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<P style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; TEXT-ALIGN: center; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 13.5pt 0pt 9pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; mso-border-left-alt: solid #1010FF 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 4.0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black">“1VOICE-1PLAY-1DAY”</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; TEXT-ALIGN: center; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 13.5pt 0pt 9pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; mso-border-left-alt: solid #1010FF 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 4.0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black">A NATIONAL CELEBRATION OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN THEATRE</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; TEXT-ALIGN: center; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 13.5pt 0pt 9pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; mso-border-left-alt: solid #1010FF 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 4.0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black">“TROUBLE IN MIND ”</SPAN></B></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; TEXT-ALIGN: center; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 13.5pt 0pt 9pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; mso-border-left-alt: solid #1010FF 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 4.0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">ON MONDAY, JUNE 20, 2011 7:00 pm</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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<P style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; TEXT-ALIGN: center; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 13.5pt 0pt 9pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; mso-border-left-alt: solid #1010FF 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 4.0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">“<I>Black Theater in America is alive…it is vital…it just isn’t funded</I>.”</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; TEXT-ALIGN: center; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 13.5pt 0pt 9pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; mso-border-left-alt: solid #1010FF 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 4.0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">August Wilson</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; TEXT-ALIGN: center; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 13.5pt 0pt 9pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; mso-border-left-alt: solid #1010FF 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 4.0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 13.5pt 0pt 9pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; mso-border-left-alt: solid #1010FF 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 4.0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN>May 2, 2011 (New York, NY) Today, Project1Voice, a newly established organization founded by New York-based actor/producer Erich McMillan-McCall to preserve the legacy of African-American theatre and playwrights, announced its inaugural event: </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 13.5pt 0pt 9pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; mso-border-left-alt: solid #1010FF 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 4.0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </P><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="COLOR: black">
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<P style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 13.5pt 0pt 9pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; mso-border-left-alt: solid #1010FF 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 4.0pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black">The performance benefit event will take place at Rainey Institute in the new Debra Ann November Theatre at 7:00 pm. </SPAN></B></P>
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<P style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 13.5pt 0pt 9pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; mso-border-left-alt: solid #1010FF 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 4.0pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black">The Cast will include: Conni Blair, George Roth, Peter Lawson Jones, Mariama Whyte, Leslie Feagan, Colston Skip Corris, Brian Pedaci, Hannah Stofan, Antuane Rodgers and Anthony E. Nickerson-El. The staged reading will be directed by Dale Ricardo Shields. </SPAN></B></P>
<P style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 13.5pt 0pt 9pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; mso-border-left-alt: solid #1010FF 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 4.0pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Tickets are $35.00. The Box Office opens on June 16</SPAN></B><B><SUP><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt">th</SPAN></SUP><SPAN style="COLOR: black">, 2011.</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 13.5pt 0pt 9pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; mso-border-left-alt: solid #1010FF 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 4.0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 13.5pt 0pt 9pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; mso-border-left-alt: solid #1010FF 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 4.0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="COLOR: black">On Monday, June 20, 2011, seventeen African-American theatres across the country will engage in a national day of celebration of Black theatre by producing benefit staged readings of Trouble In Mind, the classic comedy-drama, by Alice Childress, the first African-American playwright to be honored with an Obie Award. The participating theatres are: African Continuum Theatre (Washington, DC), African American Repertory Theatre (DeSoto, TX), Aldridge Repertory Theatre (Birmingham, AL), The Billie Holiday Theatre (Brooklyn, NY), Crossroads Theatre (New Brunswick, NY), Congo Square Theatre (Chicago, IL), Ebony Repertory Theatre (Los Angeles, CA), Freedom Theatre (Philadelphia, PA), Jubilee Theatre (Fort Worth, TX), <STRONG><U>Rainey Institute / Karamu House Theatre (Cleveland, OH)</U></STRONG>, Kuntu Repertory Theatre (Pittsburgh, PA), Lorraine Hansbury Theatre (San Francisco, CA), Negro Ensemble Company (New York, NY), New Federal Theatre (New York, NY), New Professional Theatre (New York, NY), The Ensemble Theatre (Houston, TX) and Uprooted (Milwaukee, WI).</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 13.5pt 0pt 9pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; mso-border-left-alt: solid #1010FF 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 4.0pt" class=MsoNormal><U><SPAN style="COLOR: black">There will be a <B>talkback</B> following the reading. </SPAN></U><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 13.5pt 0pt 9pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; mso-border-left-alt: solid #1010FF 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 4.0pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black">The talkback panelist include;</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 13.5pt 0pt 9pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; mso-border-left-alt: solid #1010FF 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 4.0pt" class=MsoNormal><B><U><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Dorothy Silver, Tony Brown, Dr. Yvonne Williams, Dr. Alphine Jefferson, Artis Gaines, Margaret Taylor Ford, Ansley Valentine, Michael Medcalf and Sarah May.</SPAN></U></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT>
<P style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 13.5pt 0pt 9pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; mso-border-left-alt: solid #1010FF 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 4.0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 13.5pt 0pt 9pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; mso-border-left-alt: solid #1010FF 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 4.0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="COLOR: black">This national day of celebration not only honors the late great playwright’s seminal work,</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 13.5pt 0pt 9pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; mso-border-left-alt: solid #1010FF 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 4.0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">but seeks to highlight the Black theatre companies who are struggling for their very existence. It is imperative that our community spark renewed interest in the art, the artists and the organizations which nurture them. Project1Voice is proud to take on the challenge of trumpeting our artistic resources so that they can sustain themselves now and into the future. Project1Voice is a national grassroots movement designed to cultivate artistic excellence, creativity, and innovation among African American theatre organizations, along with preserving their legacies and those of African American playwrights. These theatres remain at the forefront of developing and sustaining African-American playwrights, directors, actors and other theater professionals. In 2010, McMillan-McCall became acutely aware that theatres across the country, especially historically African-American theatres, were struggling to stay afloat during the economic downturn. With this in mind, he partnered with other concerned individuals to bring attention and assistance to these mainstays of employment for theatre artists of color, and thus, Project1Voice was born. Key members of the Project1Voice team are producer/production manager Gwen Gilliam, award-winning playwright and director Charles Randolph-Wright, actor/producer Charles Reese (Teeth and Eyes Productions) and Marcia Pendelton (Walk Tall Girl Productions). 1VOICE, 1PLAY, 1DAY readings of Trouble in Mind will not only serve as fundraisers for participating theaters, they will also act as an community engagement event to further develop audiences, recruit volunteers, attract corporate and foundation funding, and seek in-kind goods and services.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 13.5pt 0pt 9pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; mso-border-left-alt: solid #1010FF 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 4.0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="COLOR: black">For more information about PROJECT1VOICE, and see interviews with theater luminaries such as prolific producer Woodie King, Jr., Tony-Award winner Adriane Lenox, and Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage, visit </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><A href="http://www.project1voice.org/" target=_blank><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT color=#0066cc>www.project1voice.org</FONT></SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black">.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 13.5pt 0pt 9pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; mso-border-left-alt: solid #1010FF 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 4.0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B><U><SPAN style="COLOR: black">About Trouble in Mind</SPAN></U></B><SPAN style="COLOR: black">*</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 13.5pt 0pt 9pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; mso-border-left-alt: solid #1010FF 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 4.0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Trouble in Mind is a powerfully incendiary and satiric drama based on the conflict of not compromising one’s artistic integrity. This play within a play follows the journey of a mixed-raced cast in 1957 as they embark upon rehearsals for a racially-charged play. Childress shows the actors’ complaints, directors’ frustration and even with the well-meaning efforts of theater professionals to overcome their racial feelings. As the play unfolds each character is revealed, along with their cavalier approach to the scripts they hold. There is so much humor that the playwright's theme within the theme will leave today’s modern audience marveling at how insightful and fresh the play feels today.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 13.5pt 0pt 9pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; mso-border-left-alt: solid #1010FF 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 4.0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">*Trouble in Mind Permission granted by Flora Roberts, Inc. 275 Seventh Ave. New York, NY 10001</FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV><o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV><BR><BR>Dale R. Shields<BR>ricardo2541@msn.com<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR> </body>
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