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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:Georgia">For Immediate Release</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:Georgia">Contact: Christine
McBurney, Co-Producing Artistic Director</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"><a href="mailto:mamaitheatrecocleveland@gmail.com">mamaitheatrecocleveland@gmail.com</a></span><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"><a href="file://localhost/tel/216.382.5146">216.382.5146</a></span><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(56,118,29)">Mamai Theatre Company</span></b><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(56,118,29)">Presents</span></b><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(56,118,29)">THREE
SISTERS</span></i></b><b><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(56,118,29)"> by Anton Chekhov</span></b><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black">Cleveland, Ohio, May 9, 2015</span></b><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"> — </span><span style="font-family:Times"><a href="http://www.mamaitheatreco.org/"><span style="font-family:Georgia">Mamai Theatre Company</span></a></span><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"> opens its third season with new private and public funding
grants, two new venues, and a production of </span><span style="font-family:Times"><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/Anton_Chekhov_with_bow-tie_sepia_image.jpg"><span style="font-family:Georgia">Anton
Chekhov</span></a></span><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black">'s beloved classic,
THREE SISTERS, directed by Co-Producing Artistic Director, Bernadette Clemens.</span><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(56,118,29)">THREE SISTERS</span></i></b><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black">THREE SISTERS</span></i><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"> follows
Olga, Masha, and Irina as they struggle to let go of their past and to
shape their future. A domineering sister-in-law, romance, soldiers, and money
all challenge the Prozorov family’s happiness and unity. With artful
depiction of three very different women, Chekhov fascinates audiences with his
ability to articulate the chaos or peace of a single moment and the comedy of
life’s struggles.</span><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black">Director Bernadette Clemens
notes: “<i>THREE SISTERS</i> is like a
very fine still-life painting. The play has rich composition, intriguing
contrast, and dark shadow highlighting the most delicate, ephemeral detail. It
is everything we suspect a classic of a major playwright to be. Just when we
enjoy the most infinitesimal, personal moment --a clock striking, a top
spinning, finding a loose fork on the terrace-- Chekhov invites us to peek at
the gaping, universal experience: love, war, time. Only Chekhov lets us laugh
this way at the very things that are so frustrating, so mysterious about
living. In <i>THREE SISTERS, </i>as
in all of Chekhov’s plays, life is never about the future. It is inevitably,
torturously, gloriously, and comically about the present moment.”</span><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(19,79,92)">Three Sisters</span><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(19,79,92)">by Anton Chekhov</span><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(19,79,92)">Directed by Bernadette
Clemens</span><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black">Scenic
Design by Don McBride</span><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black">Costume
Design by Debbie Marino</span><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black">Sound
Design by Bernadette Clemens</span><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black">Lighting
Design by Jeff Lockshine</span><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><font color="#000000" face="Georgia">Live
Music by Joseph Milan, Accordion </font><span style="color:black;font-family:Georgia">&
Joshua Smalley, Violin</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><span style="color:black;font-family:Georgia"><br></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black">JUNE 4 - 21, 2015 </span></b><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times"><a href="http://www.paccleveland.com/"><span style="font-family:Georgia">Cleveland
Masonic Performing Arts Center</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(42,31,33)">DeMolay Room</span><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(42,31,33)">3615 Euclid Avenue</span><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(42,31,33)">Cleveland, Ohio 44115</span><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(42,31,33)">Thursdays - Saturdays at 7:30 pm</span></i><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(42,31,33)">Sundays at 2:30 pm</span></i><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"><br>
<b>With, as the Three Sisters:</b></span><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black">Natalie Green</span><sup><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black">+</span></sup><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"> <i>as Olga</i></span><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black">Anjanette Hall* <i>as Masha</i></span><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black">Meghan Grover <i>as Irina</i></span><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black">And:</span></b><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black">Tom Woodward* <i>as Vershinin</i></span><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black">Robert Hawkes <i>as Chebutykin</i></span><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black">Nate Miller <i>as Tuzenbach</i></span><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black">Curt Arnold <i>as Kulygin</i></span><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black">Shawn Mann <i>as Andrei</i></span><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black">Hillary Wheelock <i>as Natasha</i></span><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black">Tony Zanoni</span><sup><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black">+</span></sup><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"> <i>as Solyony</i></span><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black">Ryan Stafford <i>as Fedotik</i></span><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black">Patrick D. Mooney <i>as Rohde</i></span><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black">Bernice Bolek <i>as Anfisa</i></span><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black">Stephen Vasse-Hansell <i>as Ferapont</i></span><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black">Joseph Milan <i>as Accordion/Ensemble</i></span><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black">Joshua Smalley <i>as Violin/Ensemble</i></span><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black">Kayla McDonald <i>as Maid/Ensemble</i></span><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"> *Actor appears courtesy of Actors’
Equity Association</span></i><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"> </span></i><i><sup><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black">+</span></sup></i><i><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black">Equity
Membership Candidate</span></i><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:green">Sunday, June 6th post-show talk-back event:</span></i></b><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(12,52,61)">ANTON CHEKHOV'S PLAYS: LAUGH, LOVE, LIVE!</span></i></b><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(12,52,61)">With Special Guest, Tom Fulton</span></i></b><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(12,52,61)">Veteran director of THREE SISTERS, THE SEAGULL,</span></i><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(12,52,61)">& THE CHERRY ORCHARD</span></i><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(12,52,61)">Director, Academy for the Performing Arts</span></i><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(12,52,61)">Former Artistic Director, Center Repertory Theatre, Phoenix
Theatre Ensemble, Cain Park Summer Theatre, Cleveland Theatre Company, &
Fairmount Center for the Arts</span></i><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(12,52,61)">Former 5-year Company Member, The Cleveland Play House</span></i><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(12,52,61)">& the Cast of THREE SISTERS</span></i></b><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black">TICKETS: </span></b><span style="font-family:Times"><a href="http://sic.brownpapertickets.com/"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black;text-decoration:none"> </span></a><a href="http://www.mamaitheatreco.org/"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black">www.mamaitheatreco.org</span></a></span><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"> or <a href="file://localhost/tel/216.382.5146">216.382.5146</a></span><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black">Adults: $22</span></b><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black">Seniors (65 & older): $20</span></b><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black">Students (25 & under): $15</span></b><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black">Air-Conditioned. Ample free parking in gated lot and on street.
Open seating with the exception of press and sponsors. Please arrive early.</span></i><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black">Mamai Theatre Company </span></b><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black">was
co-founded in 2010 by Bernadette Clemens, Wendy Kriss, Christine McBurney, and
Derdriu Ring. Mamai (pronounced Mah' may) is the Gaelic word for “mother.” Four
working mothers, theatre artists, colleagues, and friends arrived at a place
where it was time to create opportunities for themselves and their community.
“Don’t wait to create” became the inspiration for Mamai Theatre Company.</span><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black">Our mission is to create intelligent, relevant classical theatre
that offers an artistic home for Cleveland's theatre artists, and equal
opportunity for women in the professional theatre community.</span></b><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black">In 2013 <i>The Plain Dealer</i> announced, “Mamai
Theatre Company...has made a howling entrance onto the city’s artistic scene”
and named their inaugural production, <i>Medea</i>,
a top-10 theatre event of the year. In 2014 <i>LandofCleve.net</i> added, “In only a few short years, Mamai
Theatre Company has established themselves as a major player in the Cleveland
theatre community. We are a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.</span><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(19,79,92)">Subscription Series Continues with...</span></i></b><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(19,79,92)">A Streetcar Named Desire</span><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(19,79,92)">by </span><span style="font-family:Times"><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/Tennessee_Williams_NYWTS.jpg"><span style="font-family:Georgia">Tennessee
Williams</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(19,79,92)">Directed by Mitchell
Fields</span><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black">JULY 16 - AUGUST 2, 2015</span><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times"><a href="http://www.paccleveland.com/"><span style="font-family:Georgia">Cleveland
Masonic Performing Arts Center</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(42,31,33)">DeMolay Room</span><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(42,31,33)">3615 Euclid Avenue,
Cleveland, Ohio 44115</span><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:green">Sunday, July 19th post-show talk-back event:</span></i></b><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black">TENNESSEE WILLIAMS ON STAGE & SCREEN<br>
With Special Guest, Mitchell Fields<br>
</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black">Director
of A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE &<br>
Adjunct Professor of Film and Theatre, Baldwin Wallace University</span></i><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black">& the cast of <b>A
STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE</b></span></i><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black">Air-Conditioned. Ample free parking in gated lot and on street.
Open seating with the exception of press and sponsors. Please arrive early.</span></i><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(19,79,92)">Death and the Maiden</span><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(19,79,92)">by </span><span style="font-family:Times"><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/DorfmanA1.jpg/250px-DorfmanA1.jpg"><span style="font-family:Georgia">Ariel
Dorfman</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(19,79,92)">Directed by Katia P.
Schwarz</span><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black">SEPTEMBER 17 - OCTOBER 4,
2015</span><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times"><a href="http://www.playhousesquare.org/venues/detail/kennedys-theatre"><span style="font-family:Georgia">Kennedy's
at Playhouse Square</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(42,31,33)">1501 Euclid Avenue,
Cleveland, Ohio 44115</span><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:green">Sunday, September 20th & 27th talk
back events:</span></i></b><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';color:black">Sunday, September 20th</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';color:black"><br>
<b>LIVING UNDER A DICTATORSHIP<br>
</b>Panelists will include guests who have experienced life under dictatorship.<br>
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<b>Sunday, September 27th<br>
HEALING FROM TRAUMA</b><br>
Panelists will include Alexander Leslie, Director of Prevention Programs from
the Cleveland Rape Crisis Center.</span></i><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black">Air-Conditioned. Ample area garage and street parking. Open
seating with the exception of press and sponsors. Please arrive early.</span></i><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(42,31,33)">Note: This production
venue is <i>not</i> ADA
Accessible.</span><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times"><a href="http://www.mamaitheatreco.org/"><span style="font-family:Georgia">www.mamaitheatreco.org</span><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black;text-decoration:none"> </span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"><a href="mailto:mamaitheatrecocleveland@gmail.com">mamaitheatrecocleveland@gmail.com</a></span><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>
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