<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding-top:9px"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:9px"><table align="left" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0px 9px"><img align="left" alt="" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/609d7d7137b1080f5da35c7b1/images/e8321cb8-09df-4a4c-af2e-d1ae0d6df164.jpg" width="564" class="CToWUd a6T" tabindex="0" style="outline-style: none; max-width: 1022px; padding-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: bottom; border: 0px; display: inline !important;"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="font-family:Helvetica;padding:9px 18px;color:rgb(96,96,96);line-height:13.75px"><h1 style="font-size:40px;margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:50px;letter-spacing:-1px">Three Performances Left!</h1><h3 style="font-size:18px;margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:22.5px;letter-spacing:-0.5px">Don't miss THE MERCHANT OF VENICE!<br><br></h3><p style="font-size:11px;margin:1em 0px;padding:0px"><span style="font-family:arial,'helvetica neue',helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px">It's the final weekend for the production about which <a href="http://cleveshakes.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=609d7d7137b1080f5da35c7b1&id=47ff34d89f&e=baad52a604" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(96,96,96);word-wrap:break-word">Scene Magazine's Christine Howey says</a>:<br><em>"</em><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:20px"><em>All in all, this is one of the best CleveShakes productions this critic has seen (and I've seen a ton), since it takes chances and the audience reaps the benefits. So throw a folding chair into the car and catch this one before it disappears after <span class="aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">August 2</span></span>".</em><br><br>You can heed her advice Friday July 31 at Notre Dame College in South Euclid, or in Tremont's Lincoln Park <span class="aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on Saturday</span></span> and <span class="aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Sunday Aug 1-2</span></span> to kick off their Arts In August programming.<br><br>All performances are provided FREE OF CHARGE, begin at <span class="aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">7pm</span></span>, and have nearby alternate performance spaces in the event of rain.  </span></span></span><br> </p><p style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px"><font size="2">More information is available at <a href="http://www.cleveshakes.org">www.cleveshakes.org</a></font></p><h1 style="font-size:40px;margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:50px;letter-spacing:-1px"><span style="font-size:20px"><font face="arial, helvetica neue, helvetica, sans-serif">CSF at Cleveland World Festival on <span class="aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">August 2</span></span></font></span></h1><p style="font-size:11px;margin:1em 0px;padding:0px"><span style="font-family:arial,'helvetica neue',helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px">The <a href="http://cleveshakes.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=609d7d7137b1080f5da35c7b1&id=924cd93582&e=baad52a604" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(59,89,152);text-decoration:none;font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;line-height:19.3199996948242px;word-wrap:break-word">Cleveland World Festival</a><span style="color:rgb(20,24,35);line-height:19.3199996948242px"> is fast approaching this Sunday, August 2nd, from <span class="aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">11am-9pm</span></span>! The Cleveland Shakespeare Festival </span><span style="color:rgb(20,24,35);line-height:19.3199996948242px">will be presenting a new round of the now-classic "Open Mic Shakespeare" between the Shakespeare Gates and the Croatian Gardens, at <span class="aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">1:00pm</span></span>, <span class="aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">2:30pm</span></span>, and <span class="aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">4:00pm</span></span>. This "Open Mic" will have a sparkling new theme to it: karaoke! Yes, that's right: we will have binders with a selection of speeches and sonnets in them, ready for your perusal and performance! Anyone can take to the stage and show us their chops: no pressure, no judgement, no directing. Like everything CleveShakes, your patronage and indulgence in the works of William Shakespeare is completely free of charge. It is CSF's mission to culturally foster a love of Shakespeare and dispel the myth that the Bard's work is only for the elite. Come on down to WorldFest <span class="aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">this Sunday</span></span> and join the celebration!</span></span></span><br></p><p style="font-size:11px;margin:1em 0px;padding:0px"><br></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div>
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