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<!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5">WATCH A PREVIEW VIDEO OF <i>1,000 HIlls </i>here:</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8NGl95mMFg"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8NGl95mMFg</font></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:Calibri">Heads Up Productions’<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-family:Calibri">1,000
Hills <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:Calibri">A play by Akron native India Burton<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:Calibri">Presented as part of Cleveland Public Theatre’s Big
Box Series<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px; "> Akron’s Heads Up Productions presents </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px; "><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal">1,000 Hills,</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px; "> a world premiere play by Akron native India Burton, as
part of Cleveland Public Theatre’s Big Box Series. As genocidal violence erupts
in Rwanda, three tourists confront serious moral dilemmas and their principles
are profoundly tested. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px; "><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">1,000 Hills</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px; ">
asks: In a time of crisis, what are our responsibilities to one another? A
workshop production of the play was called<b> “gripping” </b>and one audience member
said <b>“I sat on the edge of my seat throughout.”</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-family:Calibri">1,000
Hills </span></i><span style="font-family:Calibri">is directed by Benjamin
Rexroad, Heads Up’s Managing Artistic Director. Performances will be held in the
James Levin Theatre at Cleveland Public Theatre, located at 6415 Detroit Ave,
Cleveland. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Performance dates are
Thursday, January 19<sup>th</sup> through Saturday, January 21st.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>All performances are at 7 pm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Tickets are $10 on Thursday and $15 on
Friday and Saturday. Friday is “Free Beer Friday” where </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Calibri;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">artists and patrons are invited to hang out in
the lobby following the show, enjoy a free beer or glass of wine and talk about
what they’ve seen. Tickets can be purchased by calling 216.631.2727 ext. 501 or
online at </span><a href="http://www.cptonline.org"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:
16.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">www.cptonline.org</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Calibri;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">.</span><span style="font-family:Calibri"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%"><span style="font-family:Calibri">The ensemble includes: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri">TJ Jozsa from Stow, Ohio<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri">Nici Romo from Stow, Ohio<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri">Kevin Patterson from
Cleveland, Ohio<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri">Eric Vanderpool from
Tallmadge, Ohio<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri">Courtney Black from
Cleveland Heights, Ohio</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri">Jeannette Blackwell from
Chicago, Illinois<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri">Taylor R. Adams from
Copley, Ohio<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri">Priscilla Kaczuk from Solon,
Ohio<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri">Sarah Jones from Akron,
Ohio</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Calibri">Playwright:
India Burton from Akron, Ohio<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Calibri">Director:
Benjamin Rexroad from Coventry, Ohio<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Calibri">Vocal
Coach: Kim Woodworth from Aurora, Ohio</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:200%"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><u><span style="font-family:Calibri">Heads
Up shares the stage<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%"><span style="font-family:Calibri">Three actors, three inspirations, one journey. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%"><span style="font-family:Calibri">Newly founded <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Mamai
Theatre Company</b> performs <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">To the
Sea...</i>, a devised theatre piece, to offer an exciting artistic exchange
between the musicality and imagery in John M. Synge's lyrical <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Riders to the Sea</i>, the goals of Etienne
Decroux techniques and the immediacy and spontaneity of Jacques Lecoq. The
blend of these two traditions in physical theatre maximize the rhythm and
articulation of Synge's text within a heightened style. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-family:Calibri">To The
Sea…</span></i><span style="font-family:Calibri"> will play back-to-back with <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">1,000 Hills.</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span style="font-family:Calibri">Now in its<a name="_GoBack"></a> 10th
year</span></b><span style="font-family:Calibri">, Big Box provides local
artists with the opportunity to create and produce new work. Over seven weeks,
Big Box includes eleven world premiere workshop showings of theatre, dance,
music and genre-defying performances. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>