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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">cleveland PUBLIC theatre</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Presents</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://churchofstarrywisdom.com/album/2297343/the-black-rose"><b><span style="color:#467886">The
Black Rose Xperience</span></b></a></span><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://churchofstarrywisdom.com/"><b><span style="color:#467886">By Church
of the Starry Wisdom</span></b></a></span><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-ligatures:none">December 5 - December 8, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-ligatures:none">It’s a little bit of:</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-ligatures:none">HORROR. ROMANCE. CULT. DRAMA. ACTION<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-ligatures:none">Sounds like the holidays to us!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Sample “In America,” a song from the show
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/share/p/19VoMg4tnJ/">here</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Sample songs from the album in which this event was inspired
<a href="https://churchofstarrywisdom.com/album/2297343/the-black-rose">here</a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:14.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">“…Imagine a mutant lab experiment combining the DNA of
Prince and David Bowie singing lead vocals for the Sisters of Mercy. This is some of the best goth-rock I’ve heard live in at least 10 years.”</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">
</span></i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">¯Vertigo Xi’an Xavier</span><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;background:white;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">“...I feel like I’m hearing Bowie’s hidden f@#king songs right now…”</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">
¯Jeri Sapronetti (Time Cat, Big Pop)</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">“It’s a mixture of David Bowie and funk in the best way possible.”</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">¯Ryan
Colin McGrew (Audio Engineer)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">“Great emotional wide-scale songwriting; and fearless, passionate execution in live
performance... This is a band that you'll remember; for all the right reasons.”</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">— Dave Snodgrass (Rick Ray Band)</span></i><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Part rock concert, part graphic novel, The Black Rose Xperience
is a multi-media theatrical rock event that combines the music of <b><a href="https://churchofstarrywisdom.com/"><span style="color:#467886">Church of Starry Wisdom</span></a>
</b>with an immersive cinematic narrative. Set in a dystopian America, this event explores themes of rebellion and revelation in a fallen civilization. Don't miss this unique exploration of revolution and redemption.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none">We asked the members of
<b><a href="https://churchofstarrywisdom.com/"><span style="color:#467886">Church of Starry Wisdom</span></a></b> to curate a playlist that connects to their show which includes one of their own compositions called “Yule Horror which you can check out along
with their other picks <a href="https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2024-2025/black-rose-experience-church-of-starry-wisdom/">
<span style="color:#467886">here</span></a>. </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Check out this preview of the show from
<i>Scene</i> magazine <a href="https://www.clevescene.com/music/church-of-starry-wisdom-to-bring-immersive-black-rose-xperience-to-cleveland-public-theatre-45504998">
<span style="color:#467886">here</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Choose What You Pay starting at $1 (with no handling fees)
<a href="https://www.cptonline.org/get-tickets/?spektrix=https%3A%2F%2Ftickets.cptonline.org%2Fclevelandpublictheatre%2Fwebsite%2FEventDetails.aspx%3FEventId%3D28401&show_id=30740">
<span style="color:#467886">here</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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