<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap">On Sunday, September 13, see a great show written by Lucas Hnath, A DOLL'S HOUSE, PART TWO from Equality Productions. As a door slams in 1879 Norway, a young wife and mother leaves behind her family, freeing herself from the shackles of traditional societal constraints. Now, 15 years later, that same door opens to reveal Nora, a changed woman with an incredibly awkward favor to ask the people who she abandoned. Lucas Hnath's bitingly funny sequel to Ibsen's revolutionary masterpiece unfolds in a series of bristling stand-offs that reveal in Nora's world, much like our own, behind every opinion there is a person, and a slamming door isn't just an end, but also the chance for a new beginning.  </span><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 20px;width:1503px;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><div id="gmail-m_3072691307792596730gmail-m_-4882731879948395691m_4875238832318293475m_1705177665126760740gmail-:4l6" dir="auto" style="font-size:0.875rem;direction:ltr;margin:8px 0px 0px;padding:0px"><div id="gmail-m_3072691307792596730gmail-m_-4882731879948395691m_4875238832318293475m_1705177665126760740gmail-:4l5" style="overflow:hidden;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:small;line-height:1.5;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div class="gmail_default"><span id="gmail-m_3072691307792596730gmail-m_-4882731879948395691m_4875238832318293475m_1705177665126760740gmail-docs-internal-guid-4df671d7-7fff-5625-d85b-3b7167179614"><p style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Preview: </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMtzisqsjnI" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMtzisqsjnI</a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">  </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">To purchase a ticket to the play, make a donation to one or more of the three charities listed below. The suggested donation is $10, but donate what you can. Email the receipt or screenshot of your donation to </span><a href="mailto:equalityproductionscincy@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">equalityproductionscincy@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. Y</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ou will then receive a link via email to the video on 9/13. The video will only be available to watch on 9/13.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The talented group of actors who volunteered their talents to raise money for worthy organizations: </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Nora: Tish Sloan (Humboldt County, CA)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Anne Marie: Christine McBurney (Cleveland, OH)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Torvald: Eric Thomas (Florence, KY)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Emmy: Marina Lauff (New York, NY)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Director: Cleo DeOrio (Eureka, CA)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">All those involved in the production have selected three organizations to receive your donations:</span></p><ol style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:decimal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Red Eagle Soaring  -  <a href="https://www.redeaglesoaring.org/" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.redeaglesoaring.org/</a> - Red Eagle Soaring Native Youth Theatre (RES) exists to empower American Indian and Alaska Native youth to express themselves with confidence and clarity through traditional and contemporary performing arts. Donate @ <a href="https://redeaglesoaring.z2systems.com/np/clients/redeaglesoaring/donation.jsp?campaign=1&">https://redeaglesoaring.z2systems.com/np/clients/redeaglesoaring/donation.jsp?campaign=1&</a></span></p></li></ol><br><ol start="2" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:decimal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Karamu House Theatre - </span><a href="https://karamuhouse.org/" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">https://karamuhouse.org/</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> - </span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Founded in 1915, Karamu House is a place of joyful gathering (the meaning of ‘Karamu” in Swahili), where people from different races, religions, and economic backgrounds come together through the arts. Recognized as the oldest, producing African American theatre in the nation, Karamu House is continually cited as one of Cleveland’s top four treasures.  Donate @ <a href="https://karamuhouse.secure.force.com/donate/?dfId=a0nf400000TcR1IAAV">https://karamuhouse.secure.force.com/donate/?dfId=a0nf400000TcR1IAAV</a></span></p></li></ol><br><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">3.. Humboldt Rape Crisis - <a href="http://www.ncrct.org/index.html" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.ncrct.org/index.html</a> - The North Coast Rape Crisis Team was established in 1981 as a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit corporation. It exists to develop, promote and support programs for sexual assault survivors and sexual assault prevention education projects in Del Norte and Humboldt counties in California. Donate @ <a href="https://www.mightycause.com/donate/North-Coast-Rape-Crisis-Team">https://www.mightycause.com/donate/North-Coast-Rape-Crisis-Team</a></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></di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