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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Cleveland Public Theatre presents<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2021-2022/10-minutes-to-midnight-9-quirky-plays-for-the-holidays/"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt">10 Minutes to Midnight: 9 Quirky Plays
for the Holidays</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Directed by Caitlin Lewins | Associate Director: Ananias Dixon</span></b><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Short plays by local & national creators</span><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">DECEMBER 2 – 18, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">No matter what you celebrate during December, the holidays can bring joy, communal meals, loneliness, family, pressure, parties, warm hugs on cold nights, incredible stress, romance, anxiety, disaster,
hope, dysfunction, and so much more! This holiday season, CPT shares humor, heart, and a party-like celebration, wrapped in a montage of short holiday (or non-holiday) plays. Part variety show, part cabaret, and part 10-minute play festival, <i>10 Minutes
to Midnight</i> celebrates the breadth of holiday happenings (or non-happenings) in this seasonal extravaganza dosed with live music, fun-sized scenes, hilarity, and humanity.
<b>World Premiere.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<span style="color:black;background:white">Ensemble: Sarah Arafat, Tania Benites, Dar’Jon Marquise Bentley, Cait Butler, Dr. Nickol Calhoun, Sylka Edmondson, Brooke Myers, Drew Pope, Andrew Aaron Valdez, and Katie Wells</span><span style="background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Dayshawnda Ash, Melissa Crum, Emma James Dahl, John Dayo-Aliya, David Hansen, and Maya Malan-Gonzalez –
<i>Contributing Playwrights <br>
</i></span>Raymond Bobgan – <i>Producer <br>
</i>Beth Wood – <i>Scenic Designer & Line Producer <br>
</i>Amanda Lin Boyd<i> – Stage Manager <br>
</i>Maria DiDonato – <i>Music Director <br>
</i>Inda Blatch-Geib – <i>Costume Designer <br>
</i>Wes Calkin – <i>Lighting Designer <br>
</i>Lauren Calevich – <i>Fill-in Stage Manager <br>
</i>Janya Robinson – <i>Assistant Stage Manager/Sound Operator <br>
</i>Richard B. Ingraham – <i>Sound Cue Designer & Sound Consultant<span style="background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">December 2-18, 7:30pm, Wed/Thu/Fri/Sat and 3:00pm (Sun), Gordon Square Theatre<br>
Preview December 2. Opening Night is Dec 3.<span style="font-size:9.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/plan-your-visit/"><b>Click here</b></a><b> for COVID-19 Safety Protocols.</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="Body" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">EVERY TICKET is “</span></b><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-announces-expanded-choose-what-you-pay-ticketing-practice/"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Choose
What You Pay</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">” and will be offered online, over the phone, and at the Box Office.</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b>PURCHASE TICKETS
</b>at <a href="http://www.cptonline.org"><b>www.cptonline.org</b></a> or call the CPT Box Office at 216.631.2727 ext. 501<b>.
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<p class="Body" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">The Gordon Square Theatre is ADA compliant featuring a ramped entrance and an all gender, wheelchair accessible restroom.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">Every <b>Friday is Free Bev Friday at CPT</b>. Mingle with the artists after the show and discuss the performance in a lively, social atmosphere – your drinks are on CPT.<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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