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<p class="Default" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Cleveland Public Theatre</span></b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Default" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:blue"><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2023-2024/station-hope-2024/">Station Hope 2024</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="Default" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">A Celebration of Hope. A Dialogue for Change.</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">In its 11th year, this
<b><u>free</u></b> event features over 100 artists performing social justice-inspired works at Cleveland’s first authenticated Underground Railroad site, St. John’s Episcopal Church.</span></i><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Saturday, May 25, 2024 | 7:00 pm ¯ 10:00 pm<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Cleveland, OH
</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">– Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) presents the
<b>11th annual Station Hope </b>on Saturday, May 25, 2024, from 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm on the grounds of
<i>Cleveland’s first authenticated </i></span><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:blue">Underground Railroad
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</span></i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">St. John’s Episcopal Church at 2600 Church Avenue. Station Hope is a jubilant community event celebrating Cleveland’s social justice heritage and exploring contemporary struggles for
freedom and equity. Engage with over 100 artists and community and professional arts & cultural organizations from across Northeast Ohio as they
<b>envision, interrogate, entertain and seek out hope. </b>Audiences can explore the historic church, (an architectural wonder) while enjoying
<i>theatre, music, storytelling, and dance </i>inspired by the most important issues of our time.
<b>Station Hope is free, family-friendly, and open to all.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Participating artists to date include returning show-stopping high-energy dance & drumming group
</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:blue">Djapo Cultural Arts Institute</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">, African dance group
</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:blue">Mojuba! Dance Collective</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">, award-winning playwright Eric Schmiedl, Afro-fusion/Hip Hop dance group
</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:blue">Blakk Jakk Dance Collective</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">; spoken word artist
</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:blue">Fatima Matar</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">. There will also be musical performances by
</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:blue">Anuvybe</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">,
</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:blue">New Genesis
</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">and much more.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Returning also is the fan favorite
<a href="https://www.aaqdg.org/">The African American Quilt & Doll Guild</a> with the
<a href="https://www.clevelandstorytellers.org/">Cleveland Association of Black Storytellers</a>. Patrons may also visit the Activate Hope tent which will feature local social service agencies and other partnering non-profit organizations. There will also be
an interactive tent for kids and adults.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Cleveland Public Theatre’s Station Hope 2024 is presented in partnership with The Episcopal Diocese of Ohio, Councilman Kerry McCormack, and Ohio City Incorporated.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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