<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><b> BLACK CAT LOST</b></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"> <i>by Erin Courtney</i></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">and featuring...</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"> <b>THE REFRAIN</b></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"> <i>Originally devised for 2011's A-Ten-Tion Span</i></span></div><div><div class="page" title="Page 2"><div class="section" style="background-color: rgb(100.000000%, 100.000000%, 100.000000%)"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'IdealSans'; font-weight: 600"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: IdealSans;"><b><i>Oct 24-26, 28 Oct 31, Nov 1-2, 4 Nov 7-9</i></b></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: IdealSans; font-size: 12pt;"> —Waterloo Arts— —Survival Kit @78th Street Studios— —Summit Artspace—</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'IdealSans'">TICKETS: </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'IdealSans'; color: rgb(0.000000%, 0.000000%, 60.000004%)"><a href="http://blackcatlost.brownpapertickets.com">http://blackcatlost.brownpapertickets.com</a></span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'IdealSans'">/</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'IdealSans'"> General Admission: $20<br>
Thursdays: $15<br>
Mondays: $10</span></p><p><span style="font-family: IdealSans; font-size: 12pt;">Under 25/Over 75: $15 </span></p></div></div></div></div></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"> <b>Theater Ninjas</b> leap into the air and kick off their first touring show with the world premiere of Erin Courtney's <b style="font-style: italic;">Black Cat Lost</b>!</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"> The Ninjas need your help in a ritual of rememberance. Sliding between the philosophical and the personal, the intimate <b><i>Black Cat Lost </i></b>uses poetic movement and sound to meditate on the beauty of our impermanent relationships with the world and each other. Erin Courtney’s dynamic text draws on zen poetry, silent film imagery, fiction and memoirs to invoke individual and universal themes. Characters and stories appear and disappear with ease, creating a sincere, funny, and surprising kaleidoscope of life, death and the unseen.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"> But where do you come in? Audiences will be invited to participate in games inspired by ritual that deepen the experience of the show. Each unique performance of <b><i>Black Cat Lost </i></b>will be shaped by the audience’s own memories, thoughts and voices.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"> Each performance will be accompanied by <b><i>The Refrain</i></b>, a surprising devised musical interlude previously seen at <i>A-Ten-Tion Span</i> (2011).</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"> Select West-Side performances will also provide a sneak peek into the Ninjas' upcoming original caberet feature: <b><i>Tingle-Tangle.</i></b> This up-close piece examines queer identity, hate speech, oppression and love; in tune with</span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"> songs inspired by Weimar Berlin.</span></div><div><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: IdealSans; font-weight: 600;">October 24 - 28</span></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: IdealSans;"><i>Waterloo Arts</i><br>15605 Waterloo Rd. Cleveland, OH 44110</span></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: IdealSans; font-weight: 600;">October 31 - November 4</span></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: IdealSans;"><i>78th Street Studios — Survival Kit</i> 1300 West 78th St.<br>Cleveland, OH 44102</span></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: IdealSans; font-weight: 600;">November 7 - 9</span></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: IdealSans;"><i>Summit Artspace</i><br>140 East Market St., 2nd Floor Akron, OH 44308</span></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: IdealSans;">Thursdays thru Saturdays and Mondays @ 8pm </span></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: IdealSans;"><i>Late Night Show: November 2 @ 11pm</i></span></p></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Directed by Jeremy Paul</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Starring: Ray Caspio, </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Lauren Joy Fraley, and </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Sarah Moore</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">The Refrain with: Tania Benites, </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Ray Caspio, and </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Sarah Moore</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Tingle-Tangle with: Sean Ellis, and Ray Caspio</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Stage Manager: Kaitlin Kelly</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Costume Design: Kevenn T. Smith</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Lighting Design: Ben Gantose</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Sound Design: Patrick Stoops</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Lobby Design: Joan Hargate, and Ryan Lucas</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></div><div>
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