<html><body><span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000000; font-size:10pt;"><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;"><div align="center" _mce_style="text-align: center; font-size: 16pt;"><div><div align="center" _mce_style="text-align: center; font-size: 16pt;" style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span mce_style="font-size: 18pt;" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;">With a performance on Thursday, it's perfect for theatre people to attend!</span></span></span></div><div align="center" _mce_style="text-align: center; font-size: 16pt;" style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span mce_style="font-size: 18pt;" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></span></span></div><div align="center" _mce_style="text-align: center; font-size: 16pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 18pt;" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;" mce_style="font-size: 18pt;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TN5hKOyHB5Y" mce_href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TN5hKOyHB5Y" title="CLICK HERE to watch a trailer for THE 39 STEPS!!" target="_blank">CLICK HERE to watch a trailer for THE 39 STEPS!!</a></span></span></span></span></div><div align="center" _mce_style="text-align: center; font-size: 16pt;" style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span mce_style="font-size: 18pt;" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></span></span></div><div align="center" _mce_style="text-align: center; font-size: 16pt;" style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span mce_style="font-size: 18pt;" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" mce_style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" mce_style="font-size: 14pt;"><i> "It’s hard to find a whole show that’s as funny and engaging as the first act of The 39 Steps</i><i>. It’s a treasure trove for Hitchcock fans, and everyone else for that matter."</i> </span></span></span></span></span></div><div align="center" _mce_style="text-align: center; font-size: 16pt;" style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span mce_style="font-size: 18pt;" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" mce_style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" mce_style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" mce_style="font-size: 14pt;">- Christine Howey (Cleveland Scene)</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div align="center" _mce_style="text-align: center; font-size: 16pt;" style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span mce_style="font-size: 18pt;" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" mce_style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" mce_style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" mce_style="font-size: 14pt;"><br></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div align="center" _mce_style="text-align: center; font-size: 16pt;" style=""><i><span mce_style="font-size: 18pt;" style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 18pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" mce_style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" mce_style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" mce_style="font-size: 14pt;">“The 39 Steps is a romp from beginning to end. </span></span></span></span></span></span><span mce_style="font-family: verdana, geneva;" style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" mce_style="font-size: 14pt;">Every cinematic cliché, every cloak-and-dagger genre convention, and every Hitchcockian quirk is accentuated in this immensely clever play." </span></span></i></div><div align="center" _mce_style="text-align: center; font-size: 16pt;" style=""><span mce_style="font-family: verdana, geneva;" style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" mce_style="font-size: 14pt;">- Bob Abelman (Cleveland Jewish News)</span></span></div><div align="center" _mce_style="text-align: center; font-size: 16pt;" style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span mce_style="font-size: 18pt;" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" mce_style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" mce_style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" mce_style="font-size: 14pt;"><br></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div align="center" _mce_style="text-align: center; font-size: 16pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 18pt;" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" mce_style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" mce_style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" mce_style="font-size: 14pt;"><i><font color="#333333">"Combine equal parts film noir, Alfred Hitchcock and laughing gas, stir in a generous amount of manic costume changes and double entendres and obscure references and you have the Blank Canvas </font>production of The 39 Steps.”</i></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div align="center" _mce_style="text-align: center; font-size: 16pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 18pt;" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" mce_style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" mce_style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" mce_style="font-size: 14pt;">- Mark Horning (<a target="_blank" href="http://Axs.com">Axs.com</a>)</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div align="center" _mce_style="text-align: center; font-size: 16pt;" style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span mce_style="font-size: 18pt;" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" mce_style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" mce_style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" mce_style="font-size: 14pt;"><br></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div align="center" _mce_style="text-align: center; font-size: 16pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 18pt;" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" mce_style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" mce_style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" mce_style="font-size: 14pt;"><i>"If your theater liking is for improbable plot twists, and extended ridiculousness, the Blank Canvas production makes for a chucklefest and should delight you."</i> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div align="center" _mce_style="text-align: center; font-size: 16pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 18pt;" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" mce_style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" mce_style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" mce_style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" mce_style="font-size: 14pt;">- Roy Berko (<a target="_blank" href="http://Cleveland.com">Cleveland.com</a>)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div align="center" _mce_style="text-align: center; font-size: 16pt;" style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span mce_style="font-size: 18pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;"><br></span></span></div><div align="center" _mce_style="text-align: center; font-size: 16pt;" style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><br></div><div align="center" _mce_style="text-align: center; font-size: 16pt;" style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><strong><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 18pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 24pt;"><br></span></span></span></strong></div><div align="center" _mce_style="text-align: center; font-size: 16pt;" style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><strong><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 18pt;" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 24pt;" style="font-size: 24pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" mce_style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;" mce_style="font-size: 18pt;">Blank Canvas Theatre</span></span></span></span></span></strong></div></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><div _mce_style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span mce_style="font-size: 18pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;">presents</span></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span mce_style="font-size: 18pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></span></div><div><div style=""><span mce_style="font-size: 24pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 18pt;"><i style=""><span style="font-size: 18pt;" mce_style="font-size: 18pt;">Alfred Hitchcock's</span></i></span></span></div><div><strong><span mce_style="font-size: 36pt;" style="font-size: 36pt;">The 39 Steps</span></strong></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><strong><br></strong></div><div><span mce_style="font-size: 18pt;" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" mce_style="font-size: 12pt;">Adapted by Patrick Barlow</span></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><br></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><strong><br></strong></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><strong>Directed by Patrick Ciamacco</strong></div></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><br></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><b><br></b></div><div><span mce_style="font-size: 36pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 18pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 24pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 18pt;"><b><span mce_style="font-size: 36pt;" style="font-size: 36pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 24pt;" style="font-size: 24pt;"><span style="font-size: 36pt;" mce_style="font-size: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 24pt;" mce_style="font-size: 24pt;">March 17 - 19</span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span><br></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><b>Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00pm</b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><br></div><div align="center" style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><font face="Times New Roman"><br></font></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><b><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 24pt;" style="font-size: 24pt;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;" mce_style="font-size: 18pt;">Tickets: $18</span></span></span></b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><br></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><font face="Times New Roman"><br></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;">To purchase tickets for this show <a href="http://www.blankcanvastheatre.com/the-39-steps-tickets/" title="CLICK HERE." target="_blank">CLICK HERE.</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;"><br>To view images from this show <a href="http://www.blankcanvastheatre.com/2016-season-photos/the-39-steps/" mce_href="http://www.blankcanvastheatre.com/2016-season-photos/the-39-steps/" title="CLICK HERE." target="_blank">CLICK HERE.</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;"><br></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;">To view the cast for this show <a href="http://www.blankcanvastheatre.com/the-39-steps-cast/" title="CLICK HERE." target="_blank">CLICK HERE.</a></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva;"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva;"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva;"><div><div>Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have <em>The 39 Steps</em>, a fast-paced whodunit for anyone who loves the magic of theatre! This 2-time Tony® and Drama Desk Award-winning treat is packed with nonstop laughs, over 150 zany characters (played by a ridiculously talented cast of 4), an on-stage plane crash, handcuffs, missing fingers and some good old-fashioned romance!</div><div>In <em>The 39 Steps</em>, a man with a boring life meets a woman with a thick accent who says she's a spy. When he takes her home, she is murdered. Soon, a mysterious organization called "The 39 Steps" is hot on the man's trail in a nationwide manhunt that climaxes in a death-defying finale! A riotous blend of virtuoso performances and wildly inventive stagecraft, <em>The 39 Steps</em> amounts to an unforgettable evening of pure pleasure!</div><div> </div><div><div><span mce_style="font-size: 18pt;"><b><br></b></span></div><div align="center" _mce_style="text-align: center;"><a target="_blank" shape="rect" _mce_shape="rect" _mce_style="font-size: 14pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 18pt;"><b>Get your tickets NOW!!</b></span></a></div></div></div><font face="verdana, geneva" size="2"></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span mce_style="font-size: 18pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;"> <b>Blank Canvas Theatre</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span mce_style="font-size: 18pt;">(at 78th Street Studios)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span mce_style="font-size: 18pt;">1305 West 78th Street, Suite 211. Cleveland, OH 44102</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva;"><i><br></i></div></div></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><br></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><b>Blank Canvas Theatre provides professional quality productions, placing emphasis on entertainment at affordable prices.</b></div></div></div> </span></body></html>