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<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Cleveland Public Theatre and
Theater Ninjas are proud to present the regional premiere of <br>
</span><strong><i><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#17365D'>Anna Bella Eema</span></i></strong><b><i><span style='font-size:
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</span></i></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Written
by Lisa D'Amour<br>
Directed by Jeremy Paul</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>CPT
Storefront Studio<br>
</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Onstage now
through</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>
February 13<br>
</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><br>
</span><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#17365D'>Hey
artists – join us for a special Monday performance on February 8<sup>th</sup>
at 7:30pm! All tickets only $10!</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Visit
<a href="http://www.cptonline.org">www.cptonline.org</a> to purchase tickets
now!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>What
the critics are saying:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>“As
staged by Theater Ninjas artistic director Jeremy Paul in collaboration with
CPT, it's a dreamy and mesmerizing melding of frenzied stasis and languorous
activity. The playwright's abrupt but gauzy language and Paul's dreamscape
vision emerge through the effortless-looking work of a trio of actresses who
portray three facets of the same woman -- of all women -- as well as individual
women, their characters, bound by emotion, psychology and biology.” –
Tony Brown, Plain Dealer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>“Playwright
Lisa D'Amour has a fine touch when it comes to speeches that combine banal
facts with lean, poetic flourishes. And thanks to three outstanding
performances, one's attention virtually never wavers. As Irene, Elizabeth R.
Wood is rumpled and resigned, but she still has enough moxie to rise up in defense
of her daughter when pressed to the wall. Faye Hargate as Anna Bella
beautifully merges the childlike seriousness and yearning for discovery of a
typical fifth grader. And Cassie Neumann is riveting and chiseled as the mud
girl.” – Christine Howey, Cleveland Scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Written by Obie
Award Winning playwright Lisa D'Amour, <em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Anna
Bella Eema</span></em> combines creepy campfire stories, music, sound and fairy
tales in an original, stylized avant garde one-act. This inventive new work is
a highly imaginative story of the mother-daughter bond, spoken and sung by
three women. <em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Anna Bella Eema</span></em>
will be a co-production with Theater Ninjas, a CPT resident theatre company,
and is directed by Theater Ninjas Artistic Director Jeremy Paul.<br>
<br>
Visit <a href="http://www.theaterninjas.com">www.theaterninjas.com</a> for more
information on Theater Ninjas!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Anna Bella Eema</span></em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><br>
Written by Lisa D'Amour<br>
Directed by Jeremy Paul<br>
Featuring Faye Hargate, Cassie Neumann and Beth Wood<br>
<br>
Producer: Raymond Bobgan<br>
Music Director: Nadia Tarnawsky<br>
Set Designer: Curtis L. Young<br>
Costume Designer: Alison Garrigan<br>
Properties Designer: Joan Hargate<br>
Lighting Designer: Jeremy Paul<br>
Stage Manager: Carly Garinger<br>
</span><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#FF6600'><br>
</span></b><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>CPT
Storefront Studio</span></strong><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Onstage January 28 -
February 13</span></strong></span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#FF6600'><br>
</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Showtimes:</span></strong></span><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> Thursdays, Fridays and
Saturdays at 7:30pm, Sunday, February 7th at 3:00pm<br>
Monday, February 8th at 7:30pm<br>
</span><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Tickets:</span></strong><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> $21 General Admission |
$19 Advance Online Purchase | $2 Discount for Students and Seniors | $10 all
Mondays and Thursdays <br>
</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Purchase
tickets online in advance and receive a discounted ticket price and NO service
fees!</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <br>
<br>
Visit <a href="http://www.cptonline.org">www.cptonline.org</a></span><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <span style='color:black'>to purchase
tickets anytime! Call 216.631.2727 to purchase via phone.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Mindy
Herman<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Director
of Communications<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Cleveland
Public Theatre<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>6415
Detroit Ave.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Cleveland,
OH 44102<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>216.631.2727
x 203 [p]<br>
216.631.2757 [f]<br>
mherman@cptonline.org<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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