<html><body><span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000000; font-size:10pt;"><div><span style="left: 81.6px; top: 284.236px; font-size: 15.9697px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.08468);">BEREA, OH – The Department of Theatre and Dance at Baldwin Wallace University </span><span style="left: 81.6px; top: 302.476px; font-size: 15.9697px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.13037);">presents </span><span style="left: 145.28px; top: 302.476px; font-size: 15.9697px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.07441);">The Crucible</span><span style="left: 235.52px; top: 302.476px; font-size: 15.9697px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.08607);"> by Arthur Miller, directed by René Copeland. </span></div><div><span style="left: 235.52px; top: 302.476px; font-size: 15.9697px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.08607);"><br></span><span style="left: 81.6px; top: 339.756px; font-size: 15.9697px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.08112);"></span></div><div><span style="left: 81.6px; top: 339.756px; font-size: 15.9697px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.08112);">An allegory for McCarthyism’s reign of terror against 1950s Hollywood, Miller has written </span><span style="left: 81.6px; top: 357.996px; font-size: 15.9697px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.10444);">that this play “starts getting produced wherever a political coup appears imminent, or a </span><span style="left: 81.6px; top: 376.076px; font-size: 15.9697px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.10224);">dictatorial regime has just been overthrown.” The play grapples with questions prompted </span><span style="left: 81.6px; top: 394.316px; font-size: 15.9697px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.09051);">when flawed people are faced with a choice between honor and death. What would you say </span><span style="left: 81.6px; top: 412.556px; font-size: 15.9697px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.07202);">to save your life? Who would you sacrifice? </span><span style="left: 81.6px; top: 449.836px; font-size: 15.9697px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.07703);"></span></div><div><span style="left: 81.6px; top: 449.836px; font-size: 15.9697px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.07703);"><br></span></div><div><span style="left: 81.6px; top: 449.836px; font-size: 15.9697px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.07703);">Effective Saturday, March 5, BW will move to mask optional. Masks will no longer be </span><span style="left: 81.6px; top: 468.076px; font-size: 15.9697px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.09281);">required in public or indoor spaces like classrooms, common areas, or at BW events. While </span><span style="left: 81.6px; top: 486.156px; font-size: 15.9697px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.09692);">masks will no longer be required indoors, all community members are welcome to continue </span><span style="left: 81.6px; top: 504.396px; font-size: 15.9697px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.09146);">wearing masks. </span><span style="left: 81.6px; top: 541.836px; font-size: 15.9697px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.10994);"></span></div><div><span style="left: 81.6px; top: 541.836px; font-size: 15.9697px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.10994);"><br></span></div><div><span style="left: 81.6px; top: 541.836px; font-size: 15.9697px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.10994);">Wednesday-Saturday, April 20-23 at 7:30pm </span><span style="left: 81.6px; top: 559.916px; font-size: 15.9697px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.10754);">Sunday, April 24 at 2:00pm </span><span style="left: 81.6px; top: 596.396px; font-size: 15.9697px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.09177);"></span></div><div><span style="left: 81.6px; top: 596.396px; font-size: 15.9697px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.09177);">Mainstage Theatre, Kleist Center for Art and Drama </span><span style="left: 81.6px; top: 614.476px; font-size: 15.9697px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.06163);">95 E Bagley Road, Berea, OH 44017 </span><span style="left: 81.6px; top: 650.796px; font-size: 15.9697px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.10249);"></span></div><div><span style="left: 81.6px; top: 650.796px; font-size: 15.9697px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.10249);"><br></span></div><div><span style="left: 81.6px; top: 650.796px; font-size: 15.9697px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.10249);">Ticket Information: </span><span style="left: 81.6px; top: 669.036px; font-size: 15.9697px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.06433);">Adults: $15 </span><span style="left: 81.6px; top: 687.276px; font-size: 15.9697px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.09338);">Seniors: $10 </span><span style="left: 81.6px; top: 705.516px; font-size: 15.9697px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.11486);">Students: Free </span><span style="left: 81.6px; top: 729.996px; font-size: 15.9697px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.10721);"></span></div><div><span style="left: 81.6px; top: 729.996px; font-size: 15.9697px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.10721);">To purchase tickets: <a href="http://www.bw.edu/tickets">www.bw.edu/tickets</a> </span></div><div><span style="left: 81.6px; top: 729.996px; font-size: 15.9697px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.10721);"><br></span></div><div><span style="left: 81.6px; top: 729.996px; font-size: 15.9697px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.10721);"> </span><span style="left: 81.6px; top: 754.636px; font-size: 15.9697px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.09908);">For more information, contact: Department of Theatre & Dance </span><span style="left: 81.6px; top: 779.276px; font-size: 15.9697px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.12921);">(440) 826-2239 | <a href="mailto:theatre@bw.edu">theatre@bw.edu</a> </span></div></span></body></html>