<div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;box-sizing:border-box;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5rem;font-family:"Neue Plak",-apple-system,"system-ui",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">What makes musical theatre truly inclusive and adaptive?</font></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.5rem;font-family:"Neue Plak",-apple-system,"system-ui",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Inclusive theatre happens when accommodations are made so that anyone who wants to be involved can be involved. We like to say that we “remove barriers to entry”; whether that means having an ADA-accessible stage, an ASL-interpreted performance, selective levels of involvement or anything like that, we embrace those needs and do what we can to meet them.</span></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;box-sizing:border-box;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5rem;font-family:"Neue Plak",-apple-system,"system-ui",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><br></font></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;box-sizing:border-box;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5rem;font-family:"Neue Plak",-apple-system,"system-ui",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">Theatre Agápe has committed to:</font></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;box-sizing:border-box;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5rem;font-family:"Neue Plak",-apple-system,"system-ui",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">-making all performances sensory-friendly and creating a Sensory-Friendly Break Space </font></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;box-sizing:border-box;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5rem;font-family:"Neue Plak",-apple-system,"system-ui",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">-offering tickets that are donation-based Pay-As-You-Like</font></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;box-sizing:border-box;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5rem;font-family:"Neue Plak",-apple-system,"system-ui",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">-providing ASL-interpretation during our Saturday, November 4th performance</font></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:10px 0px 0px;box-sizing:border-box;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5rem;font-family:"Neue Plak",-apple-system,"system-ui",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">Theatre Agápe is putting their service where their art is! The timeless classic <i>The Wizard of Oz</i> is being presented as an Inclusive and Adaptive production through a partnership with Cuyahoga County Board of Developmental Disabilities and Rotary Club of Cleveland. We’d love to add your company to our list of partners as we seek to build a sustainable, inclusive, and adaptive experience for the benefit of ALL!</font></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:10px 0px 0px;box-sizing:border-box;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5rem;font-family:"Neue Plak",-apple-system,"system-ui",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">Performances are held at Disciples Christian Church on Mayfield Road in Cleveland Heights.</font></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:10px 0px 0px;box-sizing:border-box;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5rem;font-family:"Neue Plak",-apple-system,"system-ui",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">All tickets are general admission and Pay-As-You-Like. All performances are sensory-friendly and will offer a Sensory Break Room.</font></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:10px 0px 0px;box-sizing:border-box;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5rem;font-family:"Neue Plak",-apple-system,"system-ui",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">Curtain for Friday and Saturday performances is 7:30pm with doors opening at 7:00pm.</font></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:10px 0px 0px;box-sizing:border-box;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5rem;font-family:"Neue Plak",-apple-system,"system-ui",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">Curtain for Sunday performances is 3:00pm with doors opening at 2:30pm.</font></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:10px 0px 0px;box-sizing:border-box;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5rem;font-family:"Neue Plak",-apple-system,"system-ui",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><br></font></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:10px 0px 0px;box-sizing:border-box;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5rem;font-family:"Neue Plak",-apple-system,"system-ui",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">Check out more about the production on our website: <a href="http://theatreagape.org/upcoming-events/" target="_blank">theatreagape.org/upcoming-events/</a></font></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:10px 0px 0px;box-sizing:border-box;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5rem;font-family:"Neue Plak",-apple-system,"system-ui",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">Questions? Call 440.666.8517</font></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:10px 0px 0px;box-sizing:border-box;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5rem;font-family:"Neue Plak",-apple-system,"system-ui",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><br></font></p><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#741b47" face="georgia, serif"><b>Sarah Lynne Bailey</b></font><div><font face="georgia, serif">Executive Artistic Director</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif">Theatre Agápe</font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>