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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Cleveland Public Theatre presents<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2022-2023/category/series/test-flight/">TEST FLIGHT 2023</a></span></b><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">January 19 – February 25, 2023</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Featuring 6 workshop productions by Northeast Ohio artists as part of CPT’s New Play Development Program</span><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">.
</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">This year’s line-up includes <b>two plays with music including a “short rock opera” set in present-day Mariupol, Ukraine, a musical about the legendary African American Pullman</b>
<b>Porters from Canada in time for Black History Month</b>, <b>an offering from playwright/actress Jeanne Madison (Cleveland Scene magazine “Best Actress” for Karamu’s
<i>Sassy Mamas</i>)</b>, an offering from </span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222;background:white">Teatro Público de Cleveland, and more</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">. We are also proud to present
<b>five BIPOC writers</b> and <b>three plays presented by female-identifying writers.
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2022-2023/week-1-our-lady-of-common-sorrows/"><b>WEEK 1: January 19 – 21
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</span></b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Our Lady of Common Sorrows</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><br>
Written and directed by Jaiie Dayo Aliya<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2022-2023/showin-up-black/"><b>WEEK 2: January 26 – 28
</b></a></span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> <br>
</span></b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Showin’ Up Black<br>
</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Written by Jeanne Madison <span style="color:#222222;background:white">
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222;background:white">Directed by Michael Oatman</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2022-2023/alter/"><b>WEEK 3: February 9-11
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Alter<br>
</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Written by Tania Benites<br>
Directed by Kari Barclay<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Co-produced with
<span style="color:#222222;background:white">Teatro Público de Cleveland</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Body" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2022-2023/anna-of-mariupol-gray-space/"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">WEEK 4: February 16-18</span></b></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
(Two for the price of one)</span></b></span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222">Anna of Mariupol – Act 1</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222"> (A short rock opera set in present-day Ukraine)<br>
Studio A LLC<br>
Written and produced by David C. Tabar<br>
Directed by Christina Dupre'<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222">Gray Space</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222"><br>
Written by Melissa T. Crum & Ananias Dixon<br>
Directed by Chennelle Bryant-Harris<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2022-2023/jacket-of-blue/"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">WEEK 5: February 23 - 25</span></b></a></span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222">Playwright, Composer & Music Director Obediya Jones-Darrell<br>
Directed by Tara Taylor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Body" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">EVERY TICKET is “</span></b><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/box-office/"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Choose
What You Pay</span></b></a><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">” starting at $1 and can be purchased
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">at </span><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/box-office/"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">https://www.cptonline.org/box-office/</span></b></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
or through the CPT Box Office at 216.631.2727 ext. 501<b>. Every Thursday is a Covid-conscious performance where masks are required, and every Friday is Free Bev (as in free beverage) Friday.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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