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style="FONT-FAMILY: "><FONT face=Georgia>Office politics turn toxic in Karamu’s
contagious ‘Rasheeda Speaking’ <SPAN
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face=Georgia>Bob Abelman</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
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face=Georgia>Cleveland Jewish News, The News Herald, The Morning
Journal</FONT></SPAN></I><SPAN
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color=#333333>There are no heroes in Joel Drake Johnson’s divisive water cooler
dramedy “Rasheeda Speaking,” which was f</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
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seen in Chicago in 2013 and first performed at Karamu in 2016.<SPAN
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color=#333333>Here, office politics turn toxic and everyone is a slow-leak
source. </FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
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