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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;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN"><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/"><b><span style="color:blue">cleveland
PUBLIC theatre</span></b></a><b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></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;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">Presents
</span></b><u><span style="font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:blue;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN"><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;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN"><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;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN"><a href="https://frandasilveira.com/"><span style="color:#467886">By
francisca da silveira</span></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;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">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;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">October 24 through November
9, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></a></p>
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk100678609"></span>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) kicks off its
<a href="https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatres-cultivate-2024-2025-season/">
<span style="color:#467886">2024/2025 “Cultivate season</span></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
<a href="https://www.blackburnprize.org/"><span style="color:blue">Susan Smith Blackburn Prize</span></a>. 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;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">Description:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">
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;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN"><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;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">Featuring:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">
<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;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">Director:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">
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>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.75pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:red;mso-ligatures:none">NON-PROFIT WORKER NIGHT</span></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:red;mso-ligatures:none"><br>
</span><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Friday, October 25, 2024</span></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><br>
<b>In celebration of those of us who work in the Industry!<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.75pt"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Non-profit workers will find plenty of funny-'cause-it's-true moments in
<i>not-for-profit</i>. What better way to heighten these moments than laughing, cringing, and nodding along in a room full of people who get it?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.75pt"><u><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Ticket purchases for this performance include the following perks:<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Pre-show reception (with light appetizers and beverages)<b>─6pm to 6:45pm</b><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;line-height:18.75pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Performance of <i>not-for-profit (or the equity, diversity and inclusion play)</i> <b>─7pm</b><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;line-height:18.75pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Post-show talk with playwright <a href="https://frandasilveira.com/">francisca da silveira</a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;line-height:18.75pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Post show beverages<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.75pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:red;mso-ligatures:none">For other nights with perks click
<a href="https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2024-2025/not-for-profit-or-the-equity-diversity-and-inclusion-play/">
here</a>!</span></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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