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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none">Berea, OH – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">The
Sandalwood Box</i>, by Mac Wellman and directed by Dr. Les Hunter, will be
presented as part of the 2017 Mac Wellman Homecoming Festival as a
co-production of the BW Department of Theatre & Dance and Playwrights
Local. </div>
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text-autospace:none"> </div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none">The festival is a celebration in honor of the groundbreaking
playwright from Cleveland, Ohio. Widely recognized as among the most influential
voices of Off-Off Broadway theater, Wellman has authored dozens of plays, including
national and international productions. He is also regarded as a significant
teacher of playwriting. Wellman heads the Master of Fine Arts program at
Brooklyn College and his teaching has impacted many emerging writers. Mac
Wellman is a major figure in American letters and an essential presence in the
lineage of playwrights from the Cleveland area. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal"><br style="mso-special-character:line-break" clear="all">
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Times;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">The
Sandalwood Box</span></i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Times;color:black;
mso-themecolor:text1"> follows the story of student Marsha Gates, who has lost
her voice to the great Unseen. On her way to speech therapy, she becomes
entangled with Professor Claudia Marshall, a collector of catastrophes. This
surreal short explores trauma and violence inside a fantastical world that is
at once familiar and strange.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Times;color:#343434"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">All performances will also include a showing of Mac
Wellman’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Bitter Bierce</i>, directed by
Christopher Johnston and produced by Playwrights Local.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Times;color:#343434"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">The Sandalwood Box </i>will
be performed both at Baldwin Wallace University and Cleveland State University,
with performances as follows:</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Baldwin Wallace
University</b>:<span style="mso-tab-count:5"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Cleveland State University</b>:</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><u>MACS Acting Studio<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span></u><span style="mso-tab-count:5"> </span><u>Drinko
Hall <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></u></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><u>139 Tressel Street, Berea OH <span style="mso-tab-count:
1"> </span></u><span style="mso-tab-count:4"> </span><u>2001
Euclid Avenue, Cleveland OH</u></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">March 20<sup>th</sup>, 7:30 PM<span style="mso-tab-count:
6"> </span>March
24<sup>th</sup>, 7:30 PM</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">March 21<sup>st</sup>, 7:30 pm<span style="mso-tab-count:
6"> </span>March
25<sup>th</sup>, 3 PM</div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">Admission is free for all shows, but tickets are required
for the shows at Baldwin Wallace University. To make a reservation, contact the
BW box office at (440) 826-2239 or visit the BW ticket website at <a href="http://www.bw.edu/tickets">www.bw.edu/tickets</a>. No tickets are
required for the shows at Cleveland State University. </div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">For more information on the Mac Wellman Homecoming Festival,
visit: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><a href="http://playwrightslocal.org">playwrightslocal.org</a></b></div>
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