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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>CPT is excited to open <b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Akarui</span></i></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>,</span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></b>written by up-and-coming playwright Jen Silverman and directed by our own Executive Artistic Director, Raymond Bobgan.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br>OPENING THIS WEEKEND! – PREVIEW THURSDAY ALREADY SOLD OUT!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br>Join us for the official <b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>opening night Friday May 25 at 7:30</span></b> and stay after the show to mingle with the cast and crew.<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Playing May 24 – June 9: Monday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7:30pm</b><b><i><span style='font-size:22.0pt;color:red'><br>Akarui</span></i><br></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Written Jen Silverman<br>Directed by Raymond Bobgan</span><br></b>A Brazilian musician and a pre-op transboi fall in love over the internet. A murderer seeks redemption as his victim is trapped in an after-life experiment. The witch Baba Yaga and DJ Akarui face off as stories collide in a rave cave at the end of the world.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br>“Akarui, Akarui, it’s almost here,<br>Like a knife to the heart, a sweet bright fear…”<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><br>Featuring Molly Andrews-Hinders, Davis Aguila, Dionne D. Atchison, Roxana Bell, Carly Garinger, Richard Brandon Hall, Fay Hargate, Jeremy Paul, James Alexander Rankin, Amy Schwabauer, Adam Seeholzer, Chris Seibert, Rose Sengenberger, Lew Wallace and Beth Wood.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br>Creative Team Danielle Case (Stage Manager), Benjamin Gantose (Lighting Design), Alison Garrigan (Costume Design), Todd S. Krispinsky (Set Design).<br><br><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:red'>THIS IS THE SHOW YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS!</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br>Be sure to check out <b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>$10 Ticket</span></b> Thursdays and Monday or <b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>FREE BEER Fridays</span></b> - stay after the show to mingle with the cast and crew and enjoy a drink on us!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br>For more information go to http://www.cptonline.org or call the Cleveland Public Theatre Box Office at (216) 631-2727 ext 501<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><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 Coordinator<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>