<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; line-height: 13px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Ideal Sans'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><b>Tingle<i>Tangle</i> Yourself with </b><a href="http://www.theaterninjas.com/"><span style="text-decoration: underline; "><b>Theater Ninjas</b></span></a></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 13px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Ideal Sans'; "><span style="font-family: Arial; font: normal normal normal 15px/normal 'Ideal Sans'; letter-spacing: 0px; "><br></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><b style="font-family: Arial; ">Cleveland, Ohio, September 9, 2014 — </b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">This fall, immerse yourself in an exotic, underground world where the lines of gender and sexuality bend and redefine. </font><br><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Tingle</font><i style="font-family: Arial; ">Tangle</i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> is an evening of personal storytelling, gender-bending songs and no-punches-pulled conversations about sexuality, gender, oppression, hate speech and compassion's transgressive power. This cabaret-inspired performance responds to a conflicted, changing world, with love, empathy, humor and the desire to understand…not to mention some out-and-out desire! </font><br><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">This provocative evening revels in the nuances of identity and how we all use performance to communicate our truest selves to the world. Forming Tingle</font><i style="font-family: Arial; ">Tangle’s</i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> core are monologues and songs by Lead Artist and Theater Ninjas’ Associate Artistic Director Ray Caspio, who draws on his experiences as a married gay man dealing with prejudice, identity and acceptance. An ensemble of actors will perform original comedy sketches and interactive stories, with composition and live accompaniment by Eric M. C. Gonzalez.</font><br><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">“Tingle</font><i style="font-family: Arial; ">Tangle</i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> is a show about compassion and transformation, using the most powerful tool in theater: empathy,” said Caspio. “We’re creating a relaxed, fun place where everyone is welcome and where we say what we truly feel. I call it an avant-garde Muppet Show mixed with Weimar sex and danger. Come in! Enjoy yourself! Laugh! Humor has always been the best way to get to the truth.”</font><br><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Theater Ninjas’ Artistic Director, Jeremy Paul, seconded that thought: “There’s value in hearing someone else’s story. We’re not trying to explain everyone else’s point-of-view, only communicating our own and trusting that simply speaking honestly has the power to change lives. This show is a chance to experience the world through other people’s eyes in the way that only theater can allow.” </font><br><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Tingle</font><i style="font-family: Arial; ">Tangle</i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> will be performed at Guide to Kulchur located next to the Capitol Theatre in the Gordon Square Arts District. “Guide to Kulchur is an incredible forum for empowerment and marginalized voices,” adds Caspio. “There is no more perfect space in Cleveland to be doing a production like this. We’re excited!” </font><br><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Tingle</font><i style="font-family: Arial; ">Tangle</i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> is supported in part by the Ohio Arts Council. Theater Ninjas is also running a Kickstarter Campaign supporting Tingle<i>Tangle</i> thru October 4: <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/779830539/tingletangle"><span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Ideal Sans'; text-decoration: underline; "></span></a><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/779830539/tingletangle">https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/779830539/tingletangle</a><br><br></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">For more information about Tingle<i>Tangle</i>, check out this this preview clip:<br><a href="http://vimeo.com/81190290"><span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Ideal Sans'; text-decoration: underline; ">http://vimeo.com/81190290</span></a> </font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 13px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Ideal Sans'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br>and this interview at CellarDoorCLE: <a href="http://cellardoorcle.com/site/2014/03/04/theater-ninjas-presents-tingle-tangle-an-interview-with-ray-caspio/"><span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Ideal Sans'; text-decoration: underline; "></span></a><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><br><br></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">The Plain Dealer has called Theater Ninjas’ work “one of the most exciting, original and confounding experiences I’ve witnessed.” Jeremy Paul has led Theater Ninjas since their founding and was named Theater Person of the Year by the Plain Dealer, Director of the Year by Christine Howey and was one of the Community Partnership for Arts & Culture’s 2012 Creative Workforce Fellows. Ray Caspio’s performances have been called “riveting” and “transcendent”, and he was recognized as 2014’s Thespian in Cleveland Scene Magazine’s annual People Issue.<br><br>Theater Ninjas is the Food Truck of Cleveland Theater. We’re a nomadic company who seeks out new and exciting spaces to perform. 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. We’re always experimenting; always rethinking what theater can be: as entertainment, as art and as out-of-the-ordinary experiences.<br><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 13px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Ideal Sans'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Tingle<i>Tangle</i></font></b></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 13px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Ideal Sans'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><i>conceived by </i>Ray Caspio</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 13px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Ideal Sans'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><i>directed by </i>Jeremy Paul<br><i>original composition & arrangements by </i>Eric M. C. Gonzalez</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 13px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Ideal Sans'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br><i>featuring </i>Ray Caspio, Katie Beck, Valerie C. Kilmer, Ryan Lucas, Dan Rand & Amy Schwabauer<br><br><i>stage manager </i>Kaitlin Kelly</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 13px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Ideal Sans'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><i>assistant stage manager & dramaturge </i>Christina Dennis<br><i>costume design </i>Kevenn T. Smith</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 13px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Ideal Sans'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><i>lighting design </i>Benjamin Gantose<br></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 13px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Ideal Sans'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 13px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Ideal Sans'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">October 30-November 15</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 13px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Ideal Sans'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Thursday thru Saturday & Mondays @ 8pm<br>Special 11pm late night performance Saturday, November 8</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 13px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Ideal Sans'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br>@ Guide to Kulchur<br>1386 West 65th Street<br>Cleveland, Ohio 44102<br>(this location is not ADA accessible)</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Ideal Sans'; min-height: 14px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Ideal Sans'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Tickets: $5-$20 @ <a href="https://theaterninjas.tixato.com/buy/tingletangle"><span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Ideal Sans'; text-decoration: underline; ">https://theaterninjas.tixato.com/buy/tingletangle</span></a> or (440) 941-1482</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">General Admission: $20</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Ideal Sans'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Ages 16-18: $5</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Ideal Sans'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">18-25/Over 65: $15</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Ideal Sans'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Mondays & Late Night: $10</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Ideal Sans'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Group discounts available for 10 or more</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Ideal Sans'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span style="text-decoration: underline; "><a href="http://www.theaterninjas.com/">theaterninjas.com</a></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "> or (440) 941-1482</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Ideal Sans'; min-height: 14px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Ideal Sans Light'; color: rgb(11, 34, 162); "><span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><i>Contact Ray Caspio, </i><span style="text-decoration: underline; letter-spacing: 0px; "><i><a href="mailto:rcaspio@theaterninjas.com">rcaspio@theaterninjas.com</a></i></span><i><br></i></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Ideal Sans Light'; color: rgb(11, 34, 162); "><span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span style="text-decoration: underline; letter-spacing: 0px; "><br></span></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Ideal Sans Light'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">###</font></i></span></div></body></html>