<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The Kent State performance of FOR PROFIT will be covered by Al Jazeera America and featured on "Real Money" w/ Ali Velshi. </div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">FOR PROFIT (Witness the Exploitation of the American Student) </span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">A
Solo-Play by Aaron Calafato </span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">Where: The Kiva (Main Campus)</span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 13px; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">When: 7pm September 4th <br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">Cost: FREE and OPEN to the public </span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><span
class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><br>*Panel discussion to follow<br><br>FOR PROFIT is a vibrant solo-portrayal of the exploitation of the American college student & the 1 trillion dollar student debt crisis, told through the lens of an unwilling admission adviser at a for-profit institution. <br><br>“The play blends theatrical techniques of storytelling and acting, in the tradition of the late monologist Spalding Gray” -The Chronicle of Education</span><br></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 13px; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><br></span></div><div
style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><b><u>*About Aaron and FOR PROFIT</u></b></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><b><font face="arial, sans-serif">Aaron has gained national attention and received an 2012 emerging artist grant (Puffin Foundation) for his</font><i> Solo-Theater for Social Change</i><font face="arial, sans-serif">.</font></b></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; line-height: 16px;"></span></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>In addition to being accepted to the NYC Fringe Festival, FOR PROFIT has been featured in <span
style="text-decoration: underline; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://www.thenation.com/blog/173137/one-man-play-chronicles-life-admissions-counselor-profit-college" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: none;">The Nation</a>;</span> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/07/student-loan-debt-crisis-aaron-calafato_n_1865428.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Huffington Post</span></a><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">; </span><a href="http://chronicle.com/article/The-Morality-of-a-For-Profit/131417/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline;
white-space: pre-wrap;">The Chronicle</span></a><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">; </span><a href="http://www.campusprogress.com/articles/theatre_of_the_absurd_former_for-profit_college_advisor_takes_his_stor/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Campus Progress</span></a><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">;</span></b><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;"> </span><a href="http://internationalpoliticalforum.com/campus-conservatives-and-progressives-unite-to-raise-awareness-about-student-debt-crisis/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space:
pre-wrap;">International Political Forum</span></a><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">; </span><a href="http://www.ideastream.org/an/entry/45414" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">NPR</span></a><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">; </span><a href="http://www.mpbn.net/Home/tabid/36/ctl/ViewItem/mid/3478/ItemId/23085/Default.aspx" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(NPR) MPBN</span></a><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">; </span><a href="http://www.wyso.org/post/live-excursions-aaron-calafato" target="_blank" style="color:
rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">NPR (WYSO)</span></a><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">; </span><a href="http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/local_news/oh_cuyahoga/28-year-old-cleveland-man-fights-for-student-loan-reform" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">WEWS ABC Channel 5</span></a><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">; </span><a href="http://mobilize.org/2012/09/for-profit-aaron-calafato/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mobilize.org</span></a><span style="vertical-align:
baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">; </span><a href="http://www.pressherald.com/life/go/one-man-one-show-one-message_2012-08-02.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Portland Press Herald</span></a><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">;<a href="http://www.ideastream.org/soi/entry/46063hleen" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"> <u>WCPN</u></a></span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">; </span><a href="http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/college_guide/blog/a_play_about_forprofit_college.php" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Washington
Monthly</span></a><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;"> ; and the </span><span style="text-decoration: underline; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://digitaljournal.com/article/346547" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: none;">Digital Journal</a></span><b><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;"> </span>and even has caught the attention of CNN's Van Jones, whom Aaron will be collaborating with in the 13/14 academic year. </b></font><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><br></span></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px;
background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">Best,</div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Rob, Natalia, Kyle, Aaron </div><div><a href="http://studentdebtcrisis.org/">Student Debt Crisis</a> Team</div></div></body></html>