<html><body><span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000000; font-size:10pt;"><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 10pt;"><div style=""><div style=""></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><div _mce_style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: left;" style=""><div align="center" _mce_style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;" style=""><div _mce_style="text-align: center;" style=""><div style=""><div style=""><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;" style=""><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><div style=""><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;" style=""><div style=""><div align="center" _mce_style="text-align: center;" style=""><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;" style=""><div style=""><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;" style=""><span mce_style="font-size: 18pt;" style=""><span style="" mce_style="font-size: 14pt;"><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 14pt;">With a recent revival on Broadway, <i>LOBBY HERO</i> uses four actors and the confines of a New York apartment building to explore racial profiling, sexual harassment and police corruption.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 14pt;"><br></div><div style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" mce_style="font-size: 12pt;"><i>"The intimate scale of this drama is a good a fit for Blank Canvas’s small performance space and big artistic aspirations. And the prose – which serves up some of Mamet’s swagger and Pinter’s natural rhythms – is a gift to this ensemble of fine actors and those who attend their performances."</i> -Bob Abelman <a href="https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/columnists/blank-canvas-lobby-hero-offers-a-meditation-on-moral-incongruity/article_e6d2e90a-c5d3-11e9-8356-5bd3926a329f.html?fbclid=IwAR0pNL_oPjB-Zelz-eD9j7lVP1cGT6v_8Nkq57N1m9QwLV_8uVlARV9doyY" mce_href="https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/columnists/blank-canvas-lobby-hero-offers-a-meditation-on-moral-incongruity/article_e6d2e90a-c5d3-11e9-8356-5bd3926a329f.html?fbclid=IwAR0pNL_oPjB-Zelz-eD9j7lVP1cGT6v_8Nkq57N1m9QwLV_8uVlARV9doyY" title="(Cleveland Jewish News)" target="_blank" style="">(Cleveland Jewish News)</a></span></div><div style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" mce_style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" mce_style="font-size: 12pt;"><i>"Lobby Hero at Blank Canvas Theatre combines suspenseful writing, intense staging, and compelling acting to create a mesmerizing modern-day drama."</i> -Rich Stimac <a href="http://inthelandofcleve.blogspot.com/2019/08/cleve-review-lobby-hero-at-blank-canvas.html" mce_href="http://inthelandofcleve.blogspot.com/2019/08/cleve-review-lobby-hero-at-blank-canvas.html" title="(inthelandofcleve)" target="_blank">(inthelandofcleve)</a></span></div><div style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" mce_style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" mce_style="font-size: 12pt;"><i>"Lobby Hero is a well-conceived script that gets a superior production at Blank Canvas."</i> - Roy Berko <a href="https://royberkinfo.blogspot.com/2019/08/lobby-hero-at-blank-canvas-asks-what-is.html?fbclid=IwAR1GfnmxaFF9cns6phZg3zsc831twLo6wsoY_daeSd0SsN7F4v1WSkYxgM0" mce_href="https://royberkinfo.blogspot.com/2019/08/lobby-hero-at-blank-canvas-asks-what-is.html?fbclid=IwAR1GfnmxaFF9cns6phZg3zsc831twLo6wsoY_daeSd0SsN7F4v1WSkYxgM0" title="(royberko.info)" target="_blank">(royberko.info)</a></span></div><div style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" mce_style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" mce_style="font-size: 12pt;"><i>"Lobby Hero at Blank Canvas Sparks Important Inner Dialogue"</i> - Gwendolyn Kochur <a href="https://www.clevescene.com/cleveland/lobby-hero-at-blank-canvas-sparks-important-inner-dialogue/Content?oid=31216331&fbclid=IwAR34hFpDSp40S5QIycgt7P8VMw9vVhQrdXibvZE55yVWCu0kujzNJYUaK6g" mce_href="https://www.clevescene.com/cleveland/lobby-hero-at-blank-canvas-sparks-important-inner-dialogue/Content?oid=31216331&fbclid=IwAR34hFpDSp40S5QIycgt7P8VMw9vVhQrdXibvZE55yVWCu0kujzNJYUaK6g" title="(Cleveland Scene)" target="_blank">(Cleveland Scene)</a></span></div><div style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" mce_style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div></span></span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 10pt;"><br style=""></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 10pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;" style=""><b style="">Blank Canvas Theatre </b></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 10pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;" style=""><b style="">presents</b></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 10pt;"><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;" style=""><br style=""></span></div><div style=""><div style="font-size: 10pt;"><b style=""><span mce_style="font-size: 36pt;" style="font-size: 36pt;">LOBBY HERO</span></b></div><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span mce_style="font-size: 18pt;" style=""><br style=""></span></div><div style=""><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;" mce_style="font-size: 18.6667px;">by Kenneth Lonergan</span></div><div style="font-size: 10pt;"><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style=""><br></div></div></div></div></span></div><div align="center" _mce_style="text-align: center;" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size:12pt;;"><div style=""><strong style=""><br style=""></strong></div><div style=""><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style=""><strong style="">Rated:</strong> R</span></div><div style=""><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style=""><strong style="">Run time:</strong> 2 hr 20 min</span></div></div><div style=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 10pt;"> </div><div style=""><div style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" mce_style="font-size: 12pt;">What happens when emotions come in conflict with principles, and how do choices under pressure define who we really are? The lobby of a Manhattan apartment building is much more than a waiting area for four New Yorkers involved in a murder investigation. It’s a testing ground for what happens when personal and professional personas find themselves at odds. A young security guard with big ambitions clashes with his stern boss, an intense rookie cop and her unpredictable partner in a play from the 2017 Oscar-winning writer of Manchester by the Sea.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 10pt;"><br></div></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size:12pt;;"><b style=""><br style=""></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size:12pt;;"><div style=""><b style=""><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 24pt;" style="font-size: 24pt;">Tickets: $20</span></span></b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><i style="">Get your tickets NOW!</i></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><font face="Times New Roman" style=""><br style=""></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;" style="">To purchase tickets for this show <a href="http://www.blankcanvastheatre.com/lobby-hero-tickets/" title="CLICK HERE" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;" style=""><br style=""></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;" style=""><font face="verdana, geneva" style="">To view a poster for the show <a href="http://www.blankcanvastheatre.com/lobby-hero/" title="CLICK HERE" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a></font></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva;"><br style=""></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva;"><font face="verdana, geneva" style="">To see a <b>CAST & STAFF list</b> for this production <a href="http://www.blankcanvastheatre.com/lobby-hero-cast/" title="CLICK HERE" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva;"><font face="verdana, geneva" style=""><br></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva;"><font face="verdana, geneva" style="">To see IMAGES from the show <a href="http://www.blankcanvastheatre.com/2019-season-photos/lobby-hero/" mce_href="http://www.blankcanvastheatre.com/2019-season-photos/lobby-hero/" title="CLICK HERE" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva;"><br style=""></div></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 10pt;"> </div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 10pt;"><br style=""></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 10pt;"><div style=""><div _mce_style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: left;" style=""><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 18pt;" style=""><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;" style=""> <b style="">Blank Canvas Theatre</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 18pt;" style="">(at 78th Street Studios)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 18pt;" style="">1305 West 78th Street, Suite 211. Cleveland, OH 44102</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><i style=""><br style=""></i></div></div></div><div style=""><br style=""></div><div style=""><b style="">Blank Canvas Theatre provides professional quality productions, placing emphasis on entertainment at affordable prices.</b></div></div></div></div></span></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></div> </span></body></html>