<html><body><span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000000; font-size:10pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;" mce_style="font-size: 14pt;">Blank Canvas Theatre is announcing our 7th season here in Cleveland! </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><b><br></b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;">Blank Canvas Theatre is dedicated to inspiring a new love for those new to theatre in the Cleveland community, while providing another quality venue for those who already love the arts. The annual season is diverse, designed to attract many different types of theatre-goers – whether you prefer American classics, new works, off-beat musicals, drama, or comedy, you’ll find something to enjoy at Blank Canvas Theatre; all at an affordable price! BCT is one of the most inexpensive professional theaters in town. This season's main shows are musicals however, our Factory series will focus on non-musicals. This yet to be announced Factory Series focuses on rarely produced plays or new locally written works while giving the opportunity for local actors, directors, designers, and writers a chance to collaborate on Cleveland premieres and new works. This year's Factory Series will be announced in the coming weeks.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;">~Show poster images for our season can be found at <a href="http://www.blankcanvastheatre.com/" mce_href="http://www.blankcanvastheatre.com" title="www.blankcanvastheatre.com" target="_blank">www.blankcanvastheatre.com</a>~</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva;"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva;"><b>Show Times:</b> Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm. Sundays at 7pm.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva;"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva;"><b>Tickets:</b> $18</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva;">To purchase tickets and SEASON PASSES visit <a href="http://www.blankcanvastheatre.com/" mce_href="http://www.blankcanvastheatre.com" title="www.blankcanvastheatre.com" target="_blank">www.blankcanvastheatre.com</a></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span mce_style="font-size: 10pt;">(440)-941-0458</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva;"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva;"><b>Seating:</b> All seating is general seating.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva;"><b style="text-align: center; font-size: 10pt;">Parking:</b><span style="text-align: center; font-size: 10pt;" mce_style="text-align: center; font-size: 10pt;"> Convenient FREE on-site parking is available. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><br>Purchase your 2018 Season Pass and SAVE!! Season pass holders enjoy special events throughout the year as well as the security of knowing you won't get sold out of any of our 2018 shows. Purchase now to see all SIX Blank Canvas Theatre primary shows, The Laughter League sketch comedy shows, as well as our Factory Series shows ALL for ONE LOW PRICE. It's like seeing five of our shows for FREE -- that's a $70 savings!!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.blankcanvastheatre.com/season-tickets/" title="Purchase yours HERE." target="_blank">Purchase yours HERE.</a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva;"><br></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">___________________________________________<span mce_style="font-size: 10pt;">_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva;"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;text-align: center;"><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 18pt;" mce_style="font-size: 18pt;"><span style="font-size: 36pt;" mce_style="font-size: 36pt;">SWEENEY TODD</span><o:p style=""></o:p></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 18pt;" mce_style="font-size: 18pt;">The Demon Barber of Fleet Street<o:p style=""></o:p></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 18pt;" mce_style="font-size: 18pt;">A Musical Thriller</span></b><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;" mce_style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><br style=""> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;" mce_style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 10pt;" mce_style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 10pt;">Book by Hugh Wheeler</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;">From an Adaption by Christopher Bond<o:p style=""></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva;">Originally Directed On Broadway by Harold Prince<o:p style=""></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva;">Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick<o:p style=""></o:p></div> <div style=""><strong style="">Directed by </strong>Jonathan Kronenberger</div><div style=""><strong style="">Music Direction by </strong>Matt Dolan</div><div style=""><strong style="">Assistant Music Direction by </strong>Bradley Wyner</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;"><b><u>Featuring </u></b><o:p style=""></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva;">Patrick Ciamacco as <b>Sweeney Todd </b><o:p style=""></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva;">and <o:p style=""></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva;">Trinidad Snider as <b>Mrs. Lovett</b></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;"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 24pt;" mce_style="font-size: 24pt;">February 23 – March 10</span></b></div><div style=""><strong style=""><strong style=""> </strong><strong style=""><br style=""></strong></strong><span mce_style="font-size: 14.4px;" style=""> </span></div><div style="">An infamous tale, Sweeney Todd, an unjustly exiled barber, returns to nineteenth century London, seeking vengeance against the lecherous judge who framed him and ravaged his young wife. The road to revenge leads Todd to Mrs. Lovett, a resourceful proprietress of a failing pie shop, above which, he opens a new barber practice. Mrs. Lovett's luck sharply shifts when Todd's thirst for blood inspires the integration of an ingredient into her meat pies that has the people of London lining up... and the carnage has only just begun!</div><div style=""></div><div style=""> </div><div style=""><span mce_style="font-size: 130%;" style="">Rated: R</span></div></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;">________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;text-align: center;"><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 36pt;" mce_style="font-size: 36pt;">SIDESHOW</span><u style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><o:p style=""></o:p></u></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva;">Book and Lyrics by Bill Russell<o:p style=""></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva;">Music by Henry Krieger<o:p style=""></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva;"><o:p style=""> </o:p></div> <div style=""><strong style="">Directed by </strong>Patrick Ciamacco</div><div style=""><strong mce_style="font-weight: bold;" style="">Music Direction by </strong>Lawrence Wallace</div><div style=""><b>Choreography by</b> Katie Zarecki</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;"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 24pt;" mce_style="font-size: 24pt;">April 13 – 28</span></b><b style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><o:p style=""></o:p></b></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><div class="m_2560720797711630468product-overview-section" style="">Based on the true story of Siamese twins Violet and Daisy Hilton who became stars during the Depression, Side Show is a moving portrait of two women joined at the hip whose extraordinary bondage brings them fame but denies them love. Told almost entirely in song, the show follows their progression from England to America, around the vaudeville circuit and to Hollywood on the eve of their appearance in the 1932 movie Freaks.<br style=""><br style="">With a completely reworked plot and new songs like "VERY WELL CONNECTED", "ALL IN THE MIND", and "THE GREAT WEDDING SHOW", the 2014 revival delves deeper into the backstory of the Hilton twins. With the implementation of the twins' relationship with Harry Houdini and of a proposed separation surgery, the new book fleshes out characters and situations that endow the songs with more sophistication and truth.</div><div class="m_2560720797711630468product-overview-section" style=""><br></div><div class="m_2560720797711630468product-overview-section" style="">Nominee! 2015 Drama Desk Award, Best Revival of a Musical<br style="">Nominee! 2015 Outer Critics Circle Award, Best Revival of a Musical</div><div style=""> </div><div style=""><b>Rated:</b> PG13</div></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;">________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;text-align: center;"><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 36pt;" mce_style="font-size: 36pt;">HEDWIG </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 36pt;" mce_style="font-size: 36pt;">AND THE ANGRY INCH</span></b><u style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><o:p style=""></o:p></u></div> <div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva;">Text By John Cameron Mitchell<o:p style=""></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva;">Music and Lyrics by Stephen Trask<o:p style=""></o:p></div> <div style=""><strong style="">Directed by </strong>Alison Garrigan</div><div style=""><strong style="">Music Direction by </strong>Bradley Wyner</div><div style=""><b style="">Choreography by</b><span style=""> Katie Zarecki</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;"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 24pt;" mce_style="font-size: 24pt;">June 8 - 23</span></b></div><div style=""><em mce_style="font-size: 14.4px;" style=""><br></em></div><div style=""><em mce_style="font-size: 14.4px;" style="">Hedwig and the Angry Inch</em><span mce_style="font-size: 14.4px;" style=""> tells the tale of how a “slip of a girlyboy” from communist East Berlin, Hanschel, becomes the “internationally ignored song stylist” known as Hedwig after a botched sex change operation. The show daringly breaks the fourth wall, as Hedwig directly tells the audience of her past tribulations and heartbreak in the form of an extended monologue paired with rock songs. With a little help from her band and her back-up singer Yitzhak, Hedwig examines her quest for her other half, for love, and ultimately for her identity. Featuring a groundbreaking rock musical score by Stephen Trask, </span><em mce_style="font-size: 14.4px;" style="">Hedwig and the Angry Inch</em><span mce_style="font-size: 14.4px;" style=""> is hilarious, harrowing, and essentially uplifting for anyone who’s ever felt different.</span></div><div style=""><span mce_style="font-size: 14.4px;" style=""><br style=""></span></div><div style=""><span mce_style="font-size: 14.4px;" style=""><b style="">Rated:</b> R</span></div></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><b><br></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><strong style="">THE CLEVELAND PREMIERE of</strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;text-align: center;"><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 36pt;" mce_style="font-size: 36pt;">WE WILL ROCK YOU</span></b><u style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><o:p style=""></o:p></u></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;">Music and Lyrics By Queen<o:p style=""></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva;">Story and Script by Ben Elton<o:p style=""></o:p></div> <div style=""><strong style="">Directed by </strong>Patrick Ciamacco</div><div style=""><strong style="">Music Direction by </strong>Matt Dolan</div><div style=""><b style="">Choreography by</b><span style=""> Katie Zarecki</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;"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 24pt;" mce_style="font-size: 24pt;">August 3 - 18</span></b></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style=""><br></div><div style=""><br></div><div><span mce_style="font-size: 14.4px;"></span></div><div style="">Featuring more than 20 hit Queen songs,<em style=""> We Will Rock You</em> follows two revolutionaries as they try to save Rock in a post apocalyptic world. Featuring the songs “Another One Bites the Dust,” “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Killer Queen,” “We Will Rock You,” “Somebody To Love,” “We Are The Champions,” “Don’t Stop Me Now” and many more.</div><div style=""><br></div><div style=""><b>Rated:</b> PG13</div></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><div>________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</div><div><br></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 24pt;" mce_style="font-size: 24pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size: 36pt;" mce_style="font-size: 36pt;"><b style="font-size: 24pt;">2018 Blank Canvas Theatre Benefit</b> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" mce_style="font-size: 14pt;"><i>*Show title to be announced</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" mce_style="font-size: 14pt;"><i><br></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva;"><b style=""><span mce_style="font-size: 18pt;" style="">August 31 & September 1</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva;"><b style=""><br style=""></b></div><div style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" mce_style="font-size: 12pt;">This concert is dedicated to raising money for Blank Canvas Theatre. This TWO-NIGHT event will feature hors d'oeuvres and music from 7:00 to 7:50 pm, followed by an 8:00 pm performance by some of Cleveland's most talented actor-singers! </span></div><div style=""><div style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" mce_style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><div style=""></div><div style=""></div><div style=""><div style=""></div></div><div style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" mce_style="font-size: 12pt;">We’ll also have amazing raffle baskets donated by Cleveland’s finest merchants – purchase raffle tickets for $1, and you could win an amazing prize package!</span></div></div></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;">________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><b><br></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;text-align: center;"><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 36pt;" mce_style="font-size: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;" mce_style="font-size: 18pt;"><i>Trey Parker’s</i></span><o:p style=""></o:p></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 36pt;" mce_style="font-size: 36pt;">CANNIBAL! THE MUSICAL</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva;"><b style=""><u style=""><br></u></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva;">Book, Music and Lyrics by Trey Parker<o:p style=""></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva;">co-creator of TV’s “SOUTH PARK” and co-creator of<o:p style=""></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva;">Broadway’s “BOOK OF MORMON”<o:p style=""></o:p></div> <div style=""><strong style="">Directed by </strong>Patrick Ciamacco</div><div style=""><strong mce_style="font-weight: bold;" style="">Music Direction by </strong>Matt Dolan</div><div style=""><b style="">Choreography by</b><span style=""> Katie Zarecki</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;"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 36pt;" mce_style="font-size: 36pt;">October 5 - 27</span></b></div><div style=""><span mce_style="font-size: 14.4px;" style=""> </span></div><div class="m_2560720797711630468product-overview-section" style="">From the co-creator of <em style="">South Park </em>and <em style="">The Book of Mormon, </em>comes the “All Singing! All Dancing! All Flesh Eating!” Trey Parkers’ <em style="">Cannibal! The Musical </em>live on stage.</div><div class="m_2560720797711630468product-overview-section" style=""><br></div><div class="m_2560720797711630468product-overview-section" style=""><strong style="">This show will have a SPLATTERZONE!!!</strong></div><div class="m_2560720797711630468product-overview-section" style=""><strong style=""><br></strong></div><div class="m_2560720797711630468product-overview-section" style=""><em style="">Cannibal! The Musical</em> is the true story of the only person convicted of cannibalism in America - Alfred Packer. The sole survivor of an ill-fated trip to the Colorado Territory, he tells his side of the harrowing tale to news reporter Polly Pry as he awaits his execution. And his story goes like this: While searching for gold and love in the Colorado Territory, he and his companions lost their way and resorted to unthinkable horrors, including toe-tapping songs!</div><div style=""><span mce_style="font-size: 120%;" style=""><strong style=""> </strong></span></div><div style=""><span mce_style="font-size: 120%;" style=""><strong style="">Rated: </strong>R</span></div><div style=""><span mce_style="font-size: 120%;" style=""><br></span></div><div style=""><strong style=""><em mce_style="font-size: 120%;" style=""><span mce_style="font-size: 120%;" style="">*This show contains adult language and content.</span></em></strong></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><br style=""></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 36pt;" mce_style="font-size: 36pt;">Avenue Q</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva;"><b style=""><u style=""><br></u></b></div> Music & Lyrics by Jeff Marx & Robert LopezBook by Jeff Whitty <div style=""><strong style="">Directed by </strong>Patrick Ciamacco</div><div style=""><strong style="">Music Direction by </strong>Matthew Dolan</div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva;"><b style="">Choreography by</b><span style=""> Katie Zarecki</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;"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 24pt;" mce_style="font-size: 24pt;">December 7 -22</span></b></div><div style=""> </div><div mce_style="font-size: 130%;" style=""><span mce_style="font-size: 18.72px;" style=""><div style="">The laugh-out-loud musical tells the timeless story of a recent college grad named Princeton, who moves into a shabby New York apartment all the way out on Avenue Q. He soon discovers that, although the residents seem nice, it's clear that this is not your ordinary neighborhood. Together, Princeton and his new-found friends struggle to find jobs, dates and their ever-elusive purpose in life.</div><div style=""><br></div><div style="">Filled with gut-busting humor and a delightfully catchy score, not to mention puppets, <em style="">Avenue Q</em><strong style=""> </strong>is a truly unique show that has quickly become a favorite for audiences everywhere. Although the show addresses humorous adult issues, it is similar to a beloved children's show; a place where puppets are friends, monsters are good and life lessons are learned.</div><div style=""><br></div><div style=""><b>Rated:</b> R</div></span></div></div> </span></body></html>