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<p class="Default" align="center" style="margin-top:.1pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Cleveland Public Theatre presents
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;background:white"><a href="http://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2014-2015/johanna-facing-forward/">JOHANNA: FACING FORWARD</a><br>
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;background:white">May 28<sup>th</sup> – June 13<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;background:white">Written and Directed by Tlaloc Rivas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;background:white">Inspired by the writings of Johanna Orozco and journalist Rachel Dissell of
<i>The Plain Dealer<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;background:white">WORLD PREMIERE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">Inspired by the true story of Johanna Orozco, a Cleveland teen who survived a gunshot wound to the face by her boyfriend
in 2007 and whose story sparked a nation-wide movement against teen domestic violence. Johanna’s story is complex and raises critical questions, but it is also a life-affirming story of triumph. Based on The Plain Dealer’s award-winning series “Facing Forward”
by journalist Rachel Dissell. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">**Produced in conjunction with Teatro Publico de Cleveland.**<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">Click here to read Andrea Simakis’ intimate peek into the creation of
<i>Johanna: Facing Forward<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white"><a href="http://www.cleveland.com/onstage/index.ssf/2015/05/how_a_shocking_story_of_teen-d.html">“How a shocking story
of teen-dating abuse…became the world premiere play <i>Johanna: Facing Forward</i>”</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;background:white">Shows Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Monday at 7:30, CPT’s Gordon Square Theatre<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">Featuring Tania Benites (as Johanna), Becky Aviles, Andrea Belser, Courtney Brown, Arthur Chu, Jason Estremera, Stuart
Hoffman, Letitia Lopez, Gilberto Peņa, Alejandro Rivera and Blanca Salva.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;background:white">May 28-June 13<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;background:white">Tickets $12 - $28 :: Students/Seniors get $3 off<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;background:white">Mondays and Thursdays just $12!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;background:white"><a href="http://www.cptonline.org"><span style="color:windowtext">www.cptonline.org</span></a> | 216-631-2727 x501<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;background:white">6415 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland OH 44102<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">**EVERY FRIDAY</span></b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"> is Free Beer Friday – mingle with artists after the show and enjoy your drinks
on us.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;background:white">Tickets available at
</span><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.cptonline.org"><span style="color:windowtext;background:white">www.cptonline.org</span></a><span style="background:white"> or (216) 631-2727 x501. (And no ticket fees, ever.)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Cathleen O’Malley<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Director of Audience Engagement & Media Relations<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Cleveland Public Theatre<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">(216) 631-2727 x 212<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Onstage at CPT…<b><a href="http://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2014-2015/dontrell-who-kissed-the-sea/"><span style="color:blue">Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea</span></a>
(May 21-June 6) </b>and <b><a href="http://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2014-2015/johanna-facing-forward/"><span style="color:blue">Johanna: Facing Forward</span></a> (May 28-June 13)<o:p></o:p></b></span></i></p>
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