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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Cleveland Public Theatre’s
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Teen STEP Program 2015 presents<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Free theatre in Cleveland parks
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="http://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2015-2016/student-theatre-enrichment-program-step-2015/"><b><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">LOST IN THE WATER</span></b></a><b><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">August 4 – 14
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">About the Show:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Created and performed by the STEP 2015 ensemble,
<i>Lost in the Water</i> is presented as part of CPT’s <i>Performing Water</i> series in connection with the City of Cleveland’s Year of Clean Water. Who dares to venture out to the haunted lighthouse? What unfortunate souls drift with the water-logged wreck?
And who might find jewels of wisdom there? Inspired by the Inuit folktale <i>The Skeleton Woman</i>, Shakespeare’s
<i>The Tempest</i>, the <i>Susanoo-no-Mikoto</i> story of Japan, and the South African myth,
<i>Selekena and the River Goddess, </i>this family-friendly voyage is a powerful collection of tales that explore our deep connection to water, one of our most precious and powerful resources. Come celebrate the creativity of Cleveland’s youth—bring a blanket
or a lawn chair and enjoy FREE theatre in the park!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">About STEP:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Founded in 1995, CPT’s Student Theatre Enrichment Program (STEP) celebrates its 21<sup>st</sup> year of providing rigorous arts education and job training for low income urban teens. STEP
is an 8-week intensive that offers youth the opportunity to earn money while working and training in close collaboration with professional artists. Each year, the CPT Teaching Artists, led by Education Director Chris Seibert, select works of literature that
serve as a starting point for the teens to create an original theatrical production. STEP participants meet five hours per day, five days per week to engage in acting, writing, movement, percussion, voice, dance, technical production and touring while developing
valuable job skills such as timeliness, commitment and teamwork. The program culminates in the creation of an original theatrical production that tours to indoor and outdoor venues across the city. Through STEP, the youth see themselves as positive and inspirational
forces, and watch as their work impacts the larger Cleveland community. Many youth return to the program year after year, eventually going on to assume leadership roles inside of the program.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Cleveland Public Theatre’s STEP 2015 presentation of
<i>Lost in the Water </i>tour dates and locations available at </span></b><a href="http://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2015-2016/student-theatre-enrichment-program-step-2015/"><b><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">www.cptonline.org</span></b></a><b><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">
or by calling 216-631-2727 x 212.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Cathleen O’Malley<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",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:"Arial",sans-serif">Cleveland Public Theatre<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",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:"Arial",sans-serif">Stay tuned…2015-16 Season will be announced July 19<sup>th</sup>!<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></i></p>
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