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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;background:white">CLEVELAND PLAY HOUSE // 7<sup>th</sup> ANNUAL NEW GROUND THEATRE FESTIVAL<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Cleveland Play House (CPH) is proud to name Nick Gandiello<span style="color:black"> and Chelsea Marcantel as the recipients of the 2018 Roe Green Award</span>, in conjunction with the 7<sup>th</sup> Annual
New Ground Theatre Festival (NGTF). Each year, the Roe Green Award is given for outstanding achievement in playwriting. Mr. Gandiello’s play
<i>Cicada</i> will be presented in a reading on Sunday, May 13<sup>th</sup> at 7:30 p.m., and Ms. Marcantel’s reading of
<i>Tiny Houses</i> will be offered on Saturday, May 19<sup>th</sup> at 2:00 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><em><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The Nolan Williams Project<o:p></o:p></span></b></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Saturday, May 19 | 5:00 PM<o:p></o:p></span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-style:normal">Reading of a New Musical<o:p></o:p></span></em></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-style:normal">An up-and-coming Philadelphia real estate developer attempts to buy out a beloved family-owned soul food establishment. Past and present entwine as he’s
taken through the restaurant’s incredible 100-year history and the tale of the escaped southern migrants who risked everything to build a new life through cooking.<o:p></o:p></span></em></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><em><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Hi, Are You Single?<o:p></o:p></span></b></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">May 17 – May 19 | 7:30 PM<o:p></o:p></span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-style:normal">Contemporary Work<o:p></o:p></span></em></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-style:normal">Do you have a high sex drive? Ryan does. He also has cerebral palsy. No, those things are not mutually exclusive. Join writer/performer and Parma, OH
native Ryan J. Haddad on a roller coaster through New York’s gay dating scene, where the highs are high and the lows are lonely. For mature audiences.<o:p></o:p></span></em></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><em><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Cicada<o:p></o:p></span></b></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Sunday, May 13 | 7:30 PM<o:p></o:p></span></em></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-style:normal">When a long past family trauma is used to smear her campaign, Benedetta and her family must decide how they will present themselves on the public stage.<o:p></o:p></span></em></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><em><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Tiny Houses<o:p></o:p></span></b></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Saturday, May 19 | 2:00 PM<o:p></o:p></span></em></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-style:normal">Tiny Houses is a surprising world premiere comedy about what happens when the world shrinks.<o:p></o:p></span></em></p>
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