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<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid"><BR>From: Renee Matthews-Jackson <rmatthewsjackson@yahoo.com><BR>Subject: <BR>To: "North East Ohio Arts" <neohiopal@listserve.com><BR>Date: Tuesday, May 5, 2009, 5:30 PM<BR><BR>
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<P class=MsoTitle style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">For Immediate Release</FONT></SPAN>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Garamond"><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1241558679_0>The Institute</SPAN> of <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1241558679_1>Cultural Arts & Education</SPAN></SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Garamond"> (TICAE) would like to introduce our <I>First Annual Summer-Stock Camp</I> for Cleveland area youths and young adults, ten – twenty-one years of age.<SPAN> </SPAN>The ‘Camp’ runs Monday through Friday from 9 AM until 3 PM for eight weeks. June 15 – August 15, 2009.<SPAN> </SPAN>Performance dates are August 7<SUP>th</SUP>, 8<SUP>th</SUP>, 9<SUP>th</SUP><SPAN> </SPAN>& August 14<SUP>th</SUP>, 15<SUP>th</SUP>,<SPAN> </SPAN>& 16<SUP>th</SUP> - Fridays and Saturdays the shows begin at 8 PM, on Sundays, the performances start at 4 PM.<SPAN> </SPAN></SPAN>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Garamond">Our very first production of our Annual Summer-Stock Camp is “<B>A COLORED FUNERAL”</B> by Gregory S. Carr of <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1241558679_2>St. Louis, Missouri</SPAN>.<SPAN> </SPAN>Directed by Renee Matthews-Jackson, a Cleveland native. </SPAN>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Garamond">A COLORED FUNERAL was first read at <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1241558679_3 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">Karamu</SPAN>’s 13<SUP>th</SUP> Annual Joyce Whitley Arena Fest’.<SPAN> </SPAN>The play was presented as a <I>World Premiere</I> production as part of Karamu’s 2006 – ’07 Season, and was met with rave reviews.<SPAN> </SPAN>Since, Mr. Carr has produced the play several times in St. Louis.<SPAN> </SPAN>A cast of senior high school students did the last production.<SPAN> </SPAN>This year the young people enrolled in our Summer-Stock Camp will have an opportunity to present a contemporary professional work of Theatre.<SPAN> </SPAN><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1241558679_4>Opening Night</SPAN>, August 7, 2008, we will host a Reception for the playwright prior to the performance, and a
Q&A following the show.<SPAN> </SPAN>We will also hold a "Health Fair" on Saturday, August 8<SUP>th</SUP> from 3 PM until 7 PM that involves <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1241558679_5>Health Organizations</SPAN> that are leaders in the medical field in <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1241558679_6>Greater Cleveland</SPAN>.<SPAN> </SPAN>The show immediately follows the Health Fair, and a Talk-Back follows this performance. </SPAN>
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<P class=MsoBodyText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><EM><FONT face="Times New Roman">“A Colored Funeral consists of 18 vignettes. The vignettes are divided up into various monologues, musical numbers and scenes. The set is a <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1241558679_7>funeral home</SPAN> and each vignette takes place in a specific *parlor.*<SPAN> </SPAN>Health related issues such as HIV/AIDS, (Issues of Blood) obesity, (Obsequies and Obesities) alcoholism and nicotine addiction (Here*s A Toast) <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1241558679_8 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">high blood pressure</SPAN> (<SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1241558679_9>The Pressure</SPAN>) <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1241558679_10>diabetes</SPAN> (Bittersweet) and cancer (<SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1241558679_11 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">Oncology</SPAN> Blues) take on new meaning when given a human
*face.*<SPAN> </SPAN>Social issues such as domestic violence, (Catchin’ Hell) police brutality, (Death While Black) securing a will (Will and Tess) gang violence (The Shrine) and self-determination (Epitaph) are given sardonic and insightful treatments.<SPAN> </SPAN>Emotional issues such as the passing of an older family member, (A Loss of Elders)<SPAN> </SPAN>A Colored Funeral is a satirical, comedic, poignant and sometimes irreverent look at<SPAN> </SPAN>death in the <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1241558679_12>African American community</SPAN>. Each culture has its own traditions, taboos and mores in dealing with death, but the African American community has experienced unique challenges, circumstances, and hardships that has spawned many creative ways of coping with this universal phenomenon.”</FONT></EM>
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<P class=MsoBodyText2 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=Garamond>Tuition is $75.00 per week, per student.<SPAN> </SPAN>A Continental Breakfast & Lunch is provided.<SPAN> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Garamond">Pay # 1 - $200. per student due no later than May 11, 2009</SPAN>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Garamond">Pay # 3 - $200. per student due no later than June 8, 2009</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"></SPAN>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Garamond">TOTAL - $600.00 - 8 Weeks</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Garamond"><SPAN> </SPAN>- <B>The Camp only holds 30 students</B>.<SPAN> </SPAN></SPAN>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Garamond">(All Fees to be paid on or before June 8, 2009, no later than 5 PM.<SPAN> </SPAN>For families with more than one student, Fees are negotiable).<B> </B></SPAN>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Garamond">For further Details and Enrollment please contact:<SPAN> </SPAN><B>Renee Matthews – Jackson <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1241558679_14 style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">(216) 587-4805</SPAN></B>.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Garamond"><SPAN> </SPAN></SPAN>
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