<div dir="ltr"><span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0.0001pt;text-align:left;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-size:14pt">The Cleveland Shakespeare Festival opens its 21</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-size:14pt;vertical-align:super">st</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-size:14pt"> season of FREE outdoor theater with the seldom seen </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;font-size:14pt">TROILUS AND CRESSIDA</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;font-size:14pt"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0.0001pt;text-align:left;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;font-size:14pt"><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0.0001pt;text-align:left;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt">The Cleveland Shakespeare Festival </span><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt">celebrates its 21</span><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt;vertical-align:super">st</span><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt"> season of presenting </span><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt">FREE </span><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt">“Shakespeare in the Park” in public spaces all over Northeast Ohio!</span><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0.0001pt;text-align:left;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt"><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0.0001pt;text-align:left;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt">In </span><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;font-size:11pt">Troilus and Cressida </span><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt">(adapted and directed by </span><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt">David Hansen): </span><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt">Romance is dangerous in a time of war. The young soldier Troilus and his beloved Cressida are driven apart by forces beyond their control, and vengeance can raise its head from the most surprising of corners. A timeless and troubling tale, told with wit, pathos, and style.</span><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0.0001pt;text-align:left;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt"><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0.0001pt;text-align:left;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;font-size:11pt">Troilus and Cressida </span><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt">opens Friday, June 15 at PEACE Park in the Coventry neighborhood of Cleveland Heights and will spend three weekends touring outdoor venues around Northeast Ohio:</span><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0.0001pt;text-align:left;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt"><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0.0001pt;text-align:left;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt">Fri, June 15: </span><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt">Coventry P.E.A.C.E. Park, Coventry Rd and Euclid Hts Blvd, Cleveland Hts, OH, 44118</span><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0.0001pt;text-align:left;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt">Sat, June 16: </span><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt">Lakewood Park, 14532 Lake Ave., Lakewood, OH, 44107</span><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0.0001pt;text-align:left;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt">Sun, June 17: </span><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt">Bedford Public Square, Bedford, OH 44146</span><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0.0001pt;text-align:left;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt">Fri, June 22: </span><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt">Toby’s Plaza (next to MOCA), University Circle, 11440 Uptown Ave, Cleveland, OH 44106</span><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0.0001pt;text-align:left;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt">Sat, June 23: </span><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt">Grove Amphitheater, 425 N Commons Rd, Mayfield Village, OH 44143</span><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0.0001pt;text-align:left;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt">Sun, June 24: </span><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt">Sims Park, 23131 Lakeshore Blvd, Euclid, OH 44123</span><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0.0001pt;text-align:left;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt">Fri, June 29: </span><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt">Tremont Lincoln Park, 1208 Starkweather Ave., Cleveland, OH, 44113</span><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0.0001pt;text-align:left;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt">Sat, June 30: </span><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt">The James A. Garfield National Historic Site, 8095 Mentor Ave, Mentor, OH, 44060</span><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0.0001pt;text-align:left;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt">Sun, July 1: </span><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt">Public Square, Downtown Cleveland, W Superior Ave & Ontario St, Cleveland, OH 44113</span><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0.0001pt;text-align:left;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt"><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0.0001pt;text-align:left;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt">The second show of our season is the Bard’s beloved comedy </span><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;font-size:11pt">Twelfth Night </span><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt">(adapted and directed by </span><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt">Anne McEvoy</span><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt">), a tale of love, loss, mistaken identity and why one should never get on the wrong side of a drunk. The performance dates are:</span><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0.0001pt;text-align:left;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt"><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0.0001pt;text-align:left;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt">Fri, July 20: </span><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt">Coventry P.E.A.C.E. Park, Coventry Rd and Euclid Hts Blvd, Cleveland Hts, OH, 44118</span><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0.0001pt;text-align:left;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt">Sat, July 21: </span><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt">Cahoon Park, Bay Village, OH 44140</span><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0.0001pt;text-align:left;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt">Sun, July 22: </span><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt">Grove Amphitheater, 425 N Commons Rd, Mayfield Village, OH 44143</span><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0.0001pt;text-align:left;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt">Fri, July 27: </span><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt">Sims Park, 23131 Lakeshore Blvd, Euclid, OH 44123</span><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0.0001pt;text-align:left;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt">Sat, July 28: </span><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt">Lakewood Park, 14532 Lake Ave., Lakewood, OH, 44107</span><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0.0001pt;text-align:left;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt">Sun, July 29: </span><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt">City of Mentor Amphitheater, 8600 Munson Rd</span><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0.0001pt;text-align:left;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt">Mentor, OH 44060 </span><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0.0001pt;text-align:left;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt">Fri, Aug. 3: </span><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt">Public Square, Downtown Cleveland, W Superior Ave & Ontario St, Cleveland, OH 44113</span><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0.0001pt;text-align:left;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt">Sat, Aug. 4: </span><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt">Bedford Public Square, Bedford, OH 44146</span><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0.0001pt;text-align:left;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt">Sun, Aug. 5: </span><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt">Tremont Lincoln Park, 1208 Starkweather Ave., Cleveland, OH, 44113</span><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0.0001pt;text-align:left;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt"><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0.0001pt;text-align:left;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt">All shows start at </span><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt">7:00 pm </span><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt">and are presented free of charge. Audience members are encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets and seat themselves prior to each outdoor performance. </span><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0.0001pt;text-align:left;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt"><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0.0001pt;text-align:left;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt"><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0.0001pt;text-align:left;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt">For more information about </span><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt">The Cleveland Shakespeare Festival</span><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt"> or to get involved, contact us at </span><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt">440.794.1CSF</span><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt">, email </span><span><a href="mailto:info@cleveshakes.org"><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt">info@cleveshakes.org</span></a></span><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt">, find us on Facebook and Twitter, or visit </span><span><a href="http://www.cleveshakes.org"><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt">www.cleveshakes.org</span></a></span><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt">. </span><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0.0001pt;text-align:left;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:11pt"><span> </span></span></p><br></div>