<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14pt"><div><span style="font-size: 19px;">------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span><br></div><div style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span><a href="http://www.examiner.com/article/cleveland-equality-corey-atkins-talks-cleveland-play-house-s-8-event?CID=examiner_alerts_article" style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 127, 0); font-size: 24px;">Cleveland equality – Corey Atkins talks Cleveland Play House’s ‘8’ event</a></span></div><div style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 14px; line-height:
21px;">June 27, 2013 (Cleveland, Ohio) - With the United States in perpetual debate over the gay marriage topic, Cleveland’s </span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Corey Atkins</b><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"> (</span><a href="http://www.examiner.com/article/cleveland-equality-corey-atkins-talks-cleveland-play-house-s-8-event?CID=examiner_alerts_article">Cleveland Play House</a><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"> Artistic Associate—Engagement) shared his thoughts regarding CPH’s groundbreaking reading of “</span><a href="http://www.examiner.com/article/cleveland-equality-corey-atkins-talks-cleveland-play-house-s-8-event?CID=examiner_alerts_article">8</a><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size:
14px; line-height: 21px;">”. Atkins is at the helm as director of this special production, which will run one night only on </span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Sunday, June 30, 2013 at 5:00 p.m at the Allen Theatre in PlayhouseSquare.</b><br></span></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><b><br></b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">“The recent breaking news that the Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal of Proposition 8 is great news - but we all know the work is far from over. That is the case with both marriage equality, and this special benefit performance of “8” as well,” says Atkins.</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(51, 51,
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