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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Cleveland Public Theatre
is the place for original, adventurous and relevant works of performance and
their 2011 – 2012 Season is proof of just that.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The season includes seven
world premiere productions, five by Northeast Ohio artists. Six of the plays
are devised theatre, originating from unconventional creative processes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>CPT also continues its commitment to artist
development with groundbreaking programs: Big [Box], seven weeks of world
premiere workshop productions by Northeast Ohio artists; Springboard, a new
series for staged readings and director development; the inaugural
Leap/Conceive project for works-in-progress; and DanceWorks a premiere showcase
for local companies and choreographers.</span></p>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The Cleveland Public
Theatre 2011-2012 Season includes:</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span><span class="seasontitle1"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><font color="#121212" size="5" face="Georgia"> </font></span></i></span></div>
<div style="background: white;"><span class="seasontitle1"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Pandemonium '11:
Amuse Me</span></i></span></div><div style="background: white;"><span class="seasontitle1"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></i></span><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Don't miss Cleveland Public Theatre's Annual Fundraising
Extravaganza-The Party of the Year!</span></div><div style="background: white;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Saturday, September 10</span></span><b><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><font color="#121212" size="5" face="Georgia"> </font></span></b></div>
<div style="background: white;"><span class="seasontitle1"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></i></span> </div>
<div style="background: white;"><span class="seasontitle1"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></i></span> </div>
<div style="background: white;"><span class="seasontitle1"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Springboard 2011</span></i></span></div>
<div style="background: white;"><span class="seasontitle1"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></i></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"><font color="#121212">CPT
opens the season with a new development series featuring innovative staged
readings of new scripts by local writers.</font></span></div><div style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">October 6 - October 23</span></div>
<div style="background: white;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span> </div><div style="background: white;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span> </div>
<div style="background: white;"><span class="seasontitle1"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Royal Ann's
Preserve</span></i></span><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"><br>
Created by Joan and Faye Hargate</span></div><div style="background: white;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">October 6 - October 22</span></div>
<div style="background: white;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><font color="#121212" size="5" face="Georgia"> </font></span></div>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="seasontitle1"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Opera Per Tutti</span></i></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Opera Per Tutti will perform 3
different operas during the 2011 - 12 season<span class="seasontitle1"><span style="color: windowtext; line-height: 115%; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">October 7 -
March 25<span class="seasontitle1"><span style="color: windowtext; line-height: 115%; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="seasontitle1"><span style="color: windowtext; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><font color="#121212" size="5" face="Georgia"> </font></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="seasontitle1"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Monster Play</span></i></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Co-produced with Theatre Ninjas<br>
Conceived & Directed by Jeremy Paul</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">October 13 -
October 29</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><font color="#121212" size="5" face="Georgia"> </font></span></i></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="seasontitle1"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">YA MAMA!</span></i></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Created by Nina Domingue<br>
Directed by Cathy Hartenstein</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">November 3 -
November 12</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><font color="#121212" size="5" face="Georgia"> </font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="seasontitle1"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Leap/Conceive</span></i></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">A new development series featuring several
short selections from an array of works-in-progress.<span class="seasontitle1"><span style="color: windowtext; line-height: 115%; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">November 3 -
November 5</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><font color="#121212" size="5" face="Georgia"> </font></span></p>
<div style="background: white;"><span class="seasontitle1"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Y-Haven Theatre
Project</span></i></span></div><div style="background: white;"><span class="seasontitle1"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></i></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">CPT artists and the residents of
Y-Haven collaborate to create an original play based on experiences of
homelessness, addiction and the power to change.</span></div>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">November 17
- November 20</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><font color="#121212" size="5" face="Georgia"> </font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="seasontitle1"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Conni's Avant Garde Restaurant: Feast of Miracles</span></i></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">A unique theatrical culinary event that
mixes the ingredients of fine food, wine and ensemble theatre together with
cabaret, improv comedy and a five course meal.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">December 1 -
December 18</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><font color="#121212" size="5" face="Georgia"> </font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="seasontitle1"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Big [BOX] '12</span></i></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Over seven weeks, Big [BOX] includes
more than ten world premiere workshop productions.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">January 5 -
February 18</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><font color="#121212" size="5" face="Georgia"> </font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="seasontitle1"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">At-TEN-tion Span</span></i></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The 2012 At-TEN-tion Span will be made
up entirely of <i>devised works</i> created by local artists.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">January 19 -
February 4</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><font color="#121212" size="5" face="Georgia"> </font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="seasontitle1"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Antebellum</span></i></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Written by Robert O'Hara<br>
Directed by Beth Wood</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">February 23
- March 10</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><font color="#121212" size="5" face="Georgia"> </font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="seasontitle1"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Darwinii: The Comeuppance of Man</span></i></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">By Glen Berger<br>
With story by Glen Berger and Brett Keyser</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">March 1 -
March 17</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><font color="#121212" size="5" face="Georgia"> </font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="seasontitle1"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Lulu Project</span></i></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br>
Conceived & Directed by Matthew Earnest</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">March 8 -
March 24</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><font color="#121212" size="5" face="Georgia"> </font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="seasontitle1"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Iphigenia 2.0</span></i></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br>
Presented in partnership with Oberlin College<br>
Written by Charles Mee<br>
Directed by Matthew Wright</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">April 12 -
April 28</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><font color="#121212" size="5" face="Georgia"> </font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="seasontitle1"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">DanceWorks '12</span></i></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Six weeks of dance as local dance
companies take the stage to premiere new works.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">April 19 -
May 26</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><font color="#121212" size="5" face="Georgia"> </font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="seasontitle1"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Not The Flying Stupendas</span></i></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br>
Created by Jill, Frank and Meredith Levin<br>
Directed by Renee Schilling</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">April 19 -
May 5</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><font color="#121212" size="5" face="Georgia"> </font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="seasontitle1"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">13 Most American Dreams</span></i></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br>
Conceived and Directed by Pandora Robertson</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">May 17 -
June 2</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><font color="#121212" size="5" face="Georgia"> </font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="seasontitle1"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Akarui</span></i></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br>
Written by Jen Silverman<br>
Directed by Raymond Bobgan</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">May 24 -
June 9</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 9pt;"><font color="#121212" size="5" face="Georgia"> </font></span></b></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 9pt;"><font color="#121212" size="5" face="Georgia"> </font></span></b></p>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">For more
information on each production check the CPT website at <a href="http://www.cptonline.org">http://www.cptonline.org</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span> </div>
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