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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Cleveland
Public Theatre is proud to present the World Premiere of<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#E36C0A'>Browns Rules<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Written by
Eric Schmiedl<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Directed by
Bill Hoffman<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Onstage now
through December 13<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Gordon Square
Theatre<span style='color:#1F497D'><br>
<br>
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#E36C0A'>Showtimes:</span></b><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Friday and Saturday at 7:00pm, Sunday,
December 13 at 3:00pm (<span style='color:#E36C0A'>Browns have a bye week!)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#E36C0A'>Tickets:</span></b><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> $30 Reserved Seating at Cabaret
Table | $24 General Admission | $22 Online Advance Purchase | $2 Discount
for Students and Seniors <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Special
Thursday night pricing: $10 General Admission | $16 Cabaret Table Seating<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Tickets on
sale now!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.cptonline.org">www.cptonline.org</a> to buy online or call
216.631.2727 x 501! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><i><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:#E36C0A'>What the critics are saying:</span></i></b><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><br>
<br>
</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>"Browns Rules makes the courageous, cockamamie choice to be
a vaudeville-style variety show about one of the losingest teams in the NFL,
and the one with the most ardent -- or psychotic -- fans. As if the Browns
weren't comic enough already, playwright and native Clevelander Eric Schmiedl
fills the show with jokes, about the Browns and their incessantly complaining
but tenaciously loyal fans, and about those Antichrists in black and gold, the
Pittsburgh Steelers." - <b><i>Tony Brown, Cleveland Plain Dealer</i></b> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>"Browns Rules is a total
hoot, enjoyable if you’re only a casual Browns backer, but as satisfying as a
signature Bernie Kosar touchdown pass if you’re a diehard. Think of it as the
Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour, if Sonny were the far more-versatile Schmiedl, and
if Cher were two men — Nick Koesters and Nathan A. Lilly — who know a whole lot
about everyone from Otto Graham to Ernie Davis... a show that provides
genuinely hilarious laughs, just in time for us to mourn another lost Browns
season. If you’re even the slightest fan, you’ll walk out dreaming about the
promise of (a Mangini-free?) next year." - <b><i>Brian Thornton, Spangle
Magazine</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Don't
miss the world-premiere of this cabaret style musical by nationally recognized
local playwright Eric Schmiedl. <i>Browns Rules</i> is both a musical send-up
and a heartfelt love-letter to The Cleveland Browns. Three performer musicians and
the audience are on a mission - successfully name the 29 rules of being a
Browns fan and the Brownies will win the Superbowl next season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Part
vaudeville, part sideshow, part variety show <i>Browns Rules</i> is an
interactive exploration of the relationship between Cleveland and our beloved
football team. With a rock band on stage, three performers combine storytelling
and drama as they rip apart myths, celebrate heroes, and try to understand what
makes the Cleveland Browns so important to our culture. What was the
All-America Football Conference and who destroyed it? How did Paul Brown
inspire his famous 1949 all-star team? Art Modell, friend or foe? Who called
"Red Right 88?" Who wrote the song "Bernie, Bernie?"
Cleveland Browns Stadium, asset or financial disaster? These questions and more
are examined as <i>Browns Rules</i> looks at our dear Brownies and the city
that loves and hates them. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#E36C0A'>Browns Rules <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Onstage now
through December 13<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Gordon Square
Theatre<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Written by
Eric Schmiedl<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Directed by
Bill Hoffman<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Produced by
Raymond Bobgan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Original
songs Written and Composed by Hoffman and Schmiedl<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Featuring
Nick Koesters*, Nathan Lilly and Eric Schmiedl <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>*Member
/ Actors Equity Association<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Bill Hoffman
on Guitar, Nick Koesters on Ukulele and Banjo, Joseph Milan on Accordion and
Bass, Eric Pecherkiewicz on Drums and Eric Schmiedl on Guitar <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Set Designer:
Curtis L. Young<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Lighting
Designer: Maureen Patterson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Sound
Operator: Chris Young<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Stage
Manager: Joel Rathbone<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Showtimes: Friday
and Saturdays at 7:00pm<span style='color:#1F497D'>, </span>Sunday, December 13
at 3:00pm (<span style='color:#E36C0A'>Browns have a bye week!)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Tickets: $30
Reserved Seating at Cabaret Table | $24 General Admission | $22 Online
Advance Purchase | $2 Discount for Students and Seniors <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Special
Thursday night pricing: $10 General Admission | $16 Cabaret Table Seating<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#E36C0A'>Make
a night of it and get the best seats in the house! <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Reserve your
spot at a cabaret table and bring your own wine to the show! Reserve premium
seating at just $30 per ticket and enjoy reserved seating, corkage and table
service (cash sales of beer, soda, coffee and snacks). Grab your friends and a
great bottle of wine, come early, enjoy the show and mix and mingle afterwards!
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Cabaret
tables and corkage are only available in advance through the CPT website or by
phone at 216.631.2727 ext. 501. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#E36C0A'>Tickets
on sale now!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.cptonline.org">www.cptonline.org</a> to buy online now or call
216.631.2727!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Mindy
Herman</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Communications
Director</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Cleveland
Public Theatre</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>6415
Detroit Ave.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Cleveland,
OH 44102</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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216.631.2575</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="mailto:mherman@cptonline.org">mherman@cptonline.org</a></span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.cptonline.org">www.cptonline.org</a></span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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href="http://www.myspace.com/cptonline">www.myspace.com/cptonline</a></span><span
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