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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>DOBAMA Theatre presents<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#FF6600'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:AppleMyungjo;color:#000090'>SPEECH</span></b><b><span
style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif";color:#000090'> </span></b><b><span
style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:AppleMyungjo;color:#000090'>& </span></b><b><span
style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Marker Felt";color:#000090'>DEBATE</span></b><b><span
style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:AppleMyungjo;color:#000090'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>By Stephen Karam<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:blue'>March 12
– April 4, 2010<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Directed by</span></i></b><b><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'> Scott Plate<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:5.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:5.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:5.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Featuring </span></i></b><b><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Elizabeth Ann Townsend* </span></b><b><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Shelby Bartelstein ,
Nick Pankuch, Nick Varricchio<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>*member of AEA<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><span lang=CS
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<address style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Extended twice at the Roundabout in NYC, <i>SPEECH
& DEBATE</i> offers a<o:p></o:p></span></address>
<address style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'>“direct pipeline into the zeitgeist of
contemporary youth.”<o:p></o:p></span></address>
<address style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></address>
<address><i><span lang=CS style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>SPEECH
& DEBATE</span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>
tellingly explores what it’s like to be without a voice and how there is
strength in numbers. Three high school misfits, Howie, Solomon and Diwata,
discover they are linked by a sex scandal that’s rocked their town. When
one of them sets out to expose the truth, secrets become currency, the stakes
get higher, and the trio’s connection grows deeper in this searching,
fiercely funny dark comedy with music. </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></address>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><span
style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Rockwell","serif";color:red'>Opening
weekend special for Neopal friends:<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Rockwell","serif";color:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Rockwell","serif";color:red'>Mention that
you saw this offer on Neopal<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Rockwell","serif";color:red'>and receive 2
tickets for the price of 1 (<u>Friday and Saturday night only</u>)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";
color:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Opening
weekend dates and times:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:green'>Preview:</span></i></b><b><span
style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'> Thu 3/11, 7:30 pm </span></b><b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:green'>Opening:</span></i></b><b><span
style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'> Fri 3/12, 8:00 pm <i><span
style='color:blue'>(includes post-show wine & cheese reception)<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Sat 3/13,
8:00 pm<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Sun 3/14,
7:30 pm <i><span style='color:blue'>PAY-AS-YOU-CAN Performance</span></i><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span lang=CS style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Tickets:</span></i></b><b><i><span lang=CS
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=CS style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Preview
Thu: $8<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=CS style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thu/Sun:
$17 regular, $15 senior<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=CS style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Fri/Sat:
$22 regular, $20 senior<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span lang=CS style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>STUDENTS: $10<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=CS style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span lang=CS
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>DOBAMA THEATRE</span></b><b><span
lang=CS style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span lang=CS
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>2340 Lee Road (across from the CH/UH
Library)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span lang=CS
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Cleveland Heights, OH 44118<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span lang=CS
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Box Office: (216) 932-3396<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span lang=CS
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>www.dobama.org<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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