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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">FORMERLY HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS IN TRANSITION<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">IN AN ORIGINAL PLAY<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2021-2022/y-haven-theatre-project-8/"><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt">12,000 STEPS</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">Written by Raymond Bobgan,
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with Y-Haven residents and CPT Teaching Artist/Assistant Directors Leonard Goff & Bridgett Martinez<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Y-Haven Theatre Project, a 23-year partnership between Y-Haven, a branch of the Greater Cleveland YMCA, & Cleveland Public Theatre<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt">NOVEMBER 18 & 19, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) and Y-Haven are proud to present
<i>12,000 Steps</i>, created and performed by residents of Y-Haven. Y-Haven provides temporary housing and Substance Use Disorder Treatment to individuals who are homeless, re-entering the community from incarceration, and/or recovering from Opioid Use Disorder.
Every year, CPT collaborates with the clients of Y-Haven to create an original theatre production that shares powerful stories of recovery and personal triumph, capturing an authenticity and emotional power as the cast shares their true-to-life experiences
often hidden from the world.<b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a name="_Hlk85023528">Relapse is real. What happens when an upstanding figure in the recovery community relapses in a bad way? How will his fate impact those he has helped and those who have helped
him? Can they let go of their pasts, their attachments, and their survivors’ guilt to stay sober – to stay alive?
<i>12,000 Steps</i> is about the long road to recovery, through recovery, and the persistence and perseverance required to move forward each day even in our darkest hours.</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b>FREE PERFORMANCES AT CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b>Thursday, November 18 at 7:30pm<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b>Friday, November 19 at 7:30pm<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">Cleveland Public Theatre’s Gordon Square Theatre is located at 6415 Detroit Ave., Cleveland, OH 44102.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">Suggested donation of $5 accepted to help support the project.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b>SPECIAL BENEFIT PERFORMANCE<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b>Saturday, November 20 at 6:30pm<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">Cleveland Public Theatre’s Gordon Square Theatre<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">6415 Detroit Ave., Cleveland, OH 44102<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">Contact Misty Musson at
<a href="mailto:mmusson@clevelandymca.org">mmusson@clevelandymca.org</a> for more information.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">Tickets for this benefit performance are $100 and include an appetizer reception and performance. To purchase tickets for the benefit, and for COVID-19 Safety Protocols, visit
<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/steps-stages-play-tickets-166560397633">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/steps-stages-play-tickets-166560397633</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a name="_Hlk86057137"><b>FREE TOUR PERFORMANCE IN THE COMMUNITY<o:p></o:p></b></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk86057137"><b>Sunday, November 21 at 4:00pm<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk86057137">Lakewood Congregational Church<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk86057137">1375 W. Clifton Blvd., Lakewood, OH 44107<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk86057137">Free, donations accepted<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">Written by Raymond Bobgan with contributions from the full Y-Haven Theatre Project team<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">CPT Teaching Artist & Guest Performer: Leonard Goff<br>
Assistant Director: Bridgett Martinez<br>
Scenic & Costume Design: Inda Blatch-Geib<br>
Lighting Designer: Ben Gantose <br>
Stage Manager: Garrett Markgraf<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">Guest Performer: Avery LaMar Pope<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">Y-Haven Cast: Michael Beck, Donte Harris, Reese AKA JiDDiP, Darron Jones, Sr., Eric Oldja, Khaled S. Rawashdeh<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b>SHOW INFORMATION<br>
</b>Cleveland Public Theatre is located at 6415 Detroit Ave., Cleveland, OH, 44102. The Gordon Square Theatre is ADA compliant featuring a patron elevator and an all-gender, wheelchair accessible restroom.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">For COVID-19 Safety Protocols, follow this link:
<a href="http://www.cptonline.org/plan-your-visit">www.cptonline.org/plan-your-visit</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">For more information, visit
<a href="http://www.cptonline.org">www.cptonline.org</a> or call the CPT Box Office at 216-631-2727 ext. 501.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#44546A">Caitlin Lewins<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#44546A">Director of Audience Engagement & Media Relations<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#44546A">Cleveland Public Theatre<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#44546A">6415 Detroit Ave<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#44546A">Cleveland OH, 44102<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#44546A">(216) 631-2727 x211</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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