<div style="text-align:right"><div style="text-align:left"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', serif" size="4"><br></font></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height:20px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', serif"><b><p style="text-align:left;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font:normal normal normal 36px/normal Mistral">
<span style="letter-spacing:0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="6">Ensemble Theatre presents</font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', serif"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="6"> </font></font></span></p>
<p style="text-align:left;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font:normal normal normal 36px/normal Mistral"><span style="letter-spacing:0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', serif"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">a special ticket deal for you! Mention NEOhioPAL and </font><font class="Apple-style-span" size="6" color="#ff0000"><b>Buy One Get One Free</b></font><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">, this weekend!</font></font></span></p>
<p style="text-align:left;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font:normal normal normal 36px/normal Mistral"><span style="letter-spacing:0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', serif"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><br>
</font></font></span></p><p style="text-align:right;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font:normal normal normal 36px/normal Mistral"><span style="letter-spacing:0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', serif" size="6"><b>"If you like 'Waiting for Godot' you will love Lower Ninth!"</b></font></span></p>
<p style="text-align:right;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font:normal normal normal 36px/normal Mistral"><span style="letter-spacing:0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', serif" size="6"><b>-The Midnight Writer </b></font></span></p>
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</b></font></span></div><div style="text-align:right"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height:20px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', serif" size="6"><b>“Lower Ninth” features top-notch acting and universal themes of</b></font></span></div>
<div style="text-align:right"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height:20px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', serif" size="6"><b><br></b></font></span></div>
<div style="text-align:right"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height:20px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', serif" size="6"><b> regret and connectedness that will resonate with people from all walks </b></font></span></div>
<div style="text-align:right"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height:20px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', serif" size="6"><b><br></b></font></span></div>
<div style="text-align:right"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height:20px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', serif" size="6"><b>of life." </b></font></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height:20px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', serif" size="6"><b>-Marjorie Preston, Sun Press</b></font></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Baskerville"><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Baskerville">"Lower Ninth" </span></b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Baskerville">finds two men and a corpse stranded on a roof in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. E-Z is a rebellious young man. Malcolm is a reformed addict who has found strength through religion. Sharing the roof with them is the corpse of Lowboy. Over the course of two stultifying days in the sun, Malcolm and E-Z must battle heat, hunger, their pasts and each other.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Baskerville;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><br>
</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Baskerville;color:rgb(26,26,26)">“Lower Ninth”</span></b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Baskerville;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> is an exploration of faith, survival and mutual redemption.<span> </span>Willimon’s work is sharp and cutting. Its wild air of apocalypse is replete with Old Testament prophets and the raising of the dead.</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Baskerville;color:rgb(72,12,9)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Baskerville;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Baskerville;color:rgb(26,26,26)">The production is directed by Ensemble’s artistic director Celeste Cosentino. Now in her second year as artistic director, Celeste chose the Willimon work because of its immediacy in our memory, the recent tragedy of a city destroyed in a biblical deluge, and the devastation of human lives it leaves in its wake.</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Baskerville;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Baskerville;color:rgb(26,26,26)">The cast of the Ensemble Production includes William Clarence Marshall*, Joseph Primes, and J’Vaughn T. Briscoe (*Member of Actor’s Equity Association). <b>“Lower Ninth” </b>is being performed in Ensemble’s new home in the former Coventry School, 2843 Washington Blvd. in Coventry Village.<span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><i><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Baskerville;color:rgb(72,12,9)"> </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Baskerville"><font color="#660000">“Who knew the submerged houses of New Orleans would be so artistically inspiring? Few modern plays are so completely theatrical. Even in the silence, the show feels alive…..it gives power to a desperate kind of hope. By the moving conclusion, which can be read as either joyous or futile, we are offered another way to think about the darkness.”</font></span><b style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Baskerville;color:rgb(72,12,9)"></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Baskerville;color:rgb(72,12,9)"><span> </span>- VARIETY</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Baskerville"><font color="#000066" size="6">“Lower Ninth”</font></span></b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Baskerville;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> <b>final 4 performances 8pm on Thursday Feb 16,</b> <b>Friday February 17th, Saturday February 18th and 2pm on Sunday, February 19</b></span><sup style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Baskerville;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><b>th</b></span></sup><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Baskerville;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><b>.</b> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Baskerville;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Baskerville;color:rgb(166,28,20)">Just Mention NEOHIOPAL, Buy One Ticket Get a Second Ticket Free!<span> </span></span></b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Baskerville;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span>Single tickets are $20 for Adults, $18 for Seniors and $10 for Students.</span></span></p>
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</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Baskerville;color:rgb(26,26,26)">RUSH STUDENT TICKETS are $5.<span> </span>These tickets are available 15 minutes prior to curtain depending on availablitily.<span> </span></span></p>
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</u></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Baskerville;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><b><u>Free parking</u></b></span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Baskerville;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> is available in the Washington Blvd. lot adjacent to the Coventry School building.<span> </span>Directions to our location can be found on our website. Come to Ensemble shows and walk to the shops and restaurants of Coventry Village!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Baskerville;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Baskerville;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Again, please be advised, “Lower Ninth” contains strong adult language and may not be suitable for younger audiences. </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0px"><font color="#1a1a1a" face="Baskerville"><span style="font-size:19px"><b><i><br></i></b></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Baskerville;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><b>To purchase tickets in advance please visit our web-site <a href="http://www.ensemble-theatre.org/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><span style="color:rgb(32,76,187)">www.ensemble-theatre.org</span></a> or call <a style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><span style="color:rgb(32,76,187)">216-321-2930</span></a>. Email us at <a href="mailto:info@ensemble-theatre.org" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><span style="color:rgb(32,76,187)">info@ensemble-theatre.org</span></a>. </b></span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Baskerville;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Baskerville;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Baskerville"><b><font color="#990000">We look forward to seeing you in our audience!</font></b></span></p>
</span><div><br></div>-- <br><div style="text-align:left"><font color="#330000" size="4" face="garamond, serif"><b><u>PLAY YOUR PART </u></b></font></div><div style="text-align:left"><font color="#330000" size="4" face="garamond, serif"><b>Ensemble Theatre's 2011-2012 Season!</b></font></div>
<div style="text-align:left"><font color="#330000" size="4" face="garamond, serif"><b>NEW SPACE at the Coventry School!</b></font></div><div style="text-align:left"><font color="#330000" size="4" face="garamond, serif"><b>2843 Washington Blvd. Cleveland Hts., OH 44118</b></font></div>
<div style="text-align:left"><font face="garamond, serif" color="#333333"><b><u><br></u></b></font></div><div style="text-align:left"><b><font face="garamond, serif" color="#333333"><u>WAITING FOR LEFTY</u></font></b></div>
<div style="text-align:left"><b><font face="garamond, serif" color="#333333">by: Clifford Odets</font></b></div><div style="text-align:left"><b><font face="garamond, serif" color="#333333">Directed by: Ian Hinz</font></b></div>
<div style="text-align:left"><b><font face="garamond, serif" color="#333333">Oct. 7-Oct. 30</font></b></div><div style="text-align:left"><font face="garamond, serif" color="#333333"><b><br></b></font></div><div style="text-align:left">
<font face="garamond, serif" color="#660000"><b><u>ST. NICHOLAS</u></b></font></div><div style="text-align:left"><font face="garamond, serif" color="#660000"><b>by: Conor McPherson</b></font></div><div style="text-align:left">
<font face="garamond, serif" color="#660000"><b>Directed by: Sarah May</b></font></div><div style="text-align:left"><font face="garamond, serif" color="#660000"><b>Starring: Dana Hart * </b></font></div><div style="text-align:left">
<font face="garamond, serif" color="#660000"><b>Nov. 18-Dec. 11</b></font></div><div style="text-align:left"><b><font face="garamond, serif" color="#333333"><br></font></b></div><div style="text-align:left"><font face="garamond, serif" color="#333333"><b></b><b>PANORAMA of AFRICAN AMERICAN THEATRE IV:</b></font></div>
<div style="text-align:left"><font face="garamond, serif" color="#333333"><b>If not me, who?...If not now, when? </b></font></div><div style="text-align:left"><b style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:garamond,serif">Jan. 12-Feb. 19</b></div>
<div style="text-align:left"><b><u><font face="garamond, serif" color="#660000">SONG FOR CORETTA</font></u></b></div><div style="text-align:left"><font face="garamond, serif" color="#660000"><b>by: Pearl Cleage</b></font></div>
<div style="text-align:left"><font face="garamond, serif" color="#660000"><b>Directed by: Margaret Ford-Taylor</b></font></div><div style="text-align:left"><font face="garamond, serif" color="#660000"><b>January 12-January 29. Thurs-Sundays.</b></font></div>
<div style="text-align:left"><b><u><font face="garamond, serif" color="#333333">LOWER NINTH</font></u></b></div><div style="text-align:left"><font face="garamond, serif" color="#333333"><b>by: Beau Willimon</b></font></div>
<div style="text-align:left"><font face="garamond, serif" color="#333333"><b>Directed by: Celeste Cosentino</b></font></div><div style="text-align:left"><font face="garamond, serif" color="#333333"><b>February 2-February 19. Thurs-Sundays.</b></font></div>
<div style="text-align:left"><font face="garamond, serif" color="#333333"><b><br></b></font></div><div style="text-align:left"><font face="garamond, serif"><b><u>THE COLOMBI NEW PLAYS FESITVAL!</u></b></font></div><div style="text-align:left">
<font face="garamond, serif"><b>3 Plays by 3 Cleveland Playrights!</b></font></div><div style="text-align:left"><font face="garamond, serif"><b>Alternating perfomances! </b></font></div><div style="text-align:left"><font face="garamond, serif"><b>March 8-April 1.</b></font></div>
<div style="text-align:left"><b><u><font face="garamond, serif">DANCING WITH N.E.D.</font></u></b></div><div style="text-align:left"><font face="garamond, serif"><b>Written and Directed by: Tyler Whidden</b></font></div>
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<b><u><font face="garamond, serif">DESTROYING THE LIGHT</font></u></b></div><div style="text-align:left"><font face="garamond, serif"><b>By: Sasha Thackaberry </b></font></div><div style="text-align:left"><font face="garamond, serif"><b>Directed by: Peter Voinovich</b></font></div>
<div style="text-align:left"><b><u><font face="garamond, serif">GROUNDS FOR DISMISSAL</font></u></b></div><div style="text-align:left"><font face="garamond, serif"><b>by: Cindy Dettlebach</b></font></div><div style="text-align:left">
<font face="garamond, serif"><b>Directed by: Celeste Cosentino</b></font></div><div style="text-align:left"><font face="garamond, serif"><b>(Visit Website for Specific Show Dates.)</b></font></div><div style="text-align:left">
<b style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:garamond,serif"><br></b></div><div style="text-align:left"><b style="font-family:garamond,serif"><font color="#660000"><u>GRUESOME PLAYGROUND INJURIES</u></font></b></div><div style="text-align:left">
<font face="garamond, serif" color="#660000"><b>by: Rajiv Joseph</b></font></div><div style="text-align:left"><font face="garamond, serif" color="#660000"><b>Directed: by Fred Sternfeld</b></font></div><div style="text-align:left">
<font face="garamond, serif" color="#660000"><b>April 27-May 20.</b></font></div><div style="text-align:left"><font face="garamond, serif" color="#333333"><b><br></b></font></div><div style="text-align:left"><font face="garamond, serif" color="#330000"><b>TICKETS, SUBSCRIPTIONS, & </b><b>INFORMATION </b></font></div>
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