFREY BARNES<BR>BRINGS NEW WORK TO <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">FIRST</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">BAPTIST</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">CHURCH</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"><FONT size=3>Jeffrey Barnes will return to The First Baptist Church of Greater Cleveland on May 22, 2009 at 7:30pm in a performance of his new play, “And He Ran Screaming“.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Jeffrey performed his previous play “Remember Who Made You”, a one man play exploring the myths, fears and joys of being both gay and Christian, at First Baptist last year.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>He writes of his new play, “What would happen if you could travel into the past to meet yourself at a younger age?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>What would she or he think of who you've become?”<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In his newest one person show Jeffrey Barnes attempts to do just that. See what happens when he meets the younger, more naive version of himself. Join him on this revealing journey filled with school bus bullies, gym class sissies, love, lust, betrayal, damnation, and salvation.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"><FONT size=3>In the play, Barnes keeps praying to God to change him, and yet he still has sexual feelings for men, so he thinks that God is ignoring his prayers. After a long time, he realizes that God did answer his prayers: God changed him from hating himself into loving himself as he is because God loves him as he is.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"><FONT size=3>Barnes says, “It can be a scary thing to take a realistic look at who you were in the past and see what brought you to where you are today.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This is probably the most challenging project that I’ve taken on because I feel I have to be honest about who I am and where I’ve been.”<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Jeffrey will lead an audience discussion following the play. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"><FONT size=3>WHAT:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>“And He Ran Screaming” written and performed by Jeffrey Barnes<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"><FONT size=3>Visit Jeffrey Barnes’ website at:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>RememberWhoMadeYou.com<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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