<html><head></head><body><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><p class="ydpd27fc432MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i>HOW TO BE A RESPECTABLE JUNKIE</i></b></p>
<p class="ydpd27fc432MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><u>FREE</u>
Performance <b>THIS</b> Thursday, April 19 (7:00pm)</p>
<p class="ydpd27fc432MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">at the Cuyahoga
County Public Library </p>
<p class="ydpd27fc432MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">(Parma Branch - 2121
Snow Rd.)</p>
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<p class="ydpd27fc432MsoNormal">Based on the true story of a man from NE Ohio who overcame
heroin addiction, <i>HOW TO BE A RESPECTABLE
JUNKIE</i> is an award-winning play written by Greg Vovos and featuring
Christopher Bohan*. It is a humorous, heartbreaking, but ultimately hopeful
look into the struggles faced by those caught in heroin’s deadly grip. HTBARJ premiered
at Dobama Theatre in the Summer of 2017 where it was directed by Nathan Motta
and played to sold-out audiences and received both critical and audience
acclaim, including a feature in the New York Times.</p>
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<p class="ydpd27fc432MsoNormal">Now it returns for a onetime <b>FREE</b> performance. The 90-minute production will be followed by a
talkback with the playwright, actor, and the man who inspired the play. </p>
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<p class="ydpd27fc432MsoNormal">You may register for the
performance at this <a href="http://attend.cuyahogalibrary.org/event/621196" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">link</a>. Seats are filling fast!<b></b></p>
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<p class="ydpd27fc432MsoNormal">If you’d like to get a feel for what the play is like,
here’s a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Itna_cHI5RA&t=6s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">link to
an extended trailer</a>.</p>
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<p class="ydpd27fc432MsoNormal">Please note, the play does have some profanity and depicts
drug use.</p>
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<p class="ydpd27fc432MsoNormal">Any questions can be emailed to: <a href="mailto:iorhino@yahoo.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">iorhino@yahoo.com</a>. Or you can like our HOW
TO BE A RESPECTABLE JUNKIE page on facebook.</p>
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<p class="ydpd27fc432MsoNormal"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;color:#1D2129;mso-bidi-language:HE">"Sometimes,
a play simply must be seen because it speaks so many languages. "How to Be
a Respectable Junkie," ... is something of a Rosetta stone.”</span></i><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;color:#1D2129;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"> </span></p>
<p class="ydpd27fc432MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;color:#1D2129;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Andrea Simakis, THE PLAIN</span><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;color:#1D2129;mso-bidi-language:HE"> </span></i><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;color:#1D2129;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">DEALER</span><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;color:#1D2129;mso-bidi-language:HE"></span></i></p>
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<p class="ydpd27fc432MsoNormal"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;color:#1D2129;mso-bidi-language:HE">"...a
powerful piece of theater...brutally precise.”</span></i></p>
<p class="ydpd27fc432MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;color:#1D2129;mso-bidi-language:HE;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Christine Howey, SCENE</span></i><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;color:#1D2129;mso-bidi-language:HE"></span></i></p>
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<p class="ydpd27fc432MsoNormal">We are grateful to the Cuyahoga County Public Library’s
generosity for enabling us to share this important work with the community,
free of charge. </p>
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<p class="ydpd27fc432MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">*Member of Actors’ Equity
Association</span></p>
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<p class="ydpd27fc432MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="ydpd27fc432MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">How to Be
A Respectable Junkie</span></em> is <i>a
special evening of theater. Superb acting, within the confines of a meaningful
script…absolute must-be-seen theater for anyone who goes to be informed, to
share in a real experience.</i></p>
<p class="ydpd27fc432MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Roy Berko, CoolCleveland<span style="font-size:10.0pt"></span></p><br></div></div></body></html>