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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00B050'>CPT SALON SERIES:</span></u></b><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00B050'> </span></i></b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Join us for up in the clouds and down in the ground conversatin’ about theatre</span></i><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>. <br></span></i></b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The Salon Series is curated conversations that will provoke our thinking about the practices and purposes of theatre today. </span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>2<sup>nd</sup> Topic of Conversation:</span></u></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><br></span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>From the Ground Up<i>.</i></span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <i>designers and directors talk collaboration</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Sunday, March 30<sup>th</sup> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><br></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>5-7pm in CPT’s Church </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><br></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>6415 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Meet our invited Guests:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4472C4'>Sally Winter (Facilitator)</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> graduated from Baldwin Wallace College, with a degree in Speech and Theatre. She performed throughout the US doing revues and standup comedy with the Act Four Revue. In 1973 she became integrally involved with the movement at Playhouse Square with Ray Shepardson, serving in the Box Office and as House Manager for <i>Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris.</i> Sally has been a staple of the Cleveland arts scene ever since working with Cleveland Area Arts Council, Ohio Arts Council where she helped design the OAC’s international programs, as a private arts consultant, and currently with The Cleveland Foundation’s Creative Fusion Program acting as the Artist Liaison.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4472C4'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4472C4'><a href="http://www.bw.edu/academics/conservatory/academics/mtheatre/faculty/splate/"><span style='color:#4472C4;text-decoration:none'>Scott Plate</span></a> (Director)</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4472C4'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>directed <i>Exact Change</i>, <i>The Rocky Horror Show</i> and <i>Pulp </i>at CPT. Scott appeared onstage here in <i>Gross Indecency: the Three Trials of Oscar Wilde</i>, and in <i>The One Who...,, </i>which he also wrote,<i> </i>in Big Box 2008. Scott’s work in over 150 classical and contemporary productions has been featured on the stages of Severance Hall, Playhouse Square, the Cleveland Play House, Dobama Theatre, the Beck Center, the former Factory and Halle Theatres and Porthouse Theatre. Regionally he has directed or performed at Atlanta’s Alliance Theatre, Seven Stages and the Neighborhood Playhouse, on North Carolina’s Outer Banks in The Lost Colony, and at the Idaho Shakespeare Festival. Recent work includes directing <i>Carousel </i>at Baldwin Wallace University, <i>Love Story: The Musical</i> at the 14<sup>th</sup> Street Theatre and <i>The Little Dog Laughed </i>and performing in <i>Next to Normal</i> at the Beck Center. Upcoming work includes directing <i>‘night, Mother,</i> and performing in <i>Seminar,</i> both at the Beck Center this spring. He is an active voice-over artist with over 300 recording credits, and serves as Music Theatre Department Chair at Baldwin Wallace University.<b><span style='color:#4472C4'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4472C4'>Jenniver Sparano (Costume Designer) </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>has designed at CPT for <i>Titus: A Grand and Gory Rock Musical</i>, <i>M4M</i>, <i>Mrs. Bob Cratchit’s...</i>, <i>G.S.</i>, <i>The</i> <i>Secret Social</i>, <i>Why Torture is Wrong...</i>and <i>The Loush Sisters DO The Nutcracker</i>. She has designed costumes for a variety of Northeast Ohio venues, including Beck Center, Blank Canvas Theatre, Clague Playhouse, convergence-continuum, Dobama, Ensemble, Weathervane Playhouse and the Pickwick and Frolic cabaret stage. In addition to her costume work, she is proud to co-produce an annual musical production to benefit AIDS/HIV service agencies in Cuyahoga and Summit counties. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Mt. Holyoke College, she also studied in Paris and is employed by KeyBank.<b><span style='color:#4472C4'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4F81BD'><a href="http://ianpetroni.com/IP/Welcome.html"><span style='color:#4F81BD;text-decoration:none'>Ian Petroni</span></a></span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4472C4'>(Scenic Designer) </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>grew up near Berkeley, CA and graduated from Vassar College with a degree in Drama and Philosophy. He has been very involved with the Community Arts department of the Cleveland Museum of Art for the past seven years. Ian worked as the Properties Carpenter at the Cleveland Play House for five seasons and has created custom furniture and home improvement projects for clients in the greater Cleveland area. He has designed and built set pieces for GroundWorks Dance Theater and Cleveland Public Theatre, among others. Ian also works as a props master and sculptor, and resides in Tremont with his wife and daughter.<b><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Contact </span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4F81BD'>Emily Ritger</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>, </span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>New Play Associate, <span style='color:black'>for more information, <a href="mailto:eritger@cptonline.org">eritger@cptonline.org</a> <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Emily Ritger</span></i></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>New Play Associate, Cleveland Public Theatre</span></i><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>(216) 631-2727, ext. 210<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>6415 Detroit Avenue<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Cleveland, OH 44102<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>