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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><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 class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><a name="articles_1"></a><b><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#993300'>NEOMFA Playwriting Festival</span></i></b><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;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 class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333300'>A new partnership between CPT and the Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing paired student playwrights with professional directors, actors and designers to create workshop productions you don't want to miss! </span></i><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333300'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333300'>This week will feature:<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#993300'>Fire Dance<br></span></i></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333300'>By Michael Parsons<br>Directed by Jeremy Paul<br>March 18 - 20 </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><br></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333300'>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.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333300'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333300'>In case you miss Fire Dance there's always next week!<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333300'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><em><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#993300'>The Pole</span></b></em><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#993300'><br></span></b><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333300'>By Jennifer A. Willoh</span></strong><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333300'><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-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333300'>The Pole</span></em><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333300'> 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><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333300'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333300'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><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-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333300'>Both 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";color:blue'><a href="http://www.cptonline.org">www.cptonline.org</a></span><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 class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333300'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><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 style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>