<div dir="ltr"><div><b id="docs-internal-guid--a838335-740b-6eac-2a1b-3e629bd3134b"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4318181818181819;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(36,36,36);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">For Immediate Release:</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4318181818181819;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(36,36,36);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">OHIO CITY THEATRE PROJECT PRESENTS</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4318181818181819;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(36,36,36);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(36,36,36);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Bald Soprano </span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(36,36,36);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">BY EUGENE IONESCO</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4318181818181819;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(36,36,36);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Directed by Sarah Greywitt<br class="">
Assistant Director and Stage Manager: Amanda Lin Boyd<br class="">Lighting Design by Kevin Rutan<br class="">Dramaturgy by Arwen Mitchell</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4318181818181819;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt">
<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(36,36,36);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Featuring<br class=""><br class=""></span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(55,55,55);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Robert Hawkes as Mr. Smith</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4318181818181819;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(55,55,55);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Christine McBurney as Mrs. Smith</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4318181818181819;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(55,55,55);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Stuart Hoffman as Mr. Martin</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4318181818181819;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(55,55,55);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Courtney Nicole Auman as Mrs. Martin</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4318181818181819;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(55,55,55);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Cassie Neumann as Mary, The Maid</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4318181818181819;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(55,55,55);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Benjamin Gregg as The Fire Chief<br class="">
</span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(36,36,36);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4318181818181819;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(36,36,36);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">October 11 – October 19, 2013</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4318181818181819;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(36,36,36);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">CLEVELAND, OH (October 1, 2013)—Ohio City Theatre Project is proud to present Eugene Ionesco’s acclaimed absurdist masterpiece in </span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(18,26,13);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Ohio City! What’s up behind the funky language and offbeat behavior? Are there more profound questions about language and society?</span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(36,36,36);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> This one act explores all of this, and more. </span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(36,36,36);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">La Cantatrice Chauve</span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(36,36,36);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (</span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(36,36,36);font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Cântăreața Cheală</span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(36,36,36);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> in Romanian) — translated from </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(11,0,128);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">French</span></a><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(36,36,36);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> as </span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(36,36,36);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Bald Soprano</span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(36,36,36);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> or </span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(36,36,36);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Bald Prima Donna</span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(36,36,36);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> — is the first play written by Ionesco.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4318181818181819;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(36,36,36);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Eugene Ionesco</span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(36,36,36);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> was a </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romania" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(11,0,128);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Romanian</span></a><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(36,36,36);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> playwright who wrote mostly in French, and is one of the foremost figures of the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theatre_of_the_Absurd" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(11,0,128);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Theatre of the Absurd</span></a><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(36,36,36);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. Beyond ridiculing the most banal situations, Ionesco's plays depict in a tangible way the solitude and insignificance of human existence.<br class="">
<br class=""></span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(36,36,36);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Ohio City Theatre Project </span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(18,26,13);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">is committed to pursuing excellence and building community through creative innovation, mentoring, and neighborhood involvement. Actively involved in Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood since summer of 2012, the group continues to re-imagine the neighborhood, making new connections with new people, and transforming Ohio City spaces through the magic of theatre.</span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(36,36,36);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(36,36,36);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Bald Soprano (trans. Allen) is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(36,36,36);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">OHIO CITY THEATRE PROJECT presents</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4318181818181819;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt">
<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(36,36,36);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Bald Soprano</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4318181818181819;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt">
<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(36,36,36);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">By Eugene Ionesco</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4318181818181819;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt">
<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(36,36,36);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Directed by Sarah Greywitt</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4318181818181819;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt">
<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(36,36,36);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">When:</span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(36,36,36);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> October 11 – October 19, 2013<br class="">
</span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(36,36,36);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Where</span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(36,36,36);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">: West Side United Church of Christ<br class="">
</span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">3800 Bridge Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44113<br class=""><br class=""></span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(36,36,36);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Schedule</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4318181818181819;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(36,36,36);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Friday, October 11 at 8:00pm</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4318181818181819;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(36,36,36);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Saturday, October 12 at 8:00pm - SPECIAL BENEFIT PERFORMANCE</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4318181818181819;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(36,36,36);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Friday, October 18 at 8:00pm</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4318181818181819;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(36,36,36);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Saturday, October 19 at 8:00pm</span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(36,36,36);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Tickets</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4318181818181819;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt">
<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(36,36,36);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Tickets for October 11, 18 and 19 are $15 for all seats.<br class=""><br class="">Tickets for the October 12 performance are $25 and include a post show reception with the cast and crew of </span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(36,36,36);font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Bald Soprano</span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(36,36,36);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. The reception will include the chance to mingle with the cast as well as light refreshments.<br class="">
<br class="">Tickets may be purchased via Brown Paper Tickets at </span><a href="http://www.ohiocitytheatreproject.com" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">www.ohiocitytheatreproject.com</span></a><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(36,36,36);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, or at the door the evening of the performance. Reservations recommended.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4318181818181819;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(36,36,36);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Reservations and Press contacts may be made by calling Fred Mowery at 773-290-7508, or email @ </span><span style="text-decoration:underline;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:fredmowery@gmail.com" style="text-decoration:none">fredmowery@gmail.com</a></span></p>
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