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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Cleveland Public Theatre & </span></b><span lang="AR-SA" dir="RTL" style="font-size:14.0pt">مسرح كليفلاند العربي</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:14.0pt"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Masrah Cleveland Al-Arabi<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">present<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2024-2025/the-outstretched-hand-%d9%8a%d8%af-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%88%d8%b5%d8%a7%d9%84-2/"><span lang="AR-LB" dir="RTL" style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">يد
الوصال</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:105%"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>|The Outstretched Hand</span></a><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:105%"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><a name="_Hlk127441923"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%">Created by ensemble members of<o:p></o:p></span></b></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk127441923"><span lang="AR-SA" dir="RTL" style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%">مسرح كليفلاند العربي</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk127441923"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>
Masrah Cleveland Al-Arabi and Raymond Bobgan<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk127441923"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%">Directed by Raymond Bobgan<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk127441923"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%">November 7―10, 202</span></b></span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%">4<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">ABOUT THE SHOW<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_gjdgxs"></a><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Mira wants to move out of her parent’s home without losing her connection. Third Generation American Sami seeks travels overseas to connect with his roots. Hassan is breaking
under the pressure of work, community commitments and his family needs here and overseas. These three young adults push against and pull towards their heritage, communities, and families, as they work towards becoming their full selves.<b>
</b><i>The Outstretched Hand</i> </span><span lang="AR-LB" dir="RTL">يد الوصال</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="AR-LB" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>
</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">is about connections to our families, our heritage and ourselves.
<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Through Masrah Cleveland Al-Arabi
</span><span lang="AR-LB" dir="RTL">مسرح كليفلاند العربي</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, Arabic-speaking communities of Cleveland share vital,
life-affirming stories celebrating family, dignity, and freedom of expression. These stories affirm a rich heritage and seek to move Cleveland to shed preconceptions and stereotypes and grow empathy and understanding. Masrah Cleveland Al-Arabi
</span><span lang="AR-LB" dir="RTL">مسرح كليفلاند العربي</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> is open to all people who share a heritage from Arabic-speaking
cultures with an interest in theatre regardless of experience. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;text-transform:uppercase">ENSEMBLE MEMBERS:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222">Nadeen Abusada, Issam Boudiab, Jamal Julia Boudiab, Rita ElJamous, Beshoy M. Hanna, Shakeeb Julien, Danny Lahoud, Rana Lahoud, Ahlem Zaaeed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in"><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">TICKET INFORMATION
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">7:30pm Wed/Thu/Fri/Sat and 3:00pm Sun, Nov 10, Gordon Square Theatre.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">Doors open at 6:45pm</span></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white"><br>
</span><strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">Thursday (Nov. 7)</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">—Pre-show light appetizer reception.</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222"><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;background:white">Friday (Nov. 8)</span></strong><span style="background:white">—Post-show light appetizer reception.</span><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;background:white">Saturday (Nov. 9)</span></strong><span style="background:white">—
</span></span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Post show dessert reception and post-show talk.</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222"><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;background:white">Sunday (Nov. 10) ―Doors open at 2:30pm for pre-show dessert, show begins promptly at 3pm.</span></strong><span style="background:white"> Post-show talk-back.</span></span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in"><a name="_Hlk181376449"><strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">CPT is donating 50% of ticket sales for </span></strong></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk181376449"><em><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">The
Outstretched Hand</span></b></em></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk181376449"><strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"> to support people in Palestine (Pious Projects), Lebanon (Red Cross), and Syria (Togetherness
US).</span></strong></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk181376449"></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk181376449"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Tickets are Choose What You Pay at </span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.cptonline.org/" target="_blank">www.cptonline.org</a></span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">,
or at the box office at 216.631.2727 x 501. Shows will be performed in the Gordon Square Theatre which is<b><i><span style="color:black">
</span></i></b><span style="color:black">ADA compliant featuring a ramped entrance and an all gender, wheelchair accessible restroom<a name="_30j0zll"></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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