<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><i>Theater Ninjas Brings Melissa James Gibson's Award-Winning Comedy, </i><b>[sic]</b><i>, </i><i>to 78th Street Studios - Followed by a Preview of their Alluring Cabaret Piece </i><b>Tingle-Tangle</b></div><div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><b>March 6-March 15</b></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">8pm Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays & Mondays</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">@ 78th Street Studios, 2nd Floor (1300 W. 78th Street, 44102)</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><b><br></b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><b>Tickets $10-$20 at <a href="http://squareup.com/market/theater-ninjas">http://squareup.com/market/theater-ninjas</a></b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><i>Babette</i>, <i>Theo</i>, and <i>Frank</i> are three neighbors in the midst of life-changing masterstrokes. If Babette can score this book deal, if Theo can finish his roller coaster theme song, and if Frank can launch his auctioneering career, their dreams will come true...or so they think.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></span></div><div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><b>[sic]</b> is about friendship: about giving it your all and not getting a lot back; and about how when things are at their darkest your friends will be there for you, if only because they need to borrow money.</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><i>See the trailer at</i>: <a href="http://vimeo.com/87602609">http://vimeo.com/87602609</a></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">...And following [sic] we'll be staging a special presentation of </span><b style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Tingle-Tangle</b><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">. </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">This upcoming cabaret piece is a night of songs and stories that looks at fear, oppression, and hate speech; but responds with love, compassion, humor, and a desire to understand...right along with some out-and-out <i style="margin-bottom: 0px;">desire</i>! </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><i>Learn more from our recent Cellar Door CLE interview:</i> <a href="http://cellardoorcle.com/site/2014/03/04/theater-ninjas-presents-tingle-tangle-an-interview-with-ray-caspio/">http://cellardoorcle.com/site/2014/03/04/theater-ninjas-presents-tingle-tangle-an-interview-with-ray-caspio/</a></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><i>[sic]</i></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">written by MELISSA JAMES GIBSON</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">directed by PANDORA ROBERTSON</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">starring COURTNEY NICOLE AUMAN, RACHEL LEE KOLIS, RYAN LUCAS, MICHAEL PROSEN & GABRIEL RIAZI</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">lighting by GREG FALCIONE</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">costumes by STEPHANIE FISHER</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">set by VAL KOZLENKO</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">original composition by MICHAEL BRATT</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">stage managed by BRYAN RITCHEY</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><i>Tingle-Tangle</i></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Performed and monologue written by RAY CASPIO<br>Composed and accompanied by SEAN ELLIS<br>"What Makes a Man" by CHARLES AZNAVOUR</span></div></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></span><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><b>ABOUT THEATER NINJAS</b></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">Theater Ninjas is the Food Truck of Cleveland Theater. We’re a nomadic company who seeks out new and exciting spaces to perform, whether that’s the Cleveland Museum of Art or a repurposed recording studio at 78th Street Studios. Working in non-traditional venues gives us an opportunity to reimagine how and why we tell stories, and helps us to create deep, fascinating worlds for the audience to explore.</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; min-height: 14px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">We’re always experimenting, always rethinking what theater can be: as entertainment, as art and as out-of-the-ordinary experiences.</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; min-height: 14px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; ">Web: <a href="http://www.theaterninjas.com/"><span style="text-decoration: underline; letter-spacing: 0px; ">http://www.theaterninjas.com</span></a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; "><span>Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/theaterninjas"><span style="text-decoration: underline; letter-spacing: 0px; ">http://twitter.com/theaterninjas</span></a></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; ">Facebook: <span style="text-decoration: underline; letter-spacing: 0px; "><a href="http://www.facebook.com/TheaterNinjas">http://www.facebook.com/TheaterNinjas</a></span></div></div></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;"><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;">Contact: <a href="mailto:rlucas@theaterninjas.com">rlucas@theaterninjas.com</a></div></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><div><b style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">____________________</b></div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b>Ryan Lucas</b><br>Marketing Coordinator - <a href="http://www.theaterninjas.com/" target="_blank">Theater Ninjas</a><br><a href="tel:(440)%20213-4122" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="telephone" x-apple-data-detectors-result="15">(440) 213-4122</a><br><br>Follow us <a href="https://twitter.com/theaterninjas" target="_blank">on Twitter!</a><br>Like us <a href="http://www.facebook.com/TheaterNinjas?ref=ts&fref=ts" target="_blank">on Facebook!</a></span></div></body></html>