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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Cleveland
Public Theatre presents<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#006600'>Open Mind Firmament: An Evening of William Butler Yeats<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Adapted
and Directed by Raymond Bobgan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Based
on the writings of W.B. Yeats and Dr. Barton R. Friedman<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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"'>May 13 - June
5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>(Preview
performance May 13, Special Benefit Performance May 14*, Opening Night:
Saturday, May 15)<br>
<br>
</span></i><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#006600'>Attend
the Opening Night performance and stay after for a reception with director and
cast. Complimentary beer, wine and snacks will be served!<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#006600'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Tickets on
sale now! <br>
Visit <a href="http://www.cptonline.org">www.cptonline.org</a> or call 216.631.2727
to purchase via phone<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"'>CPT is proud
to present the World Premiere of <i>Open Mind Firmament</i>, a celebration of
William Butler Yeats. Best known for his poetry, William Butler Yeats was also
a playwright, and a founder of Ireland’s national theater movement. Yeats
helped banish the idea that English culture was superior to the Irish. Unlike
earlier poets, whose main goal was political, Yeats’ aim was to inspire
new generations of Irish people by reclaiming some of the ancient Celtic myths
and legends. In staging this work, CPT Executive Artistic Director Raymond
Bobgan will draw from Yeats’ poetry and five one-act plays: <i>On
Baile’s Strand, The Green Helmet, At The Hawks Well, The Only Jealousy of
Emer</i> and <i>The Death of Cuchulain</i> and the interpretive writings of Dr.
Friedman.<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:#006600'>Featuring:</span></b><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Michael Andrews-Hinders, Carly
Garinger, Faye Hargate, Danielle Hisey, Brett Keyser, Anne McEvoy, Raymond
McNiece, Jeremy Paul, Sheffia Randall Dooley (Member, AEA), Adam Seeholzer,
Chris Seibert, Tyler Slaughter, John Stuehr and Elizabeth R. Wood<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Costume
Designer: Alison Garrigan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Set and
Lighting Designer: Trad A Burns<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Sound
Designer: Richard B. Ingraham<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Production
Manager: Curtis L. Young<br>
Technical Director: Chris Young<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dramaturg:
Rose Sengenberger<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Stage
Manager: Dan Kilbane<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#006600'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#006600'>Gordon
Square Theatre<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#006600'>Onstage
May 13 - June 5<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:#006600'>Showtimes<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thursdays,
Fridays and Saturdays at 7:00pm, Sunday May 23 at 3:00pm, Monday, May 24 at
7:00pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Please note:
There is NO late seating for this production!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#006600'>Tickets<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>$21 General
Admission | $19 Advance Online Purchase | $2 discount for students and seniors
| $10 on Thursdays and Monday<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! <br>
Visit <a href="http://www.cptonline.org">www.cptonline.org</a> or call 216.631.2727
to purchase via phone<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"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>*<b><span
style='color:#006600'>Special Benefit Preview Performance: </span></b>Friday,
May 14<sup>th</sup>, $75 per ticket ($50 tax-deductible). Tickets include delicious
food from Claddagh Irish Pub, complimentary wine and beer, a ticket to the
final preview performance and a dessert reception with the cast and crew
following the show. The pre-show reception begins at 5:45pm in the Parish Hall
and curtain is 7:00pm in the Gordon Square Theatre. Purchase tickets for this
special event online or via phone!<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><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Open Mind
Firmament: An Evening of William Butler Yeats</span></i><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'> is presented with support from Sheila Friedman, The
Irish American Charitable Foundation, The Ohio Irish American News and Claddagh
Irish Pub. <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<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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