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auto;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Cleveland
Public Theatre announces the opening of:</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span
style='font-size:36.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#943634'> CONNI’S
AVANT GARDE RESTAURANT <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";
color:black'>December 2-19 in the Gordon Square Theatre<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Conni's Avant Garde Restaurant (a Time Out New York
favorite and Village Voice Choice), is not a locale but a group of bold (if
fictional) theatrical performers, devoted to the ongoing celebration of the
work of Conni Convergence, the beloved (and again, fictional) icon of stage and
screen. Hailed as "devilish dinner theatre" by The New York Daily
News, this unique theatrical-culinary event mixes the ingredients of fine food,
drink, and ensemble theater together in a loving send-up of avant-garde
pomposity.<br>
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Equally celebrated by New York City's theater and local food community, Conni's
Avant Garde Restaurant transforms Cleveland Public Theatre into a lush banquet
hall-complete with a fully functional, visible kitchen--where for three weeks
in December, guests will be treated to a five-course, locally-sourced holiday
dining experience. The food is carefully prepared on the premises by the
performers themselves and served with charismatic flourish by these
self-proclaimed geniuses of the avant-garde theater. For this production,
Cleveland's own sweet celebrated pastry chef, Courtney Bonning of Bon Bon Bake
Shop will join the cast as a guest artist to show the world her savory side!<br>
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The audience follows the story of Mrs. Robinson, a rocker put out to pasture,
and Miss Goodi Two Shoes, a baton-twirling ex-beauty queen, who upset the life
of The Ensemble with the decision to have a child. Mrs. Robinson and Goodi are
joined by a colorful cast of characters, including: a doctor of questionable
repute; a refugee from the rave scene; a guitar-strumming barkeep; a barefoot
genius director-composer; a near-mute sous chef; and a brusque fireplug of a
floor-manager. Each of the five courses is served through a musical number
unearthed from The Ensemble's under-appreciated original canon, much of which
has gone on to be popularized in television situation comedies, cutting edge
theater and film, and contemporary rock 'n' roll.<br>
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<b>Menu*</b><br>
(with local produce subject to availability)<br>
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Roasted chestnuts and mushroom tartine<br>
Curried butternut squash soup<br>
Herbed apple and fennel salad<br>
Maple-glazed ham with cranberry compote<br>
Brown-buttered radishes<br>
Sage-roasted sweet potatoes<br>
Drunken chocolate bundt cake <br>
*Includes Beverage<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'>Book your table of 10 before 11/25
for $400. Individual seats are $50. For more info call 216-631-2727 or visit</span></b><b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'> <a href="http://www.cptonline.org/">http://www.cptonline.org/</a>
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