<div dir="ltr"><span class="gmail-im" style=""><div style=""><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style=""><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#000000" size="4">This Saturday! </font></span></font></div><div style=""><font size="4"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style=""><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#000000">A night</font></span></font><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="line-height:14.95px;color:black"> of unabashed body-loving theatre, community, and spectacle!</span></font></font></div><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-size:12.8px"><div><b><font size="4" color="#ff0000">“Saturated Fat”</font></b></div><div><b><font size="4" color="#000000">Created by Meredith L. King in Collaboration with the Saturated Fat Ensemble</font></b></div></div><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style=""><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="" color="#000000"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><i>Presented by Playwright Meredith L. King and GENERATION +</i></span></font></div><div style=""><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="" color="#000000"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></div><div style=""><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="" color="#000000"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Saturday, October 6 @ 7</span>:00 pm. Doors open 6:30 pm.</font></div></span><div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Nash on E. 80th also known as </span></font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap">Slovenian National Home</span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (</span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:14.95px;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">3563 E 80th St, Cleveland</span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap">)</span></font></p><span class="gmail-im" style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.44;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">$15 General Admission | <a href="https://saturatedfat.ticketspice.com/saturated-fat-the-show" target="_blank">Online Ticket Sales Here</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.44;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Space Permitting, Tickets will be sold at the door for $20 CASH ONLY</span></p></span></div><span class="gmail-im" style=""><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><b style=""><font color="#000000">Synopsis: </font></b></div><span class="gmail-m_-8624063297454630948gmail-im" style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><p style="font-size:small;margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41)">C</span></font><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">reated by </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/mlkplaywright/" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Meredith L. King</a><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">, in collaboration with the Saturated Fat Ensemble; </span><b style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/fatsonstage" target="_blank">Saturated Fat</a></b>  <font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41)">is an original theatrical spectacle that explores fatness, connection and visibility in the modern world. </span></font><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">this ONE-NIGHT ONLY live play </span><font color="#1d2129" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">derives from the real life experiences of the ensemble, as well as experiences shared through the Twitter hashtag </font><a href="https://www.revelist.com/dating/fat-side-stories-about-sex/4296" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(54,88,153);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;text-decoration-line:none">#FatSideStories</a><font color="#1d2129" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">.</font></p><p style="font-size:small;margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></p><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size:small"><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41)">Originally developed in Cleveland Public Theatre's Entry Point series in 2017, <i>Saturated Fat</i> is back and better than ever as an independent production with new content and a new cast. </span></font><br style="font-size:small;color:rgb(29,33,41)"><p style="font-size:small;margin:0in 0in 0pt"><br></p><p style="font-size:small;margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41);white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><i>Saturated Fat</i> is a transgressive experience in fatness that explores both the unique and universal in existing in a theorized, politicized and often deconstructed body, and aims to find power in that reality. Far from being a “woe as me” tale, <i>Saturated Fat</i> rethinks fatness and the meaning we give to it through a thoughtful and humorous integration of movement, music, story and theatricality. </font></span></p></div></span></span><div style=""><span class="gmail-im" style=""><div><br></div></span><div style="font-size:12.8px">=========================</div><div style=""><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px"><div class="gmail-adL"><span class="gmail-im" style=""><div style=""><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="" color="#000000"><b>Showing at The Nash on E. 80th</b> </font></div><div style=""><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000"><span style="line-height:14.95px;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">3563 E 80th St, Cleveland, OH 44105</span> </font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#000000">   <br></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#000000"><b>Saturday, October 6 2018</b></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#000000"><b>7:00pm - 10:30 pm</b></font><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#000000"><b><br></b></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#000000">For Tickets: </font><font color="#1155cc" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><u><a href="https://saturatedfat.ticketspice.com/saturated-fat-the-show" target="_blank">https://saturatedfat.ticketspice.com/saturated-fat-the-show</a></u></span></font><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-size:12.8px"> </span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#000000">For More Info: </font><a href="http://playwrightslocal.org/" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">https://www.facebook.com/fatsonstage</a></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div style=""><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="" color="#000000">*The Nash is handicap accessible with ramp entrance located in the rear right of the building.* </font></div><br></span></div></div><div class="gmail-adL" style=""><span class="gmail-im" style=""><span style="font-size:small;color:rgb(80,0,80)">______________________________</span><span style="font-size:small;color:rgb(80,0,80)">_______</span><br style="font-size:small"><br style="font-size:small"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size:small"><span style="line-height:14.95px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font color="#000000"><i>Saturated Fat</i> is currently funded in part by a grant from</font></span><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41);line-height:14.95px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> <a href="http://nolose.org/" target="_blank">NOLOSE</a></span><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41);line-height:14.95px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">, </span><font color="#000000"><span style="line-height:14.95px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">a 501(c)(3) nonprofit as part of the </span>Small Projects Across the Land initiative. </font></font><br style="font-size:small"><span style="font-size:small;color:rgb(80,0,80)">______________________________</span><span style="font-size:small;color:rgb(80,0,80)">________</span><br style="font-size:small"><br style="font-size:small"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:16.8667px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style=""><font color="#000000" style=""><b>NOLOSE</b> is a volunteer-run organization dedicated to ending the oppression of fat people and creating vibrant fat queer culture. The organization incubates national and regional conferences and supports and funds regional programming to bring together members of our diverse fat LGBT, queer, same gender loving, trans, and sex positive communities. More information on NOLOSE can be found online at</font><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"> <span class="gmail-m_-8624063297454630948gmail-m_4289232999741849727gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><a href="http://nolose.org/" target="_blank" style="color:blue">nolose.org</a></span> . </span></font></p><span style="font-size:small;color:rgb(80,0,80)">______________________________</span><span style="font-size:small;color:rgb(80,0,80)">________</span><br style="font-size:small"><font color="#000000" style="font-size:12.8px"><br clear="all" style="font-size:small"></font><div style=""><div dir="ltr" class="gmail-m_-8624063297454630948gmail-m_4289232999741849727m_-2743584624600603388gmail_signature" style=""><div dir="ltr" style=""><div dir="ltr" style=""><div dir="ltr" style=""><div dir="ltr" style=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:11pt;margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:16.8667px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b style=""><font color="#000000">About the Project Partners</font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:11pt;margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:16.8667px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="gmail-im" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"></span></p><div style=""><span class="gmail-im" style=""><div style=""><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style=""><font color="#000000" style=""><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Meredith L. King</b> is a playwright, director, composer, and performing artist based in Cleveland, Ohio. Her credits as a playwright include work with Cleveland Public Theatre’s Entry Point New Play Development Program (</span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Saturated Fat</span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and </span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Bipolar Mixtape</span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">) & Station Hope Programs (</span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Under/Stand</span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">), Talespinner Children’s Theatre's PLAYground (</span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Garden of In-Between</span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">), and eXtreme eXchange (</span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Dating Game: A Health Care Play</span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">). As a director, performer and musician, Meredith has worked with Maelstrom Collaborative Arts (Short Form and Bricolage), Round House Theatre’s Heyday Players, dog & pony dc, The Hegira and African Continuum Theatre, including participating in the Kennedy Center’s Page to Stage Festival. </span></font><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Meredith received a B.A. from Stanford University and an M.B.A from Yale University. Meredith is passionate about theatre that brings the personal into the public and serves as a catalyst for connection and community building.</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">  </span></font></div><div style=""><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style=""><br></font></span></div></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:16.8667px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style=""><a href="http://www.genplusrevolution.com/" target="_blank" style=""><font color="#0000ff"><b>GENERATION+</b></font></a><font color="#500050" style=""> </font><font color="#000000" style="">is an Ohio based startup whose mission is to create a celebratory community, that doesn’t currently exist for fat women to connect with their peers. They are revolutionary fat girls with bold attitudes who just want to do fun things with their fat friends. GENERATION+ serves as a hub focused on authentic relationship building that empowers fat-positivity in safe spaces. </font></font></p><div style="font-size:small;color:rgb(80,0,80);text-align:center">###</div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="font-size:small;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail-m_-8624063297454630948gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></div></div></div></div>