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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><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">cleveland
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><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">SoftLaunch</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk185606945"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk185606945"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><i><span style="font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk185606945"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">January 23 through January 25, 2025</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk185606945"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk185606945"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) presents the World Premiere of its most experimental artistic development program to
date, </span></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">SoftLaunch</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk185606945"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk185606945"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">.
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<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">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 process.
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<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The event features 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"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Participating creators include the following:
</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Ticket And Show Information</span></u></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Get information including descriptions of the art, preview articles from
<i>The Land</i>, <i>Ideastream</i> and <i>News Herald</i>, and/or tickets </span>
<b><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">here</span></a></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">.
CPT offers a Choose What You Pay policy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Note that most of the performance spaces are wheelchair accessible, and there are gender-neutral wheelchair accessible restrooms onsite.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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