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<p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%"><font color="#2b313c"><font face="Helvetica, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px;"><b><br></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><p align="left" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-indent: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; text-align: center; line-height: 16px; "><font color="#2b313c" style="text-indent: 0px !important; "><font face="Helvetica, serif" style="text-indent: 0px !important; "><font size="4" style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-size: 14pt; "><span style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-style: normal; "><b style="text-indent: 0px !important; ">Project1voice (Cleveland) presents </b></span></font></font></p><p align="left" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-indent: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; text-align: center; line-height: 16px; "><font color="#2b313c" style="text-indent: 0px !important; "><font face="Helvetica, serif" style="text-indent: 0px !important; "><font size="4" style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-size: 14pt; "><span style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-style: normal; "><b style="text-indent: 0px !important; ">A Benefit national staged reading of </b></span></font></font></font></p><p align="left" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-indent: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; text-align: center; line-height: 16px; "><font color="#2b313c" style="text-indent: 0px !important; "><font face="Helvetica, serif" style="text-indent: 0px !important; "><font size="4" style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-size: 14pt; "><span style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-style: normal; "><b style="text-indent: 0px !important; "> </b></span></font></font></font></p></span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><p align="left" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-indent: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; text-align: center; line-height: 16px; "><font color="#2b313c" style="text-indent: 0px !important; "><font face="Helvetica, serif" style="text-indent: 0px !important; "><font size="4" style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-size: 14pt; "><span style="text-indent: 0px !important; "><b style="text-indent: 0px !important; "><i>for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf </i></b></span></font></font></p><p align="left" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-indent: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; text-align: center; line-height: 16px; "><font color="#2b313c" style="text-indent: 0px !important; "><font face="Helvetica, serif" style="text-indent: 0px !important; "><font size="4" style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-size: 14pt; "><span style="text-indent: 0px !important; "><b style="text-indent: 0px !important; ">by Ntozake Shange </b></span></font></font></font></p><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; "><font color="#2b313c" style="text-indent: 0px !important; "><font face="Helvetica, serif" style="text-indent: 0px !important; "><font size="4" style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-size: 14pt; "><span style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-style: normal; "><b style="text-indent: 0px !important; "><br></b></span></font></font></font></div></span></font></font></font></p><p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#2b313c" face="Helvetica, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px;"><b><i><br></i></b></span></font></p>
<p align="left" style="text-align: center;margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%; "><font color="#2b313c"><font face="Helvetica, serif"><font size="4" style="font-size: 14pt"><span style="font-style: normal"><b>RAINEY
INSTITUTE</b></span></font></font></font></p>
<p align="left" style="text-align: center;margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%; "><font color="#2b313c"><font face="Helvetica, serif"><font size="4" style="font-size: 14pt"><span style="font-style: normal"><b>1705
East 55th Street</b></span></font></font></font></p>
<p align="left" style="text-align: center;margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%; "><font color="#2b313c"><font face="Helvetica, serif"><font size="4" style="font-size: 14pt"><span style="font-style: normal"><b>Cleveland,
Ohio 44103</b></span></font></font></font></p>
<p align="left" style="text-align: center;margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%; "><font color="#2b313c"><font face="Helvetica, serif"><font size="4" style="font-size: 14pt"><span style="font-style: normal"><b>7:30
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<p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%"><font color="#2b313c"><font face="Helvetica, serif"><font size="4" style="font-size: 14pt"><span style="font-style: normal"><b>Directed
by </b></span></font></font></font><font color="#1a1a1a"><font face="Helvetica, serif"><font size="4" style="font-size: 14pt"><span style="font-style: normal"><b>Dale</b></span></font></font></font><font color="#2b313c"><font face="Helvetica, serif"><font size="4" style="font-size: 14pt"><span style="font-style: normal"><b>
Shields </b></span></font></font></font></p>
<p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%"><font color="#2b313c"><font face="Helvetica, serif"><font size="4" style="font-size: 14pt"><span style="font-style: normal"><b>(</b></span></font></font></font><font color="#204cbb"><font face="Helvetica, serif"><font size="4" style="font-size: 14pt"><span style="font-style: normal"><u><b>iforcolor.org</b></u></span></font></font></font><font color="#2b313c"><font face="Helvetica, serif"><font size="4" style="font-size: 14pt"><span style="font-style: normal"><b>
and Black Theatre - African American Voices)</b></span></font></font></font></p>
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<p align="left" style="text-align: center;margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%; "><font color="#2b313c"><font face="Helvetica, serif"><font size="4" style="font-size: 14pt"><span style="font-style: normal"><span style="font-weight: normal">The
cast features:</span></span></font></font></font></p>
<p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%"><font color="#2b313c"><font face="Helvetica, serif"><font size="4" style="font-size: 14pt"><span style="font-style: normal"><b>Mariama
Whyte*, </b></span></font></font></font><font color="#2b313c" style="text-indent: 0px !important; "><font face="Helvetica, serif" style="text-indent: 0px !important; "><font size="4" style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-size: 14pt; "><span style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-style: normal; "><b style="text-indent: 0px !important; ">Nina Dom</b></span></font></font></font><font color="#2b313c" style="text-indent: 0px !important; "><font face="Helvetica, serif" style="text-indent: 0px !important; "><font size="4" style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-size: 14pt; "><span style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-style: normal; "><b style="text-indent: 0px !important; ">ing</b></span></font></font></font><font color="#2b313c" style="text-indent: 0px !important; "><font face="Helvetica, serif" style="text-indent: 0px !important; "><font size="4" style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-size: 14pt; "><span style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-style: normal; "><b style="text-indent: 0px !important; ">ue Glover*, </b></span></font></font></font><font color="#2b313c"><font face="Helvetica, serif"><font size="4" style="font-size: 14pt"><span style="font-style: normal"><b>Kimberly Brown, </b></span></font></font></font><font color="#2b313c"><font face="Helvetica, serif"><font size="4" style="font-size: 14pt"><span style="font-style: normal"><b>Maha McCain, Pia Long, Benita Rahman, Sabrina
McPherson.</b></span></font></font></font></p>
<p align="left" style="text-align: center;margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%; "><font color="#2b313c"> </font><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><font color="#2b313c"><font face="Helvetica, serif"><span style="font-style: normal; "><span style="font-weight: normal; ">*</span></span></font></font><font color="#2b313c"><font face="Helvetica, serif"><span style="font-style: normal; "><span style="font-weight: normal; ">Actors
appear courtesy of Actors Equity Association (Theatre Authority)</span></span></font></font></font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%"><font color="#2b313c"><font face="Helvetica, serif"><font size="4" style="font-size: 14pt"><span style="font-style: normal"><span style="font-weight: normal">Production
Stage Manager is Debra Rose.</span></span></font></font></font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%"><font color="#2b313c"><font face="Helvetica, serif"><font size="4" style="font-size: 14pt"><span style="font-style: normal"><b>~
TALK-BACK PANEL ~ </b></span></font></font></font></p>
<p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%"><font color="#2b313c"><font face="Helvetica, serif"><font size="4" style="font-size: 14pt"><span style="font-style: normal"><b>Dianne
McInt</b></span></font></font></font><font color="#2b313c"><font face="Helvetica, serif"><font size="4" style="font-size: 14pt"><span style="font-style: normal"><b>yr</b></span></font></font></font><font color="#2b313c"><font face="Helvetica, serif"><font size="4" style="font-size: 14pt"><span style="font-style: normal"><b>e
- Heather E. Burton, </b></span></font></font></font><font color="#2b313c"><font face="Helvetica, serif"><font size="4" style="font-size: 14pt"><span style="font-style: normal"><b>Ph.D.</b></span></font></font></font><font color="#2b313c"><font face="Helvetica, serif"><font size="4" style="font-size: 14pt"><span style="font-style: normal"><b>
- Donna M. Whyte, </b></span></font></font></font><font color="#2b313c"><font face="Helvetica, serif"><font size="4" style="font-size: 14pt"><span style="font-style: normal"><b>Ph.D.</b></span></font></font></font><font color="#2b313c"><font face="Helvetica, serif"><font size="4" style="font-size: 14pt"><span style="font-style: normal"><b> - </b></span></font></font></font>
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<p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%"><font color="#2b313c"><font face="Helvetica, serif"><font size="4" style="font-size: 14pt"><span style="font-style: normal"><b>LaToyia
Jones</b></span></font></font></font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%"><font color="#334a83"><font face="Helvetica, serif"><font size="4" style="font-size: 14pt"><span style="font-style: normal"><span style="font-weight: normal">http://youtu.be/klPdL9I9W2w</span></span></font></font></font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%"><font color="#2b313c"><font face="Helvetica, serif"><font size="4" style="font-size: 14pt"><span style="font-style: normal"><b>Tickets
available on-line or at the door.</b></span></font></font></font></p>
<p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#334a83" face="Helvetica, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px;"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/project1voice-benefit-2014-for-colored-girls-tickets-11290964579" target="_blank">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/project1voice-benefit-2014-for-colored-girls-tickets-11290964579</a></span></font></p><p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#334a83" face="Helvetica, serif"><br></font></p>
<p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%"><font color="#535353"><font face="Georgia, serif"><font size="4"><i><b>Project1voice,
a national non-profit organization whose</b></i></font></font></font></p><p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(83, 83, 83); font-family: Georgia, serif; "><i><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><b>mission is to strengthen and
promote African-American theatre and its playwrights. Since its
inception in 2010, 25 theatres and organizations across the country
have celebrated African-American playwrights by presenting one of
their plays on the third Monday in June. Here in Cleveland, we are
excited to present this choreopoem at Rainey Institute on Monday,
June 16th at 7:30 pm. </b></font></i></span></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><b><font color="#535353"><font face="Georgia, serif"><i>The
reading will be directed by </i></font></font><font color="#1a1a1a"><font face="Georgia, serif"><i>Dale</i></font></font><font color="#535353"><font face="Georgia, serif"><i>
Shields, who has produced and directed previous Project1Voice
plays in Cleveland (Trouble In Mind, The Amen Corner, and A Soldier's
Play) to full houses. We have an extraordinary cast this year
with talent ranging from Broadway and regional actresses to amazing
ingenues who will give Cleveland a powerful performance of this
provocative and profound piece of theatre. The cast features
Mariama Whyte, Nina Domingue Glover, Kimberly Brown, Maha McCain,
Sabrina McPherson, Pia Long and Benita Rahman. </i></font></font></b></font></p>
<p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><b><font color="#535353"><font face="Georgia, serif"><i>Following
the performance, we will have a talk back with the cast along with a
dynamic panel of women including Dianne McIntyre (renowned
choreographer/dancer), Heather E. Burton, </i></font></font><font color="#535353"><font face="Georgia, serif"><i>PhD</i></font></font><font color="#535353"><font face="Georgia, serif"><i>
(author/speaker/educator), Donna </i></font></font><font color="#535353"><font face="Georgia, serif"><i>M.
</i></font></font><font color="#535353"><font face="Georgia, serif"><i>Whyte,
</i></font></font><font color="#535353"><font face="Georgia, serif"><i>PhD</i></font></font><font color="#535353"><font face="Georgia, serif"><i>
(African-American history lecturer), and LaToyia Jones (Founder of I
Am Alive on Purpose). </i></font></font></b></font></p>
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