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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>Cleveland Public Theatre Presents Big Box 2014<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Award-winning New Work Development series returns for 12th year<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>9 workshop productions presented over 7 weeks. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><u><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>WEEK 5 (DOUBLE BILL)<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>March 6, 7 and 8 @ 7pm<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:15.0pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#121212'><a href="http://www.cptonline.org/big-box-14-week-5.php">Sisters</a> & <a href="http://www.cptonline.org/big-box-14-week-5.php">Illuminated Lizard</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:15.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:15.0pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>SISTERS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:15.0pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#121212'>Written by Juliette Regnier, 2013-14 Nord Family Foundation Playwright Fellow<br>Directed by Beth Wood, CPT's Associate Artistic Director</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#121212'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:15.0pt;background:white'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#121212'>Three women ostracized by society meet and form a unique sisterhood on a blasted heath in Scotland. Sisters imagines Shakespeare's witches before they encountered Macbeth, and explores the early events that formed their motivations. This is the third piece in Regnier's trilogy </span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#121212'>(including <i>Shorn </i>(2007) and <i>Soiled </i>(2013)) <i>about the suffering of women and their strength in the face of adversity.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>ILLUMINATED LIZARD<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:15.0pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#121212'>Written and Directed by Carol Laursen</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#121212'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:15.0pt;background:white'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#121212'>The true story of one woman's quest for a way forward-the RIGHT way forward-when her world crumbles in the face of a cancer diagnosis. But as she delves into science, Quakerism, Buddhism, yoga, she finds herself more fragmented than ever... until the Lizard emerges to lead the way forward. Can the ancient and modern tales we tell ourselves bring our lives into balance and hope?<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:15.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#121212'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><b><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>About BIG BOX</span></u></b><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Big Box is the centerpiece of CPT’s award-winning New Work Development initiative, which focuses on giving independent, creative artists the space, time and resources to create new works of theatre, dance, opera and multimedia performance.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Full Big Box ’14 Lineup: <a href="http://www.cptonline.org/theater-show.php?id=219">http://www.cptonline.org/theater-show.php?id=219</a></span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Series runs through March 22<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Performances are <b>Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:00pm</b>, CPT’s James Levin Theatre, 6415 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44102 in Cleveland’s Gordon Square Arts District. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Tickets are $12-$18.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>General Admission $18 | Students and Seniors $15 | $12 Thursdays <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Tickets are available for purchase online at <a href="http://www.cptonline.org">www.cptonline.org</a> or by phone at (216) 631-2727 x 501.<span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Every Friday is Free Beer Friday! Stay after the show to mingle with artists and friends while enjoying a drink or two on CPT. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Cathleen O’Malley<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Director of Audience Engagement & Media Relations<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Cleveland Public Theatre<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>(216) 631-2727 x 212<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:7.5pt'>See what's playing tonight, go to </span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="http://www.cptonline.org/"><i><span style='font-size:7.5pt;color:blue'>www.cptonline.org</span></i></a></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>