<div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.666666984558105px;line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0.75pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial">Chagrin Falls, Ohio, February 15, 2014 — Following its award-winning inaugural season, </span><a href="http://www.mamaitheatreco.org/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,255);background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Mamaí Theatre Company</span></a><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial"> proudly announces its expanded second season which includes a Benefit / Staged Reading of the rarely performed </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-style:italic;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">James Joyce’s Ulysses in Nighttown</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial">, a co-production with </span><a href="http://theaterninjas.com/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Theater Ninjas</span></a><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial">: the regional premiere of Cleveland playwright Eric Coble’s </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-style:italic;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">Stranded on Earth</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-style:italic;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial"> (the </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial">second play in the “Alexandra trilogy,” whose third play is the current Broadway offering, </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-style:italic;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial">The Velocity of Autumn), </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial">Tom Stoppard’s majestic </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-style:italic;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">Arcadia</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial">,</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-style:italic;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold"> </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial">and Irish playwright Marina Carr’s evocative dreamscape </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-style:italic;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">Woman and Scarecrow</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial">. All productions will be at our new venue location: </span><a href="http://pilgrimchurch.org/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,255);background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Pilgrim Church</span></a><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial"> located at </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial">2592 W 14th St, Cleveland, OH </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial">in Historic </span><a href="http://tremontwest.org/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,255);background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Tremont</span></a><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial">, except </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-style:italic;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">James Joyce’s Ulysses in Nighttown</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial"> which will be held at </span><a href="http://www.nighttowncleveland.com/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,255);background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Nighttown</span></a><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial"> in Cleveland Heights.</span></p>
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<span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial">On </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">Monday, June 16 only</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial">, “Bloomsday,” Brendan Ring, owner of Nighttown,</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial"> 12387 Cedar Rd, Cleveland Heights</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial">, will host a </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">Benefit</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial"> </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">/ Staged Reading: </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-style:italic;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">James Joyce’s Ulysses in Nighttown</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial"> for Mamaí Theatre Company. The play is </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial">dramatized and transposed by Marjorie Barkentin, u</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial">nder the supervision of Padraic Colum, edited by Bill Kennedy, and directed by Artistic Associate Derdriu Ring. Bloomsday c</span><span style="font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">elebrates </span><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Thursday</span><span style="font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> 16 June 1904 as that day is depicted in James Joyce’s novel </span><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Ulysses</span><span style="font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. The day is named after Leopold Bloom, the central character in </span><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Ulysses</span><span style="font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. The novel follows the life and thoughts of Leopold Bloom and a host of other characters – real and fictional – from </span><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">8 am</span><span style="font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> on 16 June 1904 through to the early hours of the following morning. </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial">The benefit evening begins at 5:30 pm sharp with a 3-course Joycean-inspired dinner, designed by Nighttown’s proprietor himself, followed by the staged reading. </span></p>
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<span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">George Roth* (as Leopold Bloom) Christopher M. Bohan* Allan Byrne* Bernadette Clemens*</span></p>
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<span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial">Seating is limited. Tickets are $75 and can be purchased at </span><a href="http://www.mamaitheatreco.org/home/current-season/ulysses-in-nighttown" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">www.mamaitheatreco.org</span></a><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial">.</span></p>
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<span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial">We open season 2 with our first co-production. Mamaí partners with </span><a href="http://theaterninjas.com/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,255);background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Theater Ninjas</span></a><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-style:italic;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold"> </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial">to bring you</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-style:italic;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold"> Stranded on Earth</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial">, written by </span><a href="http://ericcoble.com/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,255);background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Eric Coble</span></a><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial">, Directed by Jeremy Paul, and featuring Artistic Associate Derdriu Ring.
Comprising the middle of Cleveland playwright Eric Coble’s “Alexandra Plays” trilogy, this regional premiere tells the story of visual artist Alexa as she contemplates the exchange between personal freedom and putting down roots against the backdrop of a personal tragedy. This extraordinary one woman show runs </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">June 5-22, 2014.</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial"> Note: this production is in the gym space at Pilgrim Church which is not ADA accessible. It also includes one Monday evening performance.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.666666984558105px;line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial">Mamaí is proud to host a rare theatre event for Cleveland audiences as 10 members of Actors Equity Association gather to self-produce George Bernard Shaw’s masterpiece </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-style:italic;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">Heartbreak House</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">. </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial">The group presents under the auspices of the AEA with a company that includes: Bernadette Clemens*, Paula Duesing*, Mitchell Fields*, Thomas Q. Fulton, Jr.*, Anjanette Hall*, Dana Hart*, John Hedges*, Laura Perrotta*, Juliette Regnier*, George Roth*, and Tom Woodward*. Scenic and Lighting Design by Jason Coale; Sound Design by Cyrus O. Taylor; Costume Design by Inda Blatch-Geib. A favorite 20th Century masterpiece, this eclectic drama features an ensemble of unexpected visitors to an unusual home. Shaw pays tribute to pre-World War I innocence with charming exposure of its ignorance as well. This script for virtuoso artists plays like a haunting symphony that champions human wonder in the face of fear and change </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-style:italic;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial">Heartbreak House </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial">runs </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">June 12-29, 2014</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-style:italic;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">. </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">TICKETS FOR</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-style:italic;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold"> HEARTBREAK HOUSE</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold"> ARE SOLD AT THE DOOR ONLY.</span></p>
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<span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial">Our second production is Tom Stoppard’s majestic </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-style:italic;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">Arcadia, </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial">directed by Co-Artistic Director, Christine McBurney. Part detective story, part love story, part comedy of manners, </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-style:italic;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial">Arcadia</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial"> is also a crash course in mathematics, landscape architecture, literature, and chaos theory. One of the finest plays ever penned toggles between the 19th and 20th centuries investigating the depths of a mystery hermitage, a transitory tortoise, and a brilliant young female mind eluding the historical record. The cast includes: Christopher M. Bohan*, Scott Esposito, Amy Fritsche, Meghan Grover, Charles Hargrave, Khaki Hermann, Stuart Hoffman, Jason Kaufman*, James Lally, Joseph Milan, Michael Regnier, and Valerie Young. Scenic Design by Don McBride; Costume Design by Jenniver Sparano: Lighting Design by Benjamin Gantose; Sound Design by Cyrus O. Taylor. </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-style:italic;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial">Arcadia </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial">runs </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">July 17-August 3, 2014</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial">.</span></p>
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<span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial">Our third production is the regional premiere of </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-style:italic;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">Woman and Scarecrow</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial">, written by Irish playwright, Marina Carr and directed by Pandora Robertson. In a play critics describe as “brilliant” and “imaginative,” a dying woman is visited by a figure called ‘Scarecrow,’ an enigmatic character that might be her alter ego, or a morphine-induced hallucination, or the very thing keeping death at bay. An Irish journey of magical realism, mythology, and transformation. Featuring Co-Artistic Director Bernadette Clemens*, Artistic Associate Derdriu Ring*, James Lally, and Mary Jane Nottage. </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial">Scenic & Costume Design by Inda Blatch-Geib; Lighting Design by Robert Peck. </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-style:italic;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial">Woman and Scarecrow </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial">runs </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">October 30-November 16, 2014.</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-style:italic;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold"></span></p>
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<span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial">Tickets for </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-style:italic;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">James Joyce’s Ulysses in Nighttown, Stranded on Earth, Arcadia, </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">and</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-style:italic;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold"> Woman and Scarecrow</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial">, are now on sale at </span><a href="http://www.mamaitheatreco.org/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">www.mamaitheatreco.org</span></a><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial">. You may also purchase a season subscription and become a sponsor of Cleveland’s newest classical theatre company. Again, tickets for </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-style:italic;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">Heartbreak House</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial"> can only be purchased at the door.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.666666984558105px;line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial">*Actor appears courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association. Unless otherwise noted above, shows run Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:30pm and Sundays at 2:30pm. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Mamaí Theatre Company is proud to partner with the </span><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Games</span><span style="font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> to make them a success! Use discount code CLEARTS to save $30 on the general registration fee. Learn more about the </span><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Games</span><span style="font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> at </span><a href="http://www.gg9cle.com/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">www.GG9CLE.com</span></a><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial"></span></p>
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<span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial">In 2013, the Plain Dealer said,”Mamai Theatre Company has made a howling entrance onto the city’s artistic scene” and named our inaugural production, </span><a href="http://www.cleveland.com/onstage/index.ssf/2013/12/bloody_good_shows_made_clevela.html" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Medea</span><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, a top 10 theatre even</span></a><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial">t of the year. Also, in 2013, The Cleveland Critics’ Circle honored actor </span><a href="http://clevelandtheaterreviews.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Tracee Patterson with a Best Actress Circle Award for her role as Medea</span></a><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial"> in our inaugural production directed by Co-Artistic Director Bernadette Clemens.</span></p>
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<span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial">Mamaí Theatre Company was founded in 2010 by Bernadette Clemens, Wendy Kriss, Christine McBurney, and Derdriu Ring. Mamaí (pronounced </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">Mah' may</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial">) is the Gaelic word for “mother.” Four working mothers, theatre artists, colleagues, and friends arrived at a place where it was time to create opportunities for themselves and their community. “</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-style:italic;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial">Don’t wait to create</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial">” became the inspiration for Mamaí Theatre Company. Our mission is to create intelligent, relevant classical theatre that offers an artistic home for Cleveland's theatre artists, and equal opportunity for women in the professional theatre community.</span></p>
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<span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial">Learn more about us at </span><a href="http://www.mamaitheatreco.org/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Mamaí Theatre Company</span></a><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial"> </span></p>
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<span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial">###</span></p><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="garamond, serif"><a href="http://christinemcburney65.wix.com/christinemcburney" target="_blank">Christine McBurney</a></font></div>
<font face="garamond, serif"><a href="http://www.mamaitheatreco.org" target="_blank">Co-Artistic Director, Mamaí Theatre Company</a><br></font><div><div><font face="garamond, serif"><br></font></div><div><br></div></div></div>
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