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<b><i><span style="font-size:26.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#7030A0">COMPANY</span></i></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A"><br>
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Cleveland State University’s <b>
Department of Theatre and Dance</b>, a Resident Company of Playhouse Square, will open the 2017-2018 Theatre season with the Stephen Sondheim musical,
</span><b><i><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#7030A0">COMPANY</span></i></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#7030A0">OCTOBER 26 – NOVEMBER 5, 2017<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Allen Theatre Mainstage – Playhouse Square<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">7:30 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2:00 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#7030A0">TICKETS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Call</span></i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">: 216.241.6000<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Visit</span></i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">:
<a href="http://www.playhousesquare.org/events/detail/company">playhousesquare.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">In Person</span></i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">: State Theatre Ticket Office, located at 1519 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44115. Tickets are also available 60-minutes prior to performances at
the Allen Theatre Complex.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">A special public
<b><a href="http://www.heardwhatsup.com/">ASL Performance</a> </b>will be presented on Thursday, November 2 with ticket code
<i>ASL</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Two <b>
<a href="http://www.csuohio.edu/class/theatre-dance/dinner-and-show-0">$25.00 Dinner and a Show Nights</a></b> will be offered in partnership with
<b>Elements Bistro on Euclid</b> and available on Fridays, October 27 and November 3 by pre-reservation only by using ticket code
<i><a href="http://www.csuohio.edu/class/theatre-dance/dinner-and-show-0">DIN</a></i>. (Click
<a href="http://www.csuohio.edu/class/theatre-dance/dinner-and-show-0">HERE</a> for more on this deal).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#7030A0">THE STORY<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">On the night of his 35th birthday, confirmed bachelor, Robert, contemplates his unmarried state. Over the course of a series of events, the habitually single Robert is forced to question his adamant retention of
bachelorhood during a hilarious array of interactions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#7030A0">THE CAST<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Cheyenne Bizon (JOANNE), Sarah Blubaugh (AMY), Machala Comenschek (JENNY), Chace Coulter (LARRY), Antonio DeJesus (PAUL), Bridgette Dona (KATHY), Alexa Fatheringham (MARTA), Rebekah Ferro (The VOCAL MINORITY), Mary
Gilchrist (The VOCAL MINORITY), Frank Ivancic (ROBERT), Malik Jones (PETER), Steven Livingston (HARRY), Brooke Myers (SUSAN), Jylian Purtee (The VOCAL MINORITY), Elizabeth Samsa (APRIL), Jamie K. Satterfield (The VOCAL MINORITY), Elizabeth Stewart (SARAH),
and Eric Wloszek (DAVID).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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