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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2024-2025/category/series/test-flight/"><b>TEST FLIGHT 2025 (Part One)</b></a></span><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Featuring workshop productions by Northeast Ohio artists as part of CPT’s New Play Development Program<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Through – February 22, 2025<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">Cleveland Public Theatre’s popular annual new play development series Test Flight is back in two
parts. Part one wraps up this week with a double bill featuring <i>Poems of An Angry Feminist</i> by Fatima Matar and Lauren Lash’s
<i>The Stars Made Me Gay: Queer Anthology Vol. 1</i>. You can <a href="https://www.cptonline.org/box-office/">
Choose What You Pay</a> with no handling fees and see two plays for the price of one!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">WEEK 3: February 20-22 (A Double Bill)
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<b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222">Poems of An Angry Feminist</span></i></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222"><br>
Produced and conceived by Fatima Matar <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222">Poems of an Angry Feminist</span></i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222"> is a thought-provoking, multimedia performance, bringing together
poetry, music, dance, and imagery. With a strong feminist voice running through her poems, award-winning poet </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://fatimaalmatar.com/"><span style="color:#777777">Fatima
Matar</span></a></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222"> gives a moving performance on themes of sexism, misogyny, domestic violence, sexual harassment at work, and social justice. Interested in capturing the human
experience, Fatima’s poetry also touches on her experience of migration, belonging, motherhood, loss, and depression. “Fatima’s performance has been described as powerful, profound, moving, spellbinding, and poignant. “<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222">The Stars Made Me Gay: Queer Anthology Vol. 1</span></i></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222"><br>
By Lauren Lash<br>
Directed by Kate Smith<br>
Produced by Jeannine Gaskin <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222">The Stars Made Me Gay: Queer Anthology Vol. 1 </span></i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222">by Lauren Lash is the debut installment of
the <i>Queer Anthology Project</i>, a powerful collection of monologues and scenes crafted from interviews with members of the LGBTQIA+ community. This first volume shines a spotlight on the voices and experiences of bisexual/pansexual, lesbian, and transmasculine
people, capturing their heartfelt stories of identity, resilience, and the search for belonging. Through these narratives, <i>The Stars Made Me Gay </i>offers a moving exploration of queer longing and the quest for community. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:106%;border:none;padding:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">May 22 – June 7, 2025<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:106%;border:none;padding:0in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Unhinged: Burlesque Play on Modern Dating Struggles
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<span style="color:black">Issa Vybe Productions<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Grandeza </span>
</i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Presented by </span>
<span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/education/teatro-publico-de-cleveland/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Teatro Público de Cleveland</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
Written & directed by <span style="color:black">Ernesto Luna Camargo</span> and produced by Alejandro Martinez
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:106%;border:none;padding:0in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Future NeverLand</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
by Josiah Brit. produced & directed by Jimmie Woody<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:106%;border:none;padding:0in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Tickets will be on sale by February 28, 2025.
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<p class="Body" style="text-align:justify"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2024-2025/category/series/test-flight/">TICKET & SHOW INFORMATION<o:p></o:p></a></span></u></b></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 7pm in CPT’s James Levin Theatre, located at 6415 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44102, in the heart of the Gordon Square Arts District.
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<p class="Body"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:windowtext">EVERY TICKET is “</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/box-office/"><b><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Choose
What You Pay</span></b></a></span><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:windowtext">” starting at $1 and can be purchased
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/get-tickets/?spektrix=https%3A%2F%2Ftickets.cptonline.org%2Fclevelandpublictheatre%2Fwebsite%2FEventDetails.aspx%3FEventId%3D29601&show_id=30997"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">here</span></a></span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">,
or through the CPT Box Office at 216.631.2727 ext. 501<b>.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="Body" style="text-align:justify"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:windowtext">The James Levin Theatre is ADA-compliant featuring a patron elevator and an all-gender, wheelchair accessible restroom.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Every <b>Friday is Free Bev Friday at CPT</b>. Mingle with the artists after the show and discuss the performance in a lively, social atmosphere – your drinks are on CPT.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Looking for a place to dine before or after a performance? Check out one of the hot spots
<b><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/our-neighborhood/">here</a></b>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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