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<p><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Final </span></b><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>performance</span></b><b><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>s</span></b><b><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span></b><b><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Friday
and Saturday</span></b><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> at 7:30pm! </span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><br>
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</span></b><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:
13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#FF6600'><br>
</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"'>Onstage now through
February 13<span style='color:black'><br>
</span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><br>
</span><span style='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 style='background:white'><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 <br>
<br>
"Directed with laser-sharp precision by Jeremy Paul and featuring three
luminous performances by Elizabeth R. Wood, Faye Hargate and Cassie Neumann,
the 100-minute piece, presented without intermission, kept me rapt throughout.
Filled with poetry, song, intense physical theatrics and choreographed
movement, the play is a joy to watch. <i>Anna Bella Eema</i> is a performance
piece of such heart, craft, fierce originality, and rich verbal and visual
imagery that it never grows boring. Go with an open mind, willing to be
challenged, stretched and even confused, and the rewards will be many." -
Fran Heller, <i>Cleveland Jewish News</i> <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:#1F497D'><br>
<br>
</span></b><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Showtimes:</span></strong><strong><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> Friday and Saturday at
7:30pm</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><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 <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>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>www.cptonline.org<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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