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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#E46C0A;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#E46C0A;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'>Springboard: A Staged-Reading Festival</span></i></b><span style='color:#E46C0A;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#E46C0A;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'> </span>has only one weekend left! Don’t miss out on this innovative staged-reading process, especially with the great plays that are happening this weekend!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If you missed the well – received, double bill, <b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Andrew Jackson Ate my Homework</span></i></b><i> </i>and <b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Art & Werewolves</span></i></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> last night, it’s not too late! Join us on Saturday at 7pm. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Andrew Jackson Ate My Homework: A Racial Farce</span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><br>Written by Thomas Hayes Directed by Cassie Neumann<br>In <i>Andrew Jackson Ate My Homework</i>, a young man attempts to synthesize the strangeness of race as he passes through a collage of scenes that reveal and explore the issue of race in daily life and throughout (some of) history.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Art and Werewolves</span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><br>Written by Cat Kenney Directed by Lynna Metrisin<br>Zoe is a painter struggling with a lull in her creativity, as well as in her relationship with her girlfriend, Rachel. A mysterious encounter infects her with inspiration, but is art worth the price? And what does the full moon have to do with it?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Playing Friday at 7pm and Sunday at 3pm (and finishing out the Springboard series) is <b><i>Napoleon of the Nile</i></b> by George Seremba, a Visiting Professor at Case Western Reserve University and playwright in residence at the Cuyahoga County Library. (In other words, this is going to be very, very good)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Napoleon of the Nile</span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><br>Written by George Seremba Directed by Sheffia Randall Dooley<br>On a makeshift stage in a Kenyan refugee camp, three people begin an arduous, ten month journey, over 600 miles. They are shot at and bombed by government troops, militia and their very own people. Amidst the horrors of a civil war a young man befriends a widowed mother and an elderly man to form a family. This is a tale of survival against all odds and a celebration of Sudan's recent independence.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For more information or to buy tickets go to <a href="http://www.cptonline.org">www.cptonline.org</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Rebecca Hill<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Marketing<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cleveland Public Theatre<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(216) 631 - 2727 ext 212<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>www.cptonline.org<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>