<html><body><span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000000; font-size:10pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;text-align: center;"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;" mce_style="font-size: 14pt;">Blank Canvas theatre is announcing our 6th season here in Cleveland! </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><b><br></b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;">Blank Canvas Theatre is dedicated to inspiring a new love for those new to theatre in the Cleveland community, while providing another quality venue for those who already love the arts. The annual season is diverse, designed to attract many different types of theatre-goers – whether you prefer American classics, new works, off-beat musicals, drama, or comedy, you’ll find something to enjoy at Blank Canvas Theatre; all at an affordable price! BCT is one of the most inexpensive professional theaters in town. This season's main shows range from pop-culture horror to classic. Yet to be announced is our Factory Series. This series of shows focuses on new locally written plays while giving the opportunity for local actors, directors, designers, and writers a chance to collaborate on Cleveland premieres and new works. This year's Factory Series will be announced in the coming weeks.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;">~Show poster images for our season can be found at <a href="http://www.blankcanvastheatre.com/" mce_href="http://www.blankcanvastheatre.com" title="www.blankcanvastheatre.com" target="_blank">www.blankcanvastheatre.com</a>~</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva;"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva;"><b>Show Times:</b> Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm. Sundays at 7pm.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva;"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva;"><b>Tickets:</b> $18</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva;">To purchase tickets visit <a href="http://www.blankcanvastheatre.com/" mce_href="http://www.blankcanvastheatre.com" title="www.blankcanvastheatre.com" target="_blank">www.blankcanvastheatre.com</a></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span mce_style="font-size: 10pt;">(440)-941-0458</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva;"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva;"><b>Seating:</b> All seating is general seating.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><b>Parking:</b> Convenient FREE on-site parking is available. <br><br>Purchase your 2017 Season Pass and SAVE!! Season pass holders enjoy special events throughout the year as well as the security of knowing you won't get sold out of any of our 2017 shows. Purchase now to see all five Blank Canvas Theatre primary shows, The Laughter League sketch comedy shows, as well as our Factory Series shows ALL for ONE LOW PRICE. It's like seeing five of our shows for FREE -- that's a $70 savings!!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.blankcanvastheatre.com/season-tickets/" mce_href="http://www.blankcanvastheatre.com/season-tickets/" title="Purchase yours HERE. " target="_blank">Purchase yours HERE. </a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva;"><br></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">___________________________________________<span mce_style="font-size: 10pt;">_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva;"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;text-align: center;"><b><span mce_style="font-size: 18pt;" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 24pt;" style="font-size: 24pt;">Floyd Collins</span></span><u style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><o:p></o:p></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;text-align: center;"><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;" style="font-size: 14pt;"><br></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;" style="font-size: 14pt;">Book by Tina Landau<br>Music and Lyrics by Adam Guettel<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" mce_style="font-size: 14pt;">Additional Lyrics by Tina Landau</span></span><font face="verdana, geneva" style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><o:p></o:p></font></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;text-align: center;"><b><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 18pt;" style="font-size: 18pt;">March 10 - 25</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><strong><br></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><strong>Directed by Patrick Ciamacco</strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><strong>Music Direction by Matt Dolan</strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><strong><br></strong></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;">A hauntingly beautiful musical, based on a true story. In 1925, while chasing a dream of fame and fortune by turning a Kentucky cave into a tourist attraction, Floyd Collins himself became the attraction when he got trapped 200 feet underground. Alone but for sporadic contact with the outside world, Floyd fought for his sanity and ultimately his life as the rescue effort above exploded into the first genuine media circus. Reporters and gawkers from across the country descended on the property, fueling the hysteria and manipulating the nation into holding its collective breath. This haunting musical - one of the most acclaimed in recent years - tells the transcendent tale of a true American dreamer.</div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;">________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;text-align: center;"><b><span mce_style="font-size: 24pt;" style="font-size: 24pt;">Picasso at the Lapine Agile</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;text-align: center;"><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;" style="font-size: 14pt;">By Steve Martin</span><font face="verdana, geneva" style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><o:p></o:p></font></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;text-align: center;"><b><span mce_style="font-size: 18pt;" style="font-size: 18pt;">June 9 – 24</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><strong>Directed by Jonathan Kronenberger</strong></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;">Picasso at the Lapin Agile is a magical look into an imagined conversation between two minds that had a powerful impact on the shape of the 20th century and those lucky enough to have been there to witness it in a neighborhood bar in Paris in 1903. It brings to life Einstein and Picasso, still in their early twenties, as they debate the meaning of art, the power of thought and the essence of everything. Einstein is still toiling in his job at the patent office but is looking for a publisher for his Theory of Relativity, and Picasso is on the verge of painting his revolutionary Les Demoiselles dAvignon.<br><br><o:p></o:p></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;">Written by celebrated comedian and actor Steve Martin, this play is comical and deep, moving and sometimes absurdist, and a profound and rewarding journey for the audience.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;">________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><b><br></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;text-align: center;"><b><span mce_style="font-size: 24pt;" style="font-size: 24pt;">Equus</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;text-align: center;"><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;" style="font-size: 14pt;">By Peter Shaffer</span><font face="verdana, geneva" style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><o:p></o:p></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;text-align: center;"><b><span mce_style="font-size: 18pt;" style="font-size: 18pt;">August 11 - 26</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><strong><br></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><strong>Directed by Patrick Ciamacco</strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><strong><br></strong></div><div class="product-overview-section" style="font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">Dr. Martin Dysart, a psychiatrist, is confronted with Alan Strang, a boy who has blinded six horses in a violent fit of passion. This very passion is as foreign to Dysart as the act itself. To the boy's parents it is a hideous mystery; Alan has always adored horses. To Dysart it is a psychological puzzle that leads both doctor and patient to a complex and disturbingly dramatic confrontation.<o:p></o:p></div></div><div class="product-overview-section" style="font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><div> </div><div><em><strong>*This show contains adult content and nudity.</strong></em></div></div>________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><b><br></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;text-align: center;"><span mce_style="font-size: 24pt;" style="font-size: 24pt;"><b>2017 Blank Canvas Theatre Benefit</b> </span><u style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><o:p></o:p></u></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><b><br></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;text-align: center;"><b><span mce_style="font-size: 18pt;" style="font-size: 18pt;">September 2</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><b><br></b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;">This concert is dedicated to raising money for Blank Canvas Theatre. This ONE-NIGHT event will feature hors d'oeuvres and music from 7:00 to 7:50 pm, followed by an 8:00 pm performance by some of Cleveland's most talented actor-singers! </div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><div> </div><div></div><div></div><div><div></div></div><div>We’ll also have amazing raffle baskets donated by Cleveland’s finest merchants – purchase raffle tickets for $1, and you could win an amazing prize package!</div><div><br></div><div>________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 24pt;" mce_style="font-size: 24pt;"><br></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;text-align: center;"><span mce_style="font-size: 24pt;" style="font-size: 24pt;"><span style="font-size: 24pt;" mce_style="font-size: 24pt;"><b>The Rocky Horror Show</b> </span></span><u style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><o:p></o:p></u></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;text-align: center;"><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;" style="font-size: 14pt;">Book, Music and Lyrics by Richard O’Brien</span><font face="verdana, geneva" style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><o:p></o:p></font></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><b><br></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;text-align: center;"><b><span mce_style="font-size: 18pt;" style="font-size: 18pt;">October 6 - 28</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><b><br></b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><strong>Directed by Patrick Ciamacco</strong></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><strong>Music Direction by Brad Wyner</strong></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><strong>Choreography by Katie Zarecki</strong></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;">Brad and Janet are an innocent young couple who run into some car trouble and decide to ask the inhabitants of a creepy castle for some help. Little do they know one of those inhabitants, Dr. Frank N. Furter, is bent on world domination and creating the “perfect man.” They are soon to be dragged into his unusual and nefarious plans in this campy and fun classic rock musical send-up of 1950s science fiction films. Featuring a rock soundtrack, this unique musical will both involve the audience and whip them into a frenzy.</div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><em><strong>*This show contains adult language and content.</strong></em></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;">________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><b><br></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;text-align: center;"><span mce_style="font-size: 24pt;" style="font-size: 24pt;"><b>Urinetown</b> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;text-align: center;"><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;" style="font-size: 14pt;">Music and Lyrics by Mark Hollmann<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" mce_style="font-size: 14pt;">Book and Lyrics by Greg Kotis</span></span><span mce_style="font-family: verdana, geneva;" style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><b><br></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;text-align: center;"><b><span mce_style="font-size: 18pt;" style="font-size: 18pt;">December 1 -16</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><b><br></b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><strong>Directed by Patrick Ciamacco</strong></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><strong>Music Direction by Matthew Dolan</strong></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><strong>Choreography by Katie Zarecki</strong></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><strong><br></strong></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;">In a Gotham-like city, a terrible water shortage, caused by a 20-year drought, has led to a government-enforced ban on private toilets. The citizens must use public amenities, regulated by a single malevolent company that profits by charging admission for one of humanity's most basic needs. Amid the people, a hero decides that he's had enough and plans a revolution to lead them all to freedom!</div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;">Winner of three Tony Awards, three Outer Critics Circle Awards, two Lucille Lortel Awards and two Obie Awards, <em>Urinetown</em> is an hilarious musical satire of the legal system, capitalism, social irresponsibility, populism, bureaucracy, corporate mismanagement, municipal politics and musical theatre itself! Hilariously funny and touchingly honest, <em>Urinetown</em> provides a fresh perspective on one of America's greatest art forms.</div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><br></div> </span></body></html>