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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">CPT and 250+ local artists join forces in<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">a massive art and performance event at a historic Underground Railroad site in Ohio City<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2015-2016/station-hope-3/">STATION HOPE<o:p></o:p></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2015-2016/station-hope-3/">A BLOCK PARTY WITH
A PURPOSE, AN ARTS EVENT FOR THE PEOPLE,<o:p></o:p></a></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2015-2016/station-hope-3/">A CELEBRATION OF HOPE</a></span></b></span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">**Saturday, April 30th@ 6pm-10pm**<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">St. John’s Episcopal Church in Ohio City<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">2600 Church Avenue, Cleveland<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Free and open to all ages.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Back for a third year, Cleveland Public Theatre’s Station Hope is a free one-night-only multi-arts event inspired by the triumphs
of the Underground Railroad – featuring original dance, theatre, music, spoken word and multimedia performance that celebrates hope and engages with contemporary struggles for freedom and justice. Staged in and around Ohio City’s historic church, Station Hope
is a jubilant, immersive community event, featuring original work created by over 250 professional and community-based artists from across Northeast Ohio, working across many disciplines to address some of the most important issues of our time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Station Hope 2016 is produced by Cleveland Public Theatre, the City of Cleveland and the Hon. Joe Cimperman – with the generous support
of the National Endowment for the Arts’ Our Town grant.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Click the link for a
<a href="https://vimeo.com/159534313">short video trailer</a> on the Station Hope.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Click the link for a Station Hope
<a href="http://www.cptonline.org/station-hope-2015-gallery/">photo gallery</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.cptonline.org">www.cptonline.org</a> | 216-631-2727 x501<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Cathleen O’Malley<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Director of Audience Engagement and Media Relations<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Ph: 216.631.2727 ext. 212 | <a href="mailto:comalley@cptonline.org">
comalley@cptonline.org</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt">See what's playing tonight, go to
</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="http://www.cptonline.org"><i><span style="color:blue">www.cptonline.org</span></i></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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