<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">Divine Mission Presents </p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="font-family:"Segoe Print";mso-fareast-font-family:"Malgun Gothic"; mso-bidi-font-family:David">Heads Up Productions’<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-family:Verdana">A Woman Called Truth<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Divine Mission is hosting <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Heads Up Productions’</b> performance of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">A Woman Called Truth,</i> a celebration of the life of Sojourner Truth written by Sandra Fenichel Asher. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">A Woman Called Truth </i>is directed by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Heads Up Productions’</b> company member Heather Beyer. Performances will be held at the Greater Bethel Baptist Church, located at 350 404 S. Arlington St in Akron.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> The performance date is Saturday, February 19</span></font></b><sup><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">th</span></font></b></sup><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> at 7 pm.</span></font></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Tickets are $5 and available at the door or by calling Carla at 330.714.0769 or Tijuanna at 330.338.2143. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:200%"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">"Well, children, where there's so much racket, there must be something out of kilter." So begins Sojourner Truth's historic <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Ain't I a Woman</i> speech delivered right here in Akron, OH in 1851; over a century later these controversial words continue to reverberate through society. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">A Woman Called Truth</i> chronicles the life of this striking woman from the day she is ripped away from her family, through her struggle for freedom, to her emergence as a popular and respected figure fighting for abolition and women's rights. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">A Woman Called Truth</i> combines Sojourner's actual words with authentic spirituals. It has been honored by the </span>National Endowment for the Arts, the IUPUI Children's Theatre Symposium, and the American Alliance for Theatre and Education.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%"><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Don’t miss the show audiences called “powerful” and “an excellent work of art!”</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">The ensemble includes:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="textexposedshow">Director: Heather Beyer from Tallmadge, Ohio<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="textexposedshow">Assistant Director/Stage Manager: Miranda Roth from Marion, Ohio<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="textexposedshow">Musical Director: Randall E. Hall from Akron, Ohio<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br> <span class="textexposedshow">India Burton from Akron, Ohio</span><br> <span class="textexposedshow">Randall E. Hall from Akron, Ohio</span><br> <span class="textexposedshow">April Haugabrook from Warrensville, Ohio</span><br> <span class="textexposedshow">Tyler Hodges from Ashland, Ohio</span><br> <span class="textexposedshow">Eliza Marie Jacops from Akron, Ohio</span><br> <span class="textexposedshow">Bobby Round from Akron, Ohio</span><br> <span class="textexposedshow">Kim Woodworth from Aurora, Ohio</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:200%"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Heads Up Productions</span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> </span></i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">is Akron’s newest and boldest theatre company, originating from the minds of university students. Our mission is <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">to engage the Akron community in dialogues about diversity and social issues through dynamic live performances.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:200%"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">This is our sixth production.</span></p> <!--EndFragment--> </div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>