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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><a name="_Hlk185606945"></a><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk185606945"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:blue;mso-ligatures:none">cleveland
PUBLIC theatre</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk185606945"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk185606945"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk185606945"></span><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2024-2025/soft-launch-2025/"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk185606945"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:blue;mso-ligatures:none">SoftLaunch</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk185606945"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk185606945"><b><i><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></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk185606945"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">January 23 through January 25, 2025</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk185606945"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk185606945"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) presents the World
Premiere of </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk185606945"></span><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2024-2025/soft-launch-2025/"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk185606945"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:blue;mso-ligatures:none">SoftLaunch</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk185606945"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk185606945"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-ligatures:none">—</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk185606945"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">its
most experimental artistic development program to date. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Join us for this groundbreaking festival that seeks to reinvent what theatre and art can be. Patrons get to be part of the
art as they immerse themselves in installations and intimate performances. These works burst beyond CPT's theatres into lobbies, hallways, and even the rooftop. Pieces exist in various stages of development, giving the audience a crucial role in the creative
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">The event will feature 20+ experimental performances and visual art installations ranging in level of completion―some pieces
are new, while some have been developed over a longer period. Some pieces will operate as an art exhibit where patrons can come and go as they choose, while some will be timed and presented at multiple times throughout the day.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Participating artists include the following:
</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Raymond Bobgan, Molly Andrews-Hinders, Caroline Breder-Watts, Isaiah Burns<b>,
</b>CHIMI, Ray Caspio, Michael Glavan, Brooke Lynlee, Demetria McCulloh, Molly McFadden, Dave Maher, Fatima Matar, Elizabeth Pollert, Lacy Talley, Nadia Tarnawsky, Anastasía Urozhaeva, Kerstin Vaughn and Chris Webb.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Tickets for the event can be purchased<b><i> </i></b>at </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="http://www.cptonline.org"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:blue">www.cptonline.org</span></a></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">
through the theater’s Choose-What-You-Pay option.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2024-2025/soft-launch-2025/"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:blue">here</span></a></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">.</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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