<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><span style="color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.290908813476563px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div><span style="line-height: 16.290908813476563px;"><div class="envelope" align="left" style="float: none;"><font> The Center for Applied Theatre and Active Culture & Wandering Aesthetics proudly present...</font></div><div class="envelope" align="left" style="float: none;"><font><b><i>The Boiling Point: </i>Akron's Alternative Play Reading Series</b></font></div></span></div></span><div style="font-family: arial;"><br></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.290908813476563px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b><i>The Boiling Point</i></b> "keeps it gay" on Aug.12 at 8pm at the Balch Street Theater***</span></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><span style="line-height: 16.290908813476563px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;">as we read the play </span><i style="line-height: 16.290908813476563px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><b>Cock</b></i><span style="line-height: 16.290908813476563px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="line-height: 16.290908813476563px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;">by Mike Bartlett as part of the 2014 Gay Games! </span></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.290908813476563px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.290908813476563px;">Join us – as readers or audience members – for Mike Bartlett's </span><span style="color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.290908813476563px;"><i><b>Cock. </b></i></span></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.290908813476563px;"><i><b><br></b></i></span></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><i>When John takes a break from his boyfriend, he accidentally meets the
girl of his dreams. </i></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><i>Filled with guilt and indecision, he decides there
is only one way to straighten this out… </i></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><i><br></i></div><div style="font-family: arial;">Visit: <a href="http://www.tinyurl.com/boilingpoint3">www.tinyurl.com/boilingpoint3</a> <b>OR</b></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.290908813476563px;">Contact Nici Romo at</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.290908813476563px;"> </span><a href="mailto:Doodlebug7876@aol.com" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.290908813476563px;">Doodlebug7876@aol.com</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.290908813476563px;"> </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.290908813476563px;">for information.</span></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.290908813476563px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.290908813476563px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></div><div><font color="#141823" face="Helvetica, Arial, lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif"><span style="line-height: 16px;"><b><i>The event is completely *FREE* but donations are greatly appreciated! </i></b></span></font></div><div><font color="#141823" face="Helvetica, Arial, lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif"><span style="line-height: 16px;">(Imagine a bunch of Akron's coolest people reading a play out loud and discussing it! </span></font></div><div><font color="#141823" face="Helvetica, Arial, lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif"><span style="line-height: 16px;">Because that's EXACTLY what this!) </span></font></div><div><font color="#141823" face="Helvetica, Arial, lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif"><span style="line-height: 16px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.290908813476563px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font><br></font></span></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.290908813476563px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font><span style="line-height: 16.290908813476563px;"><b><i>The Boiling Point</i></b> is that wild moment where internal pressures surpass outer,</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; font-family: arial;"></span><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.290908813476563px;"><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.290908813476563px;"> triggering a transformation. “Alternative” plays serve as our fuel to ignite the </span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.290908813476563px;"><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.290908813476563px;">minds of Akronites. By reading a diverse array of texts, we set ablaze different </span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.290908813476563px;"><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.290908813476563px;">genres, aesthetics and cultures– especially those works beyond the scope of </span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.290908813476563px;"><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.290908813476563px;">trad</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.290908813476563px;">itional American theatre. The friction between these new encounters and their </span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; font-family: arial;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.290908813476563px;"><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; font-family: arial;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.290908813476563px;">resulting conversations will generate the spark of fresh ideas that will take Akron </span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; font-family: arial;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.290908813476563px;"><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; font-family: arial;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.290908813476563px;">to <i><b>The Boiling Point</b></i>.</span></div><div><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.290908813476563px;"><br></span></div><div><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.290908813476563px;">***220 S. BALCH STREET IN AKRON</span></div></font></span></div></body></html>