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face=Georgia>The Cleveland Play House’s intimate, subterranean Outcalt Theatre
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in the footsteps of recent productions of </SPAN><SPAN
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Ives’ </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN
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drama </SPAN><SPAN
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in Fur” and </SPAN><SPAN
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the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play,” </SPAN><SPAN
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Eason’s intriguing “Sex With Strangers” is on stage </SPAN><SPAN
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