<div dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-4a423da9-9d0c-e0dd-9332-23ebf833e248"><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"><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"><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">440.394.8353</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">WOMEN ON FIRE: A Benefit for 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></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">Cleveland, Ohio,  February 1, 2016</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> — Mamai Theatre Company announces its 2016 Benefit: WOMEN ON FIRE,  Monday, March 7, 2016 at 7:00 pm at  the </span><a href="http://www.maltzmuseum.org/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage</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><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(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The evening begins with a wine selection, hors d’oeuvres by </span><a href="http://dante.danteboccuzzi.com/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dante</span></a><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and other Cleveland foodie favorites; admission to the </span><a href="http://www.maltzmuseum.org/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Maltz Museum</span></a><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> galleries; a silent auction featuring items from Cleveland’s local, independent, small business and arts organizations including </span><a href="http://www.actorssummit.org/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Actors Summit Theate</span></a><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">r, </span><a href="http://apollosfire.org/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Apollo’s Fire</span></a><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, </span><a href="http://beltmag.com/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Belt Publishing</span></a><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, </span><a href="http://www.clevelandart.org/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Cleveland Museum of Art</span></a><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, </span><a href="http://cowellhubbard.com/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Cowell & Hubbard</span></a><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, </span><a href="http://www.hydeparkrestaurants.com/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hyde Park</span></a><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, </span><a href="http://ontheriseartisanbreads.com/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">On the Rise</span></a><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, </span><a href="http://www.qbds.net/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Quintana’s Barber & Dream Spa</span></a><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, </span><a href="http://www.stone-oven.com/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Stone Oven</span></a><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, </span><a href="http://www.salon180.com/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Salon 180</span></a><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and others.</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">This exciting evening concludes with a rarely performed staged reading of WOMEN ON FIRE by</span><a href="https://ireneogarden.com/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);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(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, directed by Cleveland playwright, actor, and director, Juliette Regnier, and featuring Ursula Cataan*, Maryann Elder, Katrice Head, Julia Kolibab*, Tracee Patterson*, and Jeanne Task (*Member Actors Equity Association). </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">Director Juliette Regnier says O’Garden’s women are “uniquely drawn characters with passion and guts whom you have never met before but you will get to know, fueled by the passion and guts of some of our Cleveland 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(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The New York Times </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">called </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Women on Fire </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">"bewitching ... astounding ... heartbreaking." From ad exec to Midwest mom to caregiver to construction worker, each character is on fire in her own way - with passion, fear, self-discovery, even shopping! O’Garden’s work explores the breadth of women's issues with humor and wisdom.</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">Seating is limited to 50 patrons only and tickets may be purchased at </span><a href="http://www.mamaitheatreco.org" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">mamaitheatreco.org</span></a><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(42,31,33);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> or by phonin</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">g 440.394.8353.</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"><span class="" style="white-space:pre">        </span></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;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">2016 Season Tickets Now On Sale</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">Tickets are on sale now for Mamai’s 2016 Summer Season of classical theatre in Cleveland! Mamai is thrilled to return downtown to </span><a href="http://www.paccleveland.com/" style="text-decoration:none"><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><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">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 class="" style="white-space:pre">    </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 class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,128,128);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span class="" style="white-space:pre">  </span></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">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><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 class="" style="white-space:pre">      </span></span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span class="" style="white-space:pre">      </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 class="" style="white-space:pre"> </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 class="" style="white-space:pre"> </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 class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span class="" style="white-space:pre">      </span></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">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><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 class="" style="white-space:pre">        </span></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><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span class="" style="white-space:pre">       </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 class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span class="" style="white-space:pre">      </span></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);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(39,78,19);font-weight:700;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"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(39,78,19);font-weight:700;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(39,78,19);font-weight:700;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, </span><a href="http://www.mamaitheatreco.org/#!tickets/cvvh" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(39,78,19);font-weight:700;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(39,78,19);font-weight:700;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> or </span><a href="http://www.mamaitheatreco.org/#!tickets-2016/c13ai" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(39,78,19);font-weight:700;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(39,78,19);font-weight:700;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> online</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(39,78,19);font-weight:700;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 are available at </span><a href="http://www.mamaitheatreco.org" style="text-decoration:none"><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">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">  or by phoning 440.394.8353. Adult ticket prices are: $22; 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);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><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="http://www.mamaitheatreco.org" style="text-decoration:none"><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><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><span class="" style="white-space:pre">  </span></span></a></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><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><br></span></div></span><div><br></div>
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