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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td style='padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><em><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>NEOMFA Playwriting Festival</span></b></em><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue;font-style:normal'>A new partnership between CPT and the Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing paired three student playwrights with professional directors, actors and designers to create workshop productions you don't want to miss!</span></em><i><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'> <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><em><b><o:p> </o:p></b></em></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><em><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Patterns</span></b></em><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><br></span></i></b><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>By Tom Hayes</span></strong><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Directed by Brian Zoldessy</span></strong><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>March 11 - 13 </span></strong><br></span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>What do you author and what authors you? By combining myth, fairy tale, personal history, dressmaking and theatre, layers of conscious reality are laid bare and meaning in one woman's life is prodded, crucified, drawn and quartered and reconstructed again and again.</span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'> </span><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><em><b><o:p> </o:p></b></em></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><em><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Fire Dance</span></b></em><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><br></span></i></b><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>By Michael Parsons</span></strong><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Directed by Jeremy Paul</span></strong><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>March18 - 20 </span></strong></span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><br>Nicky McManus is a New York firefighter. His brother Sean is a stockbroker in Chicago who returns to the Big Apple after the death of their mother. Sean decides to stay in New York and move in with Nicky in an effort to connect with his brother--and to pursue his old flame, Janice. When Janice moves into the apartment, however, long-dormant passions are aroused in cold-hearted Nicky, and old rivalries between the brothers come to the surface with consequences that will change them both forever.</span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'> </span><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><em><b><o:p> </o:p></b></em></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><em><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>The Pole</span></b></em><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>By Jennifer A. Willoh</span></strong><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Directed by Nina Domingue</span></strong><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>March 25 - 27</span></strong><br></span></b><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>The Pole</span></em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'> is a play about a small community of holiday and corporate mascots who share a common bar, called The Pole, where the co-dependent relationship between Big Bob and Santa Nick is explored.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue;font-style:normal'>The NEOMFA in Creative Writing is a consortium of four universities: Cleveland State, Kent State, Youngstown State & University of Akron. </span></em><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:purple'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>All productions will take place in the James Levin Theatre and show times are 7:30 p.m. Friday & Saturday and 3 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets are $13-$15. To purchase or for more information, call 216.631.2727 X501 or visit </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="cptonline.org">cpt.online.org</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><em><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></em></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><em><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>Have you seen the reviews for Darwinii: The Comeuppance of Man?!<o:p></o:p></span></b></em></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><em><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>Storefront Studio | March 3-19<o:p></o:p></span></b></em></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><a href="http://www.cleveland.com/onstage/index.ssf/2011/03/cleveland_public_theatre_darwi.html">http://www.cleveland.com/onstage/index.ssf/2011/03/cleveland_public_theatre_darwi.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><a href="http://www.clevescene.com/cleveland/survival-of-the-wittiest/Content?oid=2385210">http://www.clevescene.com/cleveland/survival-of-the-wittiest/Content?oid=2385210</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.coolcleveland.com/blog/2011/03/review-darwinii-fascinating-theatre-cpt/">http://www.coolcleveland.com/blog/2011/03/review-darwinii-fascinating-theatre-cpt/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><em><b><o:p> </o:p></b></em></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><em><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://cptonline.org/theater-show.php?id=139"><span style='font-style:normal'>Click here to purchase tickets</span></a><span style='color:red'><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></em></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><o:p> </o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>