<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-family:-webkit-standard;font-size:18px"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px"> </span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-family:-webkit-standard;font-size:18px"><span class="s2" style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">Holy Trinity</span></p><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;font-family:-webkit-standard;font-size:18px;border:1px solid transparent" dir="auto"><span class="s2" style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">Cultural Arts Center</span><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;padding-left:36px">​</span><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;padding-left:36px">​</span><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;padding-left:36px">​</span><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;padding-left:36px">​</span><img src="x-apple-ql-id://CC1BC8D5-E01D-4C28-9A01-9669676D42B3/x-apple-ql-magic/FFACD6EA-6BFA-4AC4-AA71-5B168B740771.jpg" class="s3" style="width: 90px; height: 100px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 16px; position: absolute; z-index: -1; opacity: 0.25;"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;padding-left:36px">​</span></div><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-family:-webkit-standard;font-size:18px"><span class="s4" style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;text-decoration:underline">For </span><span class="s4" style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;text-decoration:underline">Immediate Release</span><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;padding-left:36px">​</span><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;padding-left:36px">​</span><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;padding-left:36px">​</span><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;padding-left:36px">​</span><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;padding-left:36px">​</span><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;padding-left:36px">​</span><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;padding-left:36px">​</span><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;padding-left:36px">​</span><span class="s4" style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;text-decoration:underline">For </span><span class="s4" style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;text-decoration:underline">More Information Contact</span><span class="s5" style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px;font-family:Arial">:</span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-family:-webkit-standard;font-size:18px"><span class="s5" style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px;font-family:Arial">October 11</span><span class="s5" style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px;font-family:Arial">, 2017</span><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;padding-left:36px">​</span><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;padding-left:36px">​</span><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;padding-left:36px">​</span><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;padding-left:36px">​</span><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;padding-left:36px">​</span><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;padding-left:36px">​</span><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;padding-left:36px">​</span><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;padding-left:36px">​</span><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;padding-left:36px">​</span><span class="s5" style="line-height:14.399999618530273px;font-size:12px;font-family:Arial">Vicki Dansby <a dir="ltr" href="tel:(216)%20282-7172">(216) 282-7172</a></span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-family:-webkit-standard;font-size:18px"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;padding-left:36px">​</span><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;padding-left:36px">​</span><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;padding-left:36px">​</span><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;padding-left:36px">​</span><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;padding-left:36px">​</span><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;padding-left:36px">​</span><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;padding-left:36px">​</span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-family:-webkit-standard;font-size:18px"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;padding-left:36px"><br></span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-family:-webkit-standard;font-size:18px"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;padding-left:36px"><br></span></p><p class="s6" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:21.600000381469727px;text-align:center;font-family:-webkit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ul Long Ladder," in collaboration with "Holy Trinity Cultural Arts Center," embraces the belief that theatrical arts hold transformative potential. The Consortium brings light to the social and diverse culture of our community, strengthening our residents to bridge borders through engagement, educational exploration and leadership development of the arts. This Consortium will be a proving ground for excellence in collaborative programming through innovative approaches, while at the same time remaining relevant and diverse in our cultural experiences that both reflect and expand the community's interests.</span></p><p class="s10" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.2;font-family:-webkit-standard;font-size:18px"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px"> </span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-family:-webkit-standard;font-size:18px"><span class="s8" style="line-height:13.199999809265137px;font-size:11px;font-family:Arial">“Divine Intervention” is how </span><span class="s12" style="line-height:13.199999809265137px;font-size:11px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">Pastor Dr. Andrew D. Clark</span><span class="s8" style="line-height:13.199999809265137px;font-size:11px;font-family:Arial"> of </span><span class="s12" style="line-height:13.199999809265137px;font-size:11px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">Holy Trinity </span><span class="s12" style="line-height:13.199999809265137px;font-size:11px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">C.O.G.I.C.</span><span class="s8" style="line-height:13.199999809265137px;font-size:11px;font-family:Arial"> </span><span class="s8" style="line-height:13.199999809265137px;font-size:11px;font-family:Arial">describes the collaboration with Powerful Long Ladder. “We were in need of assistance with our artistic outreach and Terrence was in need of a home to </span><span class="s8" style="line-height:13.199999809265137px;font-size:11px;font-family:Arial">showcase his productions.  The timing couldn’t be better for this collaboration.”</span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-family:-webkit-standard;font-size:18px"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px"> </span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-family:-webkit-standard;font-size:18px"><span class="s11" style="line-height:13.199999809265137px;font-size:11px;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">The mission of this Consortium is for the Arts to make theatrical, dramatic, thought provoking visual and performing arts available to urban centers across our city; to become a creative force and an educational resource for the community; and to harness and build upon legacy and the economic vitality of the arts.</span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-family:-webkit-standard;font-size:18px"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px"> </span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-family:-webkit-standard;font-size:18px"><span class="s8" style="line-height:13.199999809265137px;font-size:11px;font-family:Arial">The collaboration’s inaugural production will be </span><span class="s12" style="line-height:13.199999809265137px;font-size:11px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">“</span><span class="s13" style="line-height:13.199999809265137px;font-style:italic;font-size:11px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">The Amen Corner</span><span class="s12" style="line-height:13.199999809265137px;font-size:11px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">,”</span><span class="s8" style="line-height:13.199999809265137px;font-size:11px;font-family:Arial"> a classic </span><span class="s8" style="line-height:13.199999809265137px;font-size:11px;font-family:Arial">play by </span><span class="s8" style="line-height:13.199999809265137px;font-size:11px;font-family:Arial">poet and novelist </span><span class="s8" style="line-height:13.199999809265137px;font-size:11px;font-family:Arial">James Baldwin</span><span class="s8" style="line-height:13.199999809265137px;font-size:11px;font-family:Arial"> (</span><span class="s13" style="line-height:13.199999809265137px;font-style:italic;font-size:11px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">Go Tell it on the </span><span class="s12" style="line-height:13.199999809265137px;font-size:11px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">Mountain</span><span class="s12" style="line-height:13.199999809265137px;font-size:11px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">) </span><span class="s8" style="line-height:13.199999809265137px;font-size:11px;font-family:Arial">w</span><span class="s8" style="line-height:13.199999809265137px;font-size:11px;font-family:Arial">ho was the subject of the award-</span><span class="s8" style="line-height:13.199999809265137px;font-size:11px;font-family:Arial">winning documentary </span><span class="s12" style="line-height:13.199999809265137px;font-size:11px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">“</span><span class="s13" style="line-height:13.199999809265137px;font-style:italic;font-size:11px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">I Am Not Your Negro</span><span class="s12" style="line-height:13.199999809265137px;font-size:11px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">.”</span><span class="s12" style="line-height:13.199999809265137px;font-size:11px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">  </span><span class="s14" style="line-height:13.199999809265137px;font-size:11px;font-style:italic;font-family:Arial">“</span><span class="s13" style="line-height:13.199999809265137px;font-style:italic;font-size:11px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">The Amen Corner</span><span class="s14" style="line-height:13.199999809265137px;font-size:11px;font-style:italic;font-family:Arial">” </span><span class="s8" style="line-height:13.199999809265137px;font-size:11px;font-family:Arial">addresses themes of the role of a church in an African American family and the effect of a poverty born of racial prejudice on an African Ameri</span><a name="_GoBack"></a><span class="s8" style="line-height:13.199999809265137px;font-size:11px;font-family:Arial">can community.</span><span class="s8" style="line-height:13.199999809265137px;font-size:11px;font-family:Arial">  Sister Margaret heads a storefront church in Harlem while raising her musician son and allowing her estranged husband back into </span><span class="s8" style="line-height:13.199999809265137px;font-size:11px;font-family:Arial">there</span><span class="s8" style="line-height:13.199999809265137px;font-size:11px;font-family:Arial"> lives under the watchful eye of her congregation.</span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-family:-webkit-standard;font-size:18px"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px"> </span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-family:-webkit-standard;font-size:18px"><span class="s8" style="line-height:13.199999809265137px;font-size:11px;font-family:Arial">The </span><span class="s8" style="line-height:13.199999809265137px;font-size:11px;font-family:Arial">preview</span><span class="s8" style="line-height:13.199999809265137px;font-size:11px;font-family:Arial"> wil</span><span class="s8" style="line-height:13.199999809265137px;font-size:11px;font-family:Arial">l be </span><span class="s12" style="line-height:13.199999809265137px;font-size:11px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">November 30, 2017</span><span class="s8" style="line-height:13.199999809265137px;font-size:11px;font-family:Arial">.  Opening Night will be </span><span class="s12" style="line-height:13.199999809265137px;font-size:11px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">December 1, 2017</span><span class="s8" style="line-height:13.199999809265137px;font-size:11px;font-family:Arial"> and will run through </span><span class="s12" style="line-height:13.199999809265137px;font-size:11px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">December 10, 2017</span><span class="s8" style="line-height:13.199999809265137px;font-size:11px;font-family:Arial"> at the beautifully renovated </span><span class="s12" style="line-height:13.199999809265137px;font-size:11px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">Holy Tr</span><span class="s12" style="line-height:13.199999809265137px;font-size:11px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">inity Cultural Arts Center, 7209</span><span class="s12" style="line-height:13.199999809265137px;font-size:11px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial"> Woodland Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio.</span><span class="s12" style="line-height:13.199999809265137px;font-size:11px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial"> </span><span class="s8" style="line-height:13.199999809265137px;font-size:11px;font-family:Arial">Curtain time for all evening </span><span class="s8" style="line-height:13.199999809265137px;font-size:11px;font-family:Arial">productions</span><span class="s8" style="line-height:13.199999809265137px;font-size:11px;font-family:Arial"> will be 7:30pm.</span><span class="s8" style="line-height:13.199999809265137px;font-size:11px;font-family:Arial"> Curtin time for Matinee productions will be 1:00 pm on Saturday’s and 3:00 pm on Sunday’s.  There will be a special Talk Back on </span><span class="s12" style="line-height:13.199999809265137px;font-size:11px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">Friday, December 8</span><span class="s8" style="line-height:13.199999809265137px;font-size:11px;font-family:Arial"> at 7:00pm that is </span><span class="s12" style="line-height:13.199999809265137px;font-size:11px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">FREE</span><span class="s8" style="line-height:13.199999809265137px;font-size:11px;font-family:Arial"> and open to the public.  </span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-family:-webkit-standard;font-size:18px"><span class="s8" style="line-height:13.199999809265137px;font-size:11px;font-family:Arial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