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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:blue'>Cleveland Public Theatre’s Big Box 2013 kicks off this weekend featuring original works by Christine Howey and Pandora Robertson!<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:red'>TICKETS ARE GOING FAST!!!</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'> – guarantee your seat by purchasing you ticket today!<br>visit <a href="http://www.cptonline.org">www.cptonline.org</a> or call the box office (216) 631 2727 <br><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>January 17 – 19 (Double Bill)</span></strong></span></b><br><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#EF2A04'>Like a Doberman on a Quarter Pounder</span></strong><br><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>Written and Performed by Christine Howey</span></strong><br><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>Directed by Scott Plate<br></span></strong><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>The evening begins with poems, monologues and dialogues all touching on the human condition. Join Howey as she wonders what Beowulf had for breakfast, who decided to make the "k" silent at the start of a word when the letter "n" immediately follows and how it feels to be in forbidden love. <br></span><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>Social commentary, however, turns to the personal when Howey shares her journey from Richard to Christine. Beginning in 1950 as a boy wanting to be a girl and concluding in adulthood, the piece explores the pain, confusion and joy of being a gender that does not match one’s body. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p><strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#EF2A04'>Free Radical and the Late Night Sketchbook:</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'><br></span><strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#EF2A04'>Part 2: The Wedding</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Conceived and Directed by Pandora Robertson</span></strong><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Created by Ensemble</span></strong><br><br><em><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Free Radical and The Late Night Sketchbook</span></em> follows a woman’s journey that begins with a game-changing crisis, the horror of which repels, intoxicates and consumes her. This woman’s journey forces her to come face to face with multiple philosophical questions exploring confession, identity and truth.<br><br>Robertson collaborates with an ensemble of actors using dialogue and movement to consider “What happens when the world passes you by?” Are we remembered by what we confess or by the fanciful narratives we create? What is the boundary between what we think is the truth and what we want the truth to be? <br></span><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:blue'>Join us this Friday, January 18 to celebrate the kick off of Big Box 2013! There will be free food and drinks following the performance.</span></strong><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:blue'> </span></strong><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:blue'><br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'><br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7:00pm</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'> in the James Levin Theatre (please note that the James Levin Theatre is not handicap accessible)<br></span><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>Tickets: General Admission $15 | Students and Seniors $13 | $10 Thursdays<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>Big Box is an 8 week series with new artists each weekend!</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'> Check out the rest of the of the Big Box line up:<br></span><br><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Week #2</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'> <br>January 24 - 26<br><b><a href="http://www.cptonline.org/big-box-13-week-2.php">The Bird Behind the Curtain</a></b><br>Written by Amy Schwabauer<br>Directed by Adam Seeholzer<br><br><b><a href="http://www.cptonline.org/big-box-13-week-2.php">When The Moon Was Green Cheese, The Cracker Maker Was King</a></b><br>Written by Michael Andrews-Hinders<br>Music and Lyrics by Molly Andrews-Hinders<br>Directed by Alison Garrigan<br><br><b>Week #3</b> <br>January 31 - February 2<br><b><a href="http://www.cptonline.org/big-box-13-week-3.php">The World Above Us</a></b><br>Created by Greg D'Alessio<br><br><b>Week #4</b><br>February 7 - 9<br><b><a href="http://www.cptonline.org/big-box-13-week-4.php">Vigil</a></b><br>Written by Vickie L. Williams<br>Directed by Cornell Calhoun III<br><br><b>Week #5</b><br>February 14 - 16<br><b><a href="http://www.cptonline.org/big-box-13-week-5.php">Half Cut</a></b><br>Written by Steve Maistros<br>Directed by Cat R. Kenney<br><br><b><a href="http://www.cptonline.org/big-box-13-week-5.php">An Unforgotten Memory: A Story Unfolded</a></b><br>Conceived and Directed by Kevin D. Marr II<br><br><b>Week #6</b><br>February 21 - 23<br><b><a href="http://www.cptonline.org/big-box-13-week-6.php">The Mechanical Monster: Misunderstood</a></b><br>Choreographed by Megan Lee Nicklos<br>Produced by The Movement Project<br><br><b><a href="http://www.cptonline.org/big-box-13-week-6.php">A Canticle</a></b><br>Directed and Produced by Tony Cintrony<br>Adapted and performed by The Believers<br><br><b>Week #7</b><br>February 28 - March 2 <br><b><a href="http://www.cptonline.org/big-box-13-week-7.php">Love in a Time of Media</a></b><br>Written by Sasha Thackaberry<br>Directed by Amanda Lin Boyd<br><br><b>Week #8</b><br>March 7 - March 9 <br><b><a href="http://www.cptonline.org/big-box-13-week-8.php">These are the Times</a></b><br>Written by David Hansen<br>Directed</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt'> by Mark Cipra</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Don’t miss on these original works by local artists – See you at the theatre!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>More info at <a href="http://www.cptonline.org">www.cptonline.org</a> or call the box office at (216) 631-2727 ext 501<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>