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bold">September 27, 2011</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b>ENSEMBLE THEATRE OPENS at COVENTRY with “</b><i><b>WAITING FOR LEFTY</b></i><b>”</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">An impending labor vote, a depressed economy, unemployment,
war, freedom, America… no it’s not
October 2011 - it’s October 1935.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span>Ensemble Theatre opens its 32nd consecutive season “<b>Play Your
Part!</b>” with American Master, Clifford Odets’ 1935 call to action “Waiting for
Lefty” in our NEW space in CLEVELAND HTS.!</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">’Waiting For Lefty</i> is truly an Ensemble play in every sense of the word. We are excited to be in
our new space and are all set to welcome audiences to Ensemble this
season.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>says artistic director
Celeste Cosentino, now in her second year at the helm of the Heights based
professional theater and the driving force behind the theatre’s move back to
Cleveland Heights after 8 years in residence at the Cleveland Play House.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Ensemble’s new space is located in the
former Coventry School building, at 2843 Washington Blvd. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">“There is not a person in this crowd in whom I do not find a
part of myself” commented Clifford Odets after the 1935 premiere of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Waiting
for Lefty</i>” by the Group Theatre.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The play’s plot centers around a group of unionized taxi cab drivers in
1935 waiting for their leader Lefty Costello. The production hits 8 vignettes, sketching the
socio-economic climate of the depression era and the struggle of the workers to
bring humanity to the workplace and to keep love and hope alive in difficult
times. The relevance of the script to today is staggering: November’s Ohio
Ballot Issue 2 concerning collective bargaining for public employees,
unemployment, healthcare, the housing crisis all are touched on by Odets in
this agit-prop classic by highlighting the struggle of everyday people for
justice and survival.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">The “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Waiting For Lefty</i>
“ Ensemble includes Eric Roediger*, Skip Corris*,<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>David Hundertmark, Katie Wilkinson, Ryan Lucas, Katie
Atkinson, Tyler Whidden, Layla Schwartz, Katie Nabors, James Rankin, Chris
Bizub, Stephen Vasse-Hansell, Allen Branstein and William Goff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>( * Members of Actors’ Equity
Association). Stage Manger Joel Rathbone joins for his first Ensemble
production.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">Ensemble’s current <b>“Kickstarter”</b> fundraising campaign
supports union and non-union actors in “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Waiting
for Lefty</i>”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Supporters can
join our Ensemble by making an online pledge to assist the theatre in the
completion of this important project.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Fundraising will end OCTOBER 14<font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">ths</span></font>.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>There are great REWARDS for all pledge levels, and you will <i>"Play your Part” </i>in our
Ensemble!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Here is the link:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><u><a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ensemblecleveland/join-the-ensemble-waiting-for-lefty-equity">http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ensemblecleveland/join-the-ensemble-waiting-for-lefty-equity</a></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><u><br></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">“Waiting for Lefty”</i>
opens October 7<font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">th</span></font> and runs through October 30<font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">th</span></font>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Run time is 1 hour 15
minutes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Performances are
Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 2pm.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>Tickets are $20 for Adults, $18 for Seniors, and $10 for
Students.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Student rush tickets are
$1 for all CH/UH students with a valid ID and $5 for all other students under
21 and are released 10 minutes prior to curtain pending availability.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Free parking is available in the
Washington Blvd. lot adjacent to the theatre building.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>A reception will follow the Friday Oct.
7<font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">th</span></font> opening night performance. Come to the show and walk to the
shops and restaurants of Coventry Village! ( <a href="http://www.coventryvillage.org">http://www.coventryvillage.org</a> ) </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
To purchase tickets in advance
please visit our web-site <a href="http://www.ensemble-theatre.org">www.ensemble-theatre.org</a> and click the box office tab "<i><b>Waiting For Lefty - Single Tickets"</b></i>. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
You can also order by phone. Call 216-321-2930.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; ">For more information on the remainder of our exciting 2011-2012 Season please visit our
website at <a href="http://www.ensemble-theatre.org">www.ensemble-theatre.org</a>.<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "> </p>
<div><br></div>-- <br><div style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:large"><font face="georgia, serif"><font color="#663333">PLAY YOUR PART </font></font></span></b></div><div style="text-align:left"><b><font face="georgia, serif"><font color="#663333">Ensemble Theatre's 2011-2012 Season!</font></font></b></div>
<div style="text-align:left"><b><font face="georgia, serif"><span style="font-family:arial;font-weight:normal"><b><font face="georgia, serif"><u>NEW SPACE at the Coventry School!</u></font></b></span></font></b></div><div style="text-align:left">
<b><font face="georgia, serif">2843 Washington Blvd. Cleveland Hts., OH 44118</font></b></div><div style="text-align:left"><font face="georgia, serif"><span style="font-size:x-small"><b><u><br></u></b></span></font></div>
<div style="text-align:left"><span style="font-family:georgia, serif"><b><font color="#660000">WAITING FOR LEFTY</font></b></span></div><div style="text-align:left"><font face="georgia, serif"><b><font color="#660000">by: Clifford Odets</font></b></font></div>
<div style="text-align:left"><font face="georgia, serif"><b><font color="#660000">Directed by: Ian Hinz</font></b></font></div><div style="text-align:left"><font face="georgia, serif"><b><font color="#660000">Oct. 7-Oct. 30</font></b></font></div>
<div style="text-align:left"><font face="georgia, serif"><b><br></b></font></div><div style="text-align:left"><font face="georgia, serif"><b><font color="#003300">ST. NICHOLAS</font></b></font></div><div style="text-align:left">
<font face="georgia, serif"><b><font color="#003300">by: Conor McPherson</font></b></font></div><div style="text-align:left"><font face="georgia, serif"><b><font color="#003300">Directed by: Sarah May</font></b></font></div>
<div style="text-align:left"><font face="georgia, serif"><b><font color="#003300">Starring: Dana Hart * </font></b></font></div><div style="text-align:left"><font face="georgia, serif"><b><font color="#003300">Nov. 18-Dec. 11</font></b></font></div>
<div style="text-align:left"><span style="font-family:georgia, serif"><b><br></b></span></div><div style="text-align:left"><font face="georgia, serif"><b><font color="#003300"></font></b></font><span style="font-family:georgia, serif"><b><u>PANORAMA of AFRICAN AMERICAN THEATRE IV:</u></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align:left"><font face="georgia, serif"><b>If not me, who?...If not now, when? </b></font></div><div style="text-align:left"><font face="georgia, serif"><b>2 Shows in Rep! (Alternating Weekends)</b></font></div>
<div style="text-align:left"><font face="georgia, serif"><b>Jan. 12-Feb. 19</b></font></div><div style="text-align:left"><span style="font-family:georgia, serif"><b><u>SONG FOR CORETTA</u></b></span></div><div style="text-align:left">
<font face="georgia, serif"><b>by: Pearl Cleage</b></font></div><div style="text-align:left"><font face="georgia, serif"><b>Directed by: Margaret Ford-Taylor</b></font></div><div style="text-align:left"><span style="font-family:georgia, serif"><b><u>LOWER NINTH</u></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align:left"><font face="georgia, serif"><b>by: Beau Willimon</b></font></div><div style="text-align:left"><font face="georgia, serif"><b>Directed by: Celeste Cosentino</b></font></div><div style="text-align:left">
<font face="georgia, serif"><b><br></b></font></div><div style="text-align:left"><font face="georgia, serif"><b><font color="#663366"><u>THE COLOMBI NEW PLAYS FESITVAL!</u></font></b></font></div><div style="text-align:left">
<font face="georgia, serif"><b><font color="#663366">3 Plays by 3 Cleveland Playrights!</font></b></font></div><div style="text-align:left"><font face="georgia, serif"><b><font color="#663366">Alternating perfomances! </font></b></font></div>
<div style="text-align:left"><font face="georgia, serif"><b><font color="#663366">March 8-April 1.</font></b></font></div><div style="text-align:left"><span style="font-family:georgia, serif"><b><font color="#663366"><u>DANCING WITH N.E.D.</u></font></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align:left"><font face="georgia, serif"><b><font color="#663366">Written and Directed by: Tyler Whidden</font></b></font></div><div style="text-align:left"><span style="font-family:georgia, serif"><b><font color="#663366"><u>DESTROYING THE LIGHT</u></font></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align:left"><font face="georgia, serif"><b><font color="#663366">By: Sasha Thackaberry </font></b></font></div><div style="text-align:left"><font face="georgia, serif"><b><font color="#663366">Directed by: Peter Voinovich</font></b></font></div>
<div style="text-align:left"><span style="font-family:georgia, serif"><b><font color="#663366"><u>GROUNDS FOR DISMISSAL</u></font></b></span></div><div style="text-align:left"><font face="georgia, serif"><b><font color="#663366">by: Cindy Dettlebach</font></b></font></div>
<div style="text-align:left"><font color="#663366" face="georgia, serif"><b>Directed by: Celeste Cosentino</b></font></div><div style="text-align:left"><font color="#663366" face="georgia, serif"><b>(Visit Website for Specific Show Dates.)</b></font></div>
<div style="text-align:left"><font color="#663366" face="georgia, serif"><b><br></b></font></div><div style="text-align:left"><font face="georgia, serif"><b><font color="#CC0000">GRUESOME PLAYGROUND INJURIES</font></b></font></div>
<div style="text-align:left"><font face="georgia, serif"><b><font color="#CC0000">by: Rajiv Joseph</font></b></font></div><div style="text-align:left"><font face="georgia, serif"><b><font color="#CC0000">Directed: by Fred Sternfeld</font></b></font></div>
<div style="text-align:left"><font color="#CC0000" face="georgia, serif"><b>April 27-May 20.</b></font></div><div style="text-align:left"><font color="#CC0000" face="georgia, serif"><b><br></b></font></div><div style="text-align:left">
<b><font face="georgia, serif"><font color="#663366">TICKETS, SUBSCRIPTIONS, & </font></font></b><b><font face="georgia, serif"><font color="#663366">INFORMATION </font></font></b></div><div style="text-align:left"><b><font face="georgia, serif"><font color="#663366">VISIT OUR WEBSITE:</font></font></b></div>
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