<div dir="ltr"><div><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:Calibri">Press Release</span></p>
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<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:Calibri">Ohio City Theatre Project announces two weekends of performances of the world premiere of </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-style:italic;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:Calibri">Free Radical and The Late Night Sketchbook </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:Calibri">at Ohio City’s historic landmark, Saint John’s Episcopal Church, on</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:Calibri;font-weight:bold"></span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:Calibri"><span class="" tabindex="0"><span class="">May 8</span></span>, 9, 10,and 15, 16, 17, of 2014.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:1;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-style:italic;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:Calibri">Free Radical and The Late Night Sketchbook</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:Calibri">, conceived and directed by Pandora Robertson, will be the result of almost two years of work which began in workshop at Cleveland Public Theatre, and a creative residency supported by the Launch Program at PlayhouseSquare. In creating </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-style:italic;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:Calibri">Free Radical and The Late Night Sketchbook,</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:Calibri"> Robertson and an ensemble of seven actors explore the concept of confession through carefully crafted movement and emotionally charged narratives of life-altering events. This theatrical piece poses questions, such as What is the boundary between what we think is the truth and What do we want the truth to be?</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:1;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:Calibri">What promises to be a </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(26,26,26);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">visceral and profoundly affecting theatrical event will take place in the historical and richly poetic architecture of Saint John’s Parish Hall. </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:Calibri">Saint John’s, which was part of the Underground Railroad, is the first consecrated ground in Cuyahoga County. The use of this venue will be a win/win for Saint John’s and OCTP. This creative occupancy will bring vitality and foot traffic to the underutilized landmark in Ohio City, and at the same time will allow OCTP to present exciting new work. OCTP is proud to be part of the comeback of Saint John’s.</span></p>
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<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:Calibri">Shows are <span class="" tabindex="0"><span class="">May 8</span></span>, 9, 15, 16, 17 @<span class="" tabindex="0"><span class="">8 pm</span></span>/ tickets $15</span></p>
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