<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"><div><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">For Immediate Release</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Contact: Christine McBurney, C0-Artistic Director</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="mailto:mamaitheatrecocleveland@gmail.com" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">mamaitheatrecocleveland@gmail.com</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="http://www.mamaitheatreco.org" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">www.mamaitheatreco.org</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><a href="tel:440.394.8353" value="+14403948353" target="_blank">440.394.8353</a></span></p><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(56,118,29);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Growth has Mamai </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(56,118,29);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Theatre Company </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(56,118,29);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Poised </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(56,118,29);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">for its Fourth Season of </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(56,118,29);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Classical Theatre in Cleveland in 2016</span></p><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Cleveland, Ohio, December 9, 2015</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> — </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Now in its fourth season, </span><a href="http://www.mamaitheatreco.org/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Mamai Theatre Company</span></a><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> is pleased to announce exciting growth: additional public and private funding, new General Manager and Education Associate positions, new youth outreach programming, expanded adult outreach programming, and a streamlined summer season, June 2 - September 4, 2016.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,100,0);font-weight:700;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Additional Public & Private Support</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Cuyahoga Arts & Culture has awarded Mamai a</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,100,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">2016 Project Support grant to help fund new youth outreach programming. As a second-time recipient of a CAC grant, Mamai is grateful to the citizens of Cuyahoga County who overwhelmingly passed Issue 8 which funds many artistic organizations and artists in Cleveland. Additionally, increased private support from multiple foundations has enabled Mamai to fund capacity-building initiatives, including new staff positions. Lastly, Mamai gratefully acknowledges an increased number of sponsors and donors who stepped up this past year to support classical theatre in Cleveland. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,100,0);font-weight:700;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Introducing New Staff & Youth Education Outreach</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Mamai welcomes its first General Manager, </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Michael Parker, who will manage operations as of January 1st. Michael is a former board member whose support of </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Mamai</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and familiarity with its mission and programming dates back to </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Mamai’s </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">inaugural season. Co-Founder Wendy Kriss returns to staff as </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Mamai’s first Education Associate. She will steer the new Mamai Matinee program conceived by Co-Founder Derdriu Ring, which invites children ages 5-7 to an interactive workshop full of storytelling, movement, music and visual artwork with new friends. Children will experience a collage of art activities designed to promote self-expression, comfort and confidence in the creative process, and the development of collaboration skills. </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Beginning in the 2016 season, patrons can register children ages 5-7 for this drama workshop in an adjacent location while enjoying Mamai’s Sunday 2:30pm matinee performance. One (1) adult admission is included with child registration fee. See Mamai’s website for details.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,100,0);font-weight:700;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Expanded Adult Outreach </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Mamai will expand its adult programming with community reading discussion events beyond our popular eastside reading and discussion series at the Beachwood branch of Cuyahoga County Public Library in 2015. Events will be free and open to the public. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(56,118,29);font-weight:700;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Mamai’s 2016 Benefit - March 7th - One Night Only!</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:18.6667px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,128,128);font-weight:700;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Women on Fire</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,128,128);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">By Irene O'Garden</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,128,128);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Directed by Juliette Regnier</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(42,31,33);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Mamai's benefit features great food and wine at one of Cleveland's most valued cultural venues, </span><a href="http://www.maltzmuseum.org/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Maltz Museum</span></a><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(42,31,33);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, followed by a staged reading of </span><a href="https://ireneogarden.com/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Irene O'Garden</span></a><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(42,31,33);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">'s WOMEN ON FIRE, featuring some of Northeast Ohio's premiere actresses! </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(42,31,33);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(42,31,33);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">2929 Richmond Rd, Beachwood, OH 44122</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(42,31,33);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">7:00 pm</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(42,31,33);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> ~</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(42,31,33);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(42,31,33);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Wine and Hors d’oeuvres Reception </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-indent:36pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(42,31,33);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> ~</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(42,31,33);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(42,31,33);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Admission to Museum Galleries</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(42,31,33);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">8:00 pm</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(42,31,33);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> ~</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(42,31,33);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(42,31,33);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Staged Reading Performance</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(106,168,79);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Limited Seating! Tickets </span><a href="http://www.mamaitheatreco.org/#!women-on-fire---mamai-benefit/c1eh6" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(106,168,79);font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">here</span></a><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(56,118,29);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">!</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(56,118,29);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">2016 Venue & Ticket Information</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Mamai is thrilled to return downtown to </span><a href="http://www.paccleveland.com/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Cleveland Masonic Performing Arts Center</span></a><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, 3615 Euclid Avenue at E. 36th Street, with free and ample parking in an onsite gated lot, air-conditioning, and ADA-accessibility. Mamai will mount all three of its 2016 productions on the beautiful 1920s proscenium stage inside the DeMolay Room.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:18.6667px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,128,128);font-weight:700;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Top Girls</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,128,128);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">By Caryl Churchill </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,128,128);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Directed by Jaime Bouvier</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">June 2-19, 2016</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,128,128);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,128,128);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,128,128);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,128,128);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,128,128);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Top Girls transgresses ancient to modern femininity in two distinct acts. Act One features an imagined restaurant table full of ladies who lunch... in a time-traveling dialogue from various centuries and cultures in womankind's history! Act Two is a springboard departure into family drama-- a personal examination of relationships between mother, daughter, sister, aunt, and friend. </span></p><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:18.6667px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,128,128);font-weight:700;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Lady Windermere's Fan</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,128,128);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">By Oscar Wilde</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,128,128);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Directed Bernadette Clemens</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">July 14-31, 2016</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Oscar Wilde fans the flames of Edwardian social change with his typical adroitness. Comedy and manners offer a tongue-lashing, suspenseful assault on Victorian values. An attractive stranger invades the domestic bliss of Lady & Lord Windermere, and her past has the potential to drastically alter their future. Lord Darlington plays a hand. All bets hinge on chance, fate, accident... and a fan. </span></p><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:18.6667px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,128,128);font-weight:700;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Woman Hater </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,128,128);font-weight:700;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">- U.S. Premiere!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,128,128);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">By Fanny Burney</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,128,128);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Directed Christine McBurney</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">August 18-September 4, 2016</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:9pt;margin-bottom:9pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">An absurdly satirical indictment of the excesses of both men and women, this 1802 comedy remained unproduced until 2003. When Sir Roderick is jilted by Lady Smatter, he proclaims himself a woman-hater and is determined to keep his young heir away from the opposite sex. Identities are mistaken, social pretensions are deliciously exposed, and the gender constructs of wifely and daughterly duties are boldly upended — bringing forth a new kind of heroine. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:9pt;margin-bottom:9pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">You can </span><a href="http://www.mamaitheatreco.org/#!tickets/cvvh" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">sponsor</span></a><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, </span><a href="http://www.mamaitheatreco.org/#!tickets/cvvh" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">join our mailing list</span></a><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> or </span><a href="http://www.mamaitheatreco.org/#!three-sisters/cguq" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">purchase tickets</span></a><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> online</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">TICKETS: </span><a href="http://sic.brownpapertickets.com/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> </span></a><a href="http://www.mamaitheatreco.org" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">www.mamaitheatreco.org</span></a><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">or <a href="tel:440.394.8353" value="+14403948353" target="_blank">440.394.8353</a> </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Adults: $22</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Seniors (65 & older): $20</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Students (25 & under): $15</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Mamai Theatre Company </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">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></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">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></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">In 2013 </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">The Plain Dealer</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> announced, “Mamai Theatre Company...has made a howling entrance onto the city’s artistic scene” and named their inaugural production, </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Medea</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">, a top-10 theatre event of the year. In 2014 </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">LandofCleve.net</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> added, “</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In only a few short years, Mamai Theatre Company has established themselves as a major player in the Cleveland theatre community</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">." </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We are a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">###</span></p><div><br></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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