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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;color:black">The New Ground Theatre Festival (NGTF) provides the opportunity for playwrights to develop and showcase their work, while offering Cleveland audiences the opportunity to see these remarkable new
plays come to life. The 7<sup>th</sup> Annual New Ground Theatre Festival is made possible through the generous support of Honorary Producer Roe Green<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;font-weight:normal">.
The Festival runs through Saturday, May 19.</span></strong><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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-style:normal">Helen Theatre at Playhouse Square<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">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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-style:normal">Reading<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">Helen Theatre at Playhouse Square<o:p></o:p></span></em></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:black">Tiny homes are all the rage! Cath is ready for a big change. She quits her lucrative, fast paced job in finance and moves across the country with her boyfriend to build a 200-square-foot tiny house.
Turns out that choosing a simpler life can get <em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">very</span></em> complicated. Filled with lovable, idiosyncratic characters each on a quest to find a place to call home,
<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Tiny Houses</span></em> is a surprising world premiere comedy about what happens when the world shrinks.</span><em><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-style:normal"><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">*2018 Roe Green Award Winner</span></em><em><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-style:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></em></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">$20 TICKETS AND SPECIAL PACKAGES AVAILABLE | TO PURCHASE VISIT:</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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