<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif;color:rgb(5,5,5)">Shrapnel Maps</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif;color:rgb(5,5,5)">: a staged reading</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif;color:rgb(5,5,5)">by Philip Metres and Eric Schmiedl</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif;color:rgb(5,5,5)">based on the acclaimed collection of poems
<i>Shrapnel Maps</i> by Philip Metres</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif;color:rgb(5,5,5)">Marinello Little Theater, John Carroll
University</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif;color:rgb(5,5,5)"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif;color:rgb(5,5,5)">Set in 2021, an Arab American poet and
peacemaker is asked to speak at a rally in Cleveland for the people of Gaza.
Will he? His journey takes him on an emotional journey that crosses continents,
cultures, and communities inspiring connection.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif;color:rgb(5,5,5)">Sponsored by Cuyahoga Arts and
Culture, Ohio Humanities Council, the JCU Department of English, and the Peace,
Justice, and Human Rights Program the reading is directed by Seth Gordon, former
associate artistic director at the Cleveland Play House and current faculty
member of the Helmerich School of Drama at The University of Oklahoma. </span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif;color:rgb(5,5,5)">The reading will conclude with guided
conversation about the play and its implications for how we deal with
polarizing conflict, exploring what it means to be human in times of conflict,
and seeking ways of resolving conflict in ways that affirm our shared humanity.</span></p>

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