<html><body><span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000000; font-size:10pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><div _mce_style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: left;"><div align="center" _mce_style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;"><div _mce_style="text-align: center;"><div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;"><span mce_style="color: #000000;">In this day and age, "fake news" is just one click away. Well, it's nothing new. Trapped in a cave in 1925, Floyd Collins became one of the first media sensations of the 20th century. </span><span mce_style="color: #000000;">Throughout the ordeal </span><span mce_style="color: #000000;">virtually every American who wanted to stay up-to-date with news coming out of Cave </span><span mce_style="color: #000000;">City got their information from yellow journalists, who sensationalized and falsified </span><span mce_style="color: #000000;">stories to gain attention and revenue. Come check out the real story behind the events that helped make Floyd Collins the greatest caver ever known!</span><span mce_style="color: #000000;"> </span>The story of Floyd Collins is a retrospective piece of American history that importantly reminds us of the good and bad in human nature, and how reactions to history making and life changing events never truly change.</span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;"><br></span></div><div><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;" style="font-size: 14pt;">Blank Canvas Theatre</span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">presents</div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><br></div><div><strong><span mce_style="font-size: 36pt;" style="font-size: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;" mce_style="font-size: 18pt;"><span style="font-size: 36pt;" mce_style="font-size: 36pt;">FLOYD COLLINS</span></span></span></strong></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><br></div><div><div class="item-list"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;">Book and Additional Lyrics by Tina Landau</span></div><div class="item-list"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" mce_style="font-size: 12pt;">Music and Lyrics by Adam Guettel</span></span></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva;"><b><br></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><b><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;"><i><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" mce_style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" mce_style="font-size: 12pt;">A musical inspired by the true story of a man in search of his American Dream.</span></span></span></span></i></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><b><span mce_style="font-size: 18pt;" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 24pt;" style="font-size: 24pt;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;" mce_style="font-size: 18pt;"><span style="font-size: 24pt;" mce_style="font-size: 24pt;">March 10 - 25</span></span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva;"><br></div><font face="verdana, geneva"> </font><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">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;"> </div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva;"><b><br></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><div><b><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 24pt;" style="font-size: 24pt;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;" mce_style="font-size: 18pt;">Tickets: $18</span></span></span></b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;">Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00pm.</span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;">Sundays at 7:00pm</span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><br></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><font face="Times New Roman"><br></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;">To purchase tickets for this show <a href="http://www.blankcanvastheatre.com/floyd-collins-tickets/" title="CLICK HERE." target="_blank">CLICK HERE.</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;"><br></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;"><font face="verdana, geneva">To view a poster for the show <a href="http://www.blankcanvastheatre.com/floyd-collins/" title="CLICK HERE" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a></font></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva;"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva;"><font face="verdana, geneva">To see a CAST & STAFF list for this production,<a href="http://www.blankcanvastheatre.com/floyd-collins-cast/" mce_href="http://www.blankcanvastheatre.com/floyd-collins-cast/" title=" CLICK HERE." target="_blank"> CLICK HERE.</a></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva;"><font face="verdana, geneva"><br></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva;"><font face="verdana, geneva">To see images from the show, <a href="http://www.blankcanvastheatre.com/2017-season-photos/floyd-collins/" mce_href="http://www.blankcanvastheatre.com/2017-season-photos/floyd-collins/" title="CLICK HERE." target="_blank">CLICK HERE.</a></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva;"><br></div></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"> </div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><br></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><div><div _mce_style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: left;"><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 18pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;"> <b>Blank Canvas Theatre</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 18pt;">(at 78th Street Studios)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 18pt;">1305 West 78th Street, Suite 211. Cleveland, OH 44102</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><i><br></i></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><b>Blank Canvas Theatre provides professional quality productions, placing emphasis on entertainment at affordable prices.</b></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><div><div align="center"><br></div></div></div> </span></body></html>