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<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#4B08A1">Karamu House + Playhouse Square</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#4B08A1"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#4B08A1"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#4B08A1">present<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#4B08A1">the world premiere of<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Heavy",sans-serif;color:#4B08A1;font-weight:normal">BELIEVE IN CLEVELAND<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Heavy",sans-serif;color:#4B08A1;font-weight:normal">written by DANIEL GRAY-KONTAR<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Heavy",sans-serif;color:#4B08A1;font-weight:normal">directed by TONY F. SIAS<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#4B08A1">June 10, 2017 | 3PM & 7PM</span></strong><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#4B08A1"><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Jelliffe Theatre<o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">GENERAL ADMISSION SEATING.
<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Tickets are
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#4B08A1">FREE
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">but registration is required.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#4B08A1">KARAMU HOUSE</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">, in collaboration
with Playhouse Square and Cleveland Metropolitan School District, will celebrate the 50-year anniversary of Cleveland Mayor Carl Stokes taking office with the world premiere play
<strong><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#4B08A1">BELIEVE IN CLEVELAND</span></i></strong><span style="color:#4B08A1">
</span>on June 10, 2017 at Karamu’s historic Jelliffe Theatre. </span><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">This narrative docudrama about the historic election of Carl B. Stokes, Jr. combines poetry, song, dance, and multimedia. The monologues
and conversations captured here are drawn from source material such as newspaper articles, autobiographical notes, and video clips; however, much of what appears in the piece is comprised of fictionalized accounts of the historical period. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#4B08A1">Directed by Tony F. Sias</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">,<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:indigo"> </span></strong>President
+ CEO of <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#4B08A1">Karamu House</span></strong>,
<em><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#4B08A1">BELIEVE IN CLEVELAND</span></b></em><span style="color:#4B08A1">
</span>is written by Daniel Gray-Kontar, Executive Director of Twelve Literary and Performative Arts Incubator. Student interns from Twelve Arts have also co-written the story. Kontar says, “the piece is a testament to the hope, struggle, and triumph of a
city that set race aside to make history forty years before the election of the nation’s first African American president, Barack Hussein Obama.”
</span><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The presentation will incorporate the spoken word and live music to convey Mayor Stokes’ aspirations and accomplishments. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Tickets are FREE but registration is required.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Tickets are available on a first-come first served basis.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">For tickets visit us online at
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#4B08A1">www.karamuhouse.org</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Or call
<span style="color:#4B08A1">216.795.7077</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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