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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:teal'>Dobama Theatre proudly presents</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br></span><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#943634'>MIDDLETOWN<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#943634'>by Will Eno</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:.25in;text-align:center;line-height:18.0pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>February 24 – March 18, Thursday through Sunday<br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Preview: February 23<br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Directed by Joel Hammer</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#8C2000'>Tune in to WCPN's AROUND NOON on Tuesday, February 21 to hear an interview with Will Eno and a scene from the play!</span></strong><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#666666'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#666666'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><strong><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>MIDDLETOWN</span></i></strong><em><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> is a deeply moving and funny new play exploring the universe of a small American town. Mary Swanson just moved to Middletown, eager to start a family and enjoy the neighborly bonds a small town promises. But when Mary befriends resident John Dodge, she is quick to discover that below Middletown's unflinchingly honest exterior lies something much more complex. Middletown is a wry, human portrait of a town with two lives, one ordinary and visible, the other epic and mysterious.</span></em><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#57701A'>Join us for Opening Nite on Friday, February 24 and enjoy a post show wine/cheese reception.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Middletown features Dianne Boduszek, Emily Demko, Maryann Elder, Carly Germany*, Robert Hawkes, Jason Markouc, Mark Mayo, Fabio Polanco*, Laura Starnik, and Tom Woodward* <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> (*Member of Actors' Equity Association)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Tickets:<br>Wed/Thu/Sun: $21 regular, $19 senior<br>Fri/Sat: $26 regular, $24 senior<br>STUDENTS/Preview tickets: $10<br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>RUSH: $5 (limited # of tickets available no earlier than five minutes before curtain for patrons 21 & under)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#984806'>FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT <a href="http://www.dobama.org"><span style='color:#984806'>www.dobama.org</span></a></span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dobama Theatre<br>at the Heights Library<br>2340 Lee Road<br>Cleveland Heights, OH<br>(216) 932-3396<br><a href="http://www.dobama.org">www.dobama.org</a><br><br></span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Dobama Theatre is generously supported by many individual donors, and the following foundations and government agencies: The Cleveland Foundation, Cuyahoga Arts and Culture, The Cyrus Eaton Foundation, The George Gund Foundation, The Milton and Tamar Maltz Foundation, the Ohio Arts Council, and Roe Green Foundation. Dobama Theatre is generously funded by Cuyahoga County residents through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture. The Ohio Arts Council helped fund this organization with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans.<br><br>Dobama Theatre’s mission is to premiere the best contemporary plays by established and emerging playwrights. Through educational and outreach programming, Dobama Theatre nurtures the development of theatre artists and builds new audiences for the arts while provoking an examination of our contemporary world.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>