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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt">CSU Department of Theatre and Dance presents<u><span style="color:#44546A"><br>
</span></u></span></b><b><i><u><span style="font-size:24.0pt;color:red">ROMEO & JULIET</span></u></i></b><b><u><span style="font-size:20.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Cleveland State University’s Department of Theatre and Dance, a Resident Company of Playhouse Square, tells the tale of star-crossed lovers in William Shakespeare’s
</span><b><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:red">ROMEO & JULIET</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">.</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> Playing the Outcalt Theatre in the Allen Theatre Complex of Playhouse Square
<b>March 2-12, 2017</b>, the romantic tragedy is one of The Bard’s most beloved classics.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt">General Ticketing<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Most regular shows run Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., as well as Sundays at 2 p.m. $10 General Admission
<b>Tickets are available by calling 216.241.6000, visiting <a href="http://www.playhousesquare.org/events/detail/romeo-juliet">
playhousesquare.org</a></b>, or buying at the State Theatre Ticket Office, located at 1519 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44115.
<a href="http://www.playhousesquare.org/events/detail/romeo-juliet">Tickets</a> are also available 60-minutes prior to performances at the Allen Theatre Complex. CSU Students, Faculty and Staff can purchase one $5.00 ticket per Valid CSU ID presented at time
of in person purchase.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The Story</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Directed by CSU Associate Professor Dr. Michael Mauldin,
</span><b><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:red">ROMEO & JULIET</span></i></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> is one of Shakespeare’s most recognized masterpieces. Romeo of the Montagues and Juliet of the Capulets fall in love, but their families are embroiled
in an age-old feud, so they marry in secret. When Juliet’s parents betroth her to another, and Romeo gets caught up in the death of a Capulet, these ill-fated lovers are tossed into a whirlwind of wretched fate that leaves both sides shocked and changed for
all time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Director <b>Dr. Michael Mauldin</b> believes that Shakespeare’s actors were swift and dazzling. “I hope to bring the excitement, fun, and heartbreak that Elizabethan audiences witnessed to Cleveland audiences,”
he says.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Junior Theatre Major <b>Sarah Blubaugh</b> (who plays Juliet) agrees. “She’s not the Juliet you’ve seen time and time again. I’m really excited to play her because it’s another chance to show off a strong
female in Shakespeare.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The all CSU Cast includes</span></u></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Alexandra Bair (Lady Capulet), Sarah Blubaugh (Juliet), Chace Coulter (Lord Capulet), John P. Cox (Sampson/Friar John), Lainne Davis (Lady Montague), Jordan Ficyk (Tybalt), Benjamin Gillooly (Abram), Patrick Gladish
(Mercutio) Casie Griffis (Balthasar), TJ Hayes (Friar Lawrence), Katie Huskey (Nurse), Zavier McLean (Prince), Nnamdi Okpala (Paris), Timothy Richard Parks (Lord Montague/Gregory/Apothecary), Daniel Weddell (Benvolio), and Eric Wloszek (Romeo).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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