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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/"><b><span style="color:blue">cleveland PUBLIC
theatre</span></b></a></span><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">
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</span></b><u><span style="font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:blue;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2024-2025/not-for-profit-or-the-equity-diversity-and-inclusion-play/"><b><i><span style="color:blue">not-for-profit
(or the equity, diversity and inclusion play)</span></i></b></a><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://frandasilveira.com/">By francisca da silveira</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Directed by Jeannine Gaskin<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><a name="_Hlk100678609"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">October 24 through November 9, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Cle</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">veland Public Theatre (CPT) kicks off its
<a href="https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatres-cultivate-2024-2025-season/">
2024/2025 “Cultivate season</a> with the World Premiere of <i>not-for-profit (or the equity, diversity and inclusion play)</i> by francisa da silveira*. This marks the second collaboration between Cleveland Public Theatre and da silveira with the first being
<i>can I touch it?</i> from the 2022/2023 season. da silveira, a playwright on a fast track, was a 2023 Finalist for the prestigious
</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://www.blackburnprize.org/"><span style="color:blue">Susan Smith Blackburn Prize</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">. This
satirical look inside of a not-for-profit mentoring program was the catalyst for the playwright’s TV writing career which includes a stint with HBO’s
<i>Industry</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Description:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">
It’s a typical day for the employees of RiseUp, an education nonprofit focused on urban youth mentorship―Interim CEO Lisa is dealing with un-woke board members who can’t remember what organization they’re supporting, Gen X Melissa is trying to use the latest
Gen Z slang in a sentence, Kiki thinks they’re being held back because they go by “they,” Nadine is too lazy to call IT even though she hasn’t received an email in a month, “cultural” consultant Nick is a total FREE-gan who spends most of the day raiding the
staff lunch room for freebies, and Alkanna’s got the tea-flavored Lacroix on everybody. Will they take the time out of their day to…you know…check on the children? francisca da silveira’s
<i>not-for-profit (or the equity, diversity and inclusion play)</i> takes a satirical look inside a fictitious non-profit going through it.</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Featuring:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">
<span style="color:#222222;background:white">Kim Akins, Diwe Augustin-Glave, Alexandrea Decatur-Benally, Rachel Lee Kolis, Michael J. Montanus, Sydney Smith<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-ligatures:none">Director:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-ligatures:none"> Jeannine
Gaskin<br>
<b>Producer:</b> Raymond Bobgan<br>
<b>Line Producer:</b> Paige Conway<br>
<b>Stage Manager:</b> Lauren Lash<br>
<b>Scenic Designer:</b> Cameron Caley Michalak<br>
<b>Costume Designer:</b> Amanda Rowe-Van Allen<br>
<b>Sound Designer:</b> J’niah Davison<br>
<b>Lighting Designer:</b> Libby Zamiska<br>
<b>Props Designer:</b> Mia Jones<span style="text-transform:uppercase"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-ligatures:none">Opening Night (October 26)– </span></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-ligatures:none">Ticket includes free admission to the post-show opening
party with appetizers and beverages and opportunity to mingle with cast members.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-ligatures:none">Free Bev Friday – </span></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-ligatures:none">Every Friday night at CPT is Free Bev Friday when a selection of
free beverages are served after the performance. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-ligatures:none">Covid-Conscious Performances (October 27 and November 3, 2024)</span></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-ligatures:none"> ─Face masks are required
by all audience members for these performances. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Ticket And Show Information</span></u></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><br>
</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Tickets for
<i>not-for-profit (or the equity, diversity and inclusion play)</i></span><b><i><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">
</span></i></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">can be purchased</span><b><i><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">
</span></i></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">at
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="http://www.cptonline.org"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;color:blue">www.cptonline.org</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">
through the theater’s </span><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Choose-What-You-Pay
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">option which allows patrons to pay what they’d like from $1 to $80 with no handling fees.
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James Levin Theatre is ADA-compliant featuring a patron elevator and an all-gender, wheelchair accessible restroom.</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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