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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>
<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"'>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><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>
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<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='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;
margin-left:0in'><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:green'>The critics are raving about </span></strong><em><b><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:green'>Open Mind
Firmament</span></b></em><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:green'>!</span></strong><b><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:green'><br>
</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>“Engrossing, hypnotic and viscerally literary, this homage
to both Yeats and Cleveland State University Yeats scholar </span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:green'><a
href="http://www.english.wisc.edu/eAnnotations/February2010/in_memoriam.html"
target="_blank"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>Barton
Friedman</span><span style='color:#405094'> </span></a></span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>entailed
a year's worth of hard physical and mental work by an ensemble of 14 performers
led by CPT executive artistic director </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:green'><a
href="http://www.stevewagnerphotography.com/index.php#mi=2&pt=1&pi=10000&s=3&p=0&a=0&at=0"
target="_blank"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>Raymond
Bobgan</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>. But let's just say it is everything theater ought to be but so
rarely is: revelatory.” – Tony Brown, <i>The Plain Dealer</i></span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black;font-style:normal'>“</span></em><em><span lang=EN
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Open Mind
Firmament, an Evening of W.B. Yeats</span></em><span lang=EN style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> at Cleveland Public
Theatre can be stunning, confounding, and revealing — often at the same
time. But there are more than words at work in this two-hour evocation of
Yeats' mythic universe centered on the Irish hero Cuchulain and his mortal
enemy Aoife. Employing dance, chants, singing, and stylized gestures, Bobgan
creates a rich cloak of imagery to pull the Cuchulain Cycle's five plays
together (or as together as they're likely to ever get).” – Christine
Howey, <i>Cleveland Scene</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><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><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#006600'>Gordon
Square Theatre<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#006600'>Onstage
May 13 - June 5<o:p></o:p></span></b></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<span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Please
note: There is NO late seating for this production!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></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";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><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>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#17365D'>Beth Wood<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#244061'>Associate
Artistic Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#244061'>Cleveland Public
Theatre<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#244061'>6415 Detroit Ave.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#244061'>Cleveland, OH
44102<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#244061'>216-631-2727
ext. 206<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#244061'>216-631-2575
(fax)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#244061'><a
href="mailto:bwood@cptonline.org">bwood@cptonline.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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