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align=center><B><SPAN><FONT style="face: georgia" face=Georgia>CSU grant gives
more complete coverage of the local theater scene</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><SPAN><FONT
style="face: georgia" face=Georgia>Starting last August, as part of a Cleveland
State University Civic Engagement grant, weekly reviews of community theater
productions across Cuyahoga, Summit, Stark, Lorain, Ashtabula, Geauga, and Lake
counties were performed by a corp of trained arts journalism students under the
guidance of theater critic Bob Abelman.<SPAN> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><SPAN><FONT
style="face: georgia" face=Georgia><SPAN>The reviews were printed and/or posted
in numerous local newspapers, including the </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT
face=Georgia><SPAN><FONT style="face: georgia">News-Herald, the
</FONT></SPAN><SPAN><FONT style="face: georgia">Morning Journal, the Cleveland
Jewish News, the </FONT></SPAN><SPAN><FONT style="face: georgia">Chagrin Valley
Times, and the Plain Press.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><SPAN><FONT
style="face: georgia" face=Georgia>The grant, which is designed to creatively
connect the campus with the community by fostering partnerships outside of the
university, continues until May and currently features the writing of Eric Kish,
Gwendoyln Kochur and Roman Macharoni.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><SPAN><FONT
face=Georgia>The first review of the new year featured the Chagrin Valley Little
Theatre’s current production of “Moonlight and Magnolias” (<A
title=http://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/news/culture/
href="http://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/news/culture/">http://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/news/culture/</A>).</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><SPAN><FONT
face=Georgia>Up next is Clague Playhouse’s “Love From A Stranger.”
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><SPAN><FONT
face=Georgia>And the grant has just been renewed for a second
year.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><SPAN><FONT
style="face: georgia" face=Georgia>If your local community theater has not
received coverage or if your local newspaper is not part of that coverage, have
them contact <A
href="mailto:r.abelman@csuohio.edu">r.abelman@csuohio.edu</A>.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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