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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><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:28.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#943634'>Little Box Staged Reading Series</span></b><span style='font-size:28.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Thursday, November 11 - Saturday, November 20<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>See 8 new works over 7 nights!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>CPT is proud to present the fourth year of Little Box. Running from November 11 - November 20 in the Storefront Studio Theatre!<br><br>As part of CPT's commitment to local playwrights and producers, CPT presents the fourth year of Little Box, a series of staged readings of new work in development. Little Box is modeled after CPT's successful Big [BOX] Series but on a smaller scale, designed to foster works at an earlier stage of development. A diverse body of new plays will be presented with post-show audience discussions. Here is your chance to participate in CPT's mission to support artists creating new work</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>This weekend:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#121212'>Thursday November 11th<br>7:30pm<br>Storefront Studio Theatre<br><br><b>Storm Cell</b><br>Written by Matt Herzfeld<br>Directed by Mike Herzfeld<br>Featuring: Allen Branstein, John Busser, Lauren Fraley, Layla Schwartz, and Luke Wehner<br><br>Based on true events that occurred in NE Ohio approximately 7 years ago, Sean, a young man with a troubled family life, picked the wrong night to go driving with his friends after a powerful tornado ravaged entire neighborhoods.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#121212'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Friday, November 12th<br>7:30pm<br>Storefront Studio<br><br><b>Even the Blind Can See</b><br>Written by Vickie L. Williams<br>Directed by Cornell Calhoun III<br>Featuring: Ron Adams, Victoria Avi, Lewis Finney, Eric Jackson, Kenny Johnson, Tina Thompkins, Britanee Trapp, Lonnie Smith<br><br><i>Even The Blind Can See</i> is a story of a young African-American man wrongfully accused of raping and robbing a white cancer patient and served thirteen years in the state penitentiary.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Saturday, November 13th<br>7:30pm<br>Storefront Studio Theatre<br><br><b>Out of One Glass</b><br>Written by Margaret Lynch<br>Directed by Caroline Jackson Smith<br>Featuring: </span><tt><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Brian McNally, John Busser, Rebecca Chirdon, Ben Ferber, Patrick Kennedy, Molly McGinnis, and Sean Szaller.</span></tt><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><br></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><br><i>Out of One Glass</i> follows the fortunes of three Irish immigrant brothers who become embroiled in a web of collusion and betrayal between labor unions, the police department, and racketeers as they try to make their way in Cleveland ca. 1928.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.0pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Mercy for the Devil (or The Nature of Forgiveness)</span></b><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'> AND Captive Muses<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#121212'>Sunday, November 14th<br>3:00pm<br>Storefront Studio Theatre<br><br><b>Mercy for the Devil (or the Nature of Forgiveness)</b><br>Written by Lisa Langford and Michael Oatman<br>Directed by Michael Oatman<br>Featuring: Jerome Anderson, Katrina Bennamon, Stephen Hood, Marc Moore, Dianne Scott<br><br><i>Mercy for the Devil (or the Nature of Forgiveness)</i> is a play about reconciliation. It takes place in Northern Uganda, where the Acholi people have been subjected to decades of terrorism by rebels and the government and are nearing the end of conflict. As the child soldiers who were abducted and forced to fight return home, everyone must grapple with what it means to forgive and be forgiven.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#121212'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.0pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Captive Muses</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><br>Written by Cat R. Kenney<br>Directed by Margi Herwald-Zitelli<br>Featuring: John Busser, Kelly Elliott, Jessica Fleming, Stuart Hoffman, and Brian Pedaci<br><br><i>Captive Muses</i> takes a comedic look at the life of Sarah, a frustrated artist who can't seem to paint anything really good or even attract the attention of a date. In her quest for inspiration, she accidentally stumbles on a real muse and captures him. When he turns out to be not exactly what she's looking for, her search takes her beyond mythology and museums to reflect upon the nature of art, love, and... balloon animals?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>More info online at <a href="http://cptonline.org/">http://cptonline.org/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.0pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.0pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#121212'>Coming Soon:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.0pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#121212'>Little Box continues Nov 17-20<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.0pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#121212'>Conni’s Avant Garde Restaurant 12/2-12/19<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.0pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#121212'>(Book your table of 10 for $10 off per ticket!)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br><br></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#121212'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>\<span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#244061'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>