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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">CPT and 150+ local artists join forces in<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">a massive art and performance event at a historic Underground Railroad site in Ohio City<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"><a href="http://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2014-2015/station-hope-2/">STATION HOPE</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">A BLOCK PARTY WITH A PURPOSE, AN ARTS EVENT FOR THE PEOPLE,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">A CELEBRATION OF HOPE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">**Saturday, May 9<sup>th</sup> @ 6pm**<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">St. John’s Episcopal Church in Ohio City<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">2600 Church Avenue, Cleveland<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Back for a second year, Cleveland Public Theatre’s Station Hope is a free one-night-only multi-arts event that celebrates the triumphs of the Underground
Railroad, the history of St. John’s Church and contemporary struggles for freedom and justice. Staged in and around Ohio City’s historic church, Station Hope is a jubilant, immersive community event, featuring original work created by over 150 professional
and community-based artists from across Northeast Ohio, working across many disciplines to address some of the most important issues of our time.
<u>Free and open to all ages.</u><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">The event will begin at 6:00pm with the dedication of an Ohio Underground Railroad Historical Marker on site at St. John’s Episcopal Church.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#212121"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">For a
<b>short trailer</b> on the Station Hope project, visit: <a href="https://youtu.be/pXIwhSVgW1g">
https://youtu.be/pXIwhSVgW1g</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">For a
<b>photo gallery</b> of last year’s event, visit: <span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.cptonline.org/media/photogallery/station-hope-2014/">http://www.cptonline.org/media/photogallery/station-hope-2014/</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#212121"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#212121">CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#212121;font-weight:normal"><a href="http://www.cptonline.org">www.cptonline.org</a> | 216-631-2727 x501</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Cathleen O’Malley<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Director of Audience Engagement & Media Relations<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Cleveland Public Theatre<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">(216) 631-2727 x 212<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">To see what’s onstage tonight, visit
<a href="http://www.cptonline.org/"><span style="color:blue">www.cptonline.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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