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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">TPC and CPT Present Superhero on a crusade to save Puerto Ricans in Comic Book-inspired
Play<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">El Coquí Espectacular and the Bottle of Doom</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">
by Matt Barbot <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">March 20 through April 5, 2025<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><strong><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">"It is a relevant and exciting epic tale that will appeal to a broad audience of theatergoers."</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#222222"><br>
<span style="background:white">–</span></span><a href="https://www.broadwayworld.com/new-jersey/article/BWW-Review-EL-COQUI-ESPECTACULAR-AND-THE-BOTTLE-OF-DOOM-at-TRT-is-an-Exciting-and-Inventive-Show-20180117"><em><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#777777;background:white">Broadway
World</span></em></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#222222"><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background:white">"Truly superb… you'd be a fool to miss it."</span></strong><br>
<span style="background:white">–</span></span><a href="https://www.buffalorising.com/2019/12/in-the-hilarious-el-coqui-espectacular-and-the-bottle-of-doom-in-english-raices-theatre-asks-are-you-too-puerto-rican-or-just-sorta-rican/"><em><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#777777;background:white">Buffalo
Rising</span></em></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#222222"><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background:white">"</span></strong><em><b><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background:white">El Coquí Espectacular</span></b></em><strong><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background:white"> is
a wildly informative, yet still enjoyable piece about cultural pride. No matter what umbrella you fall under, this is one play that everyone can identify with."</span></strong><br>
<span style="background:white">–</span></span><a href="https://stagebuddy.com/theater/theater-review/review-el-coqui-espectacular-bottle-doom"><em><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#777777;background:white">Stage Buddy</span></em></a><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/education/teatro-publico-de-cleveland/"><span style="color:#467886">Teatro Público de Cleveland</span></a>
and <a href="https://www.cptonline.org/"><span style="color:#467886">Cleveland Public Theatre</span></a> are excited to present
</span><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2024-2025/el-coqui-espectacular-and-the-bottle-of-doom/">El Coquí Espectacular and the Bottle of Doom</a></span></i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">
by Matt Barbot. The play has been popular across the country for nearly a decade and has since won several awards including a couple at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">About the play</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" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-ligatures:none">By day, Alex is a struggling comic book artist tempted by the allure of a steady job, but by night he is "El Coquí
Espectacular," a superhero on a mission to save his fellow Puerto Ricans; while his advertising exec brother, Joe, reluctantly becomes the "voice" of Spanish-speaking people everywhere, and he doesn’t even speak Spanish. See how the brothers discover their
true identities in this comic book come to life.</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-ligatures:none">El Coquí Espectacular and the Bottle of Doom<br>
</span></i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-ligatures:none">was originally produced by Two River Theater<br>
John Dias, Artistic Director / Michael Hurst, Managing Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Featuring:</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"> </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Roxana
Bell, Nathalie Bermudez, Alisha Caraballo, Angelluis Centeno, Alejandro Martinez Jr., Elena Grace Thomson (Understudy)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Creative Team<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Producer:
</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Raymond Bobgan</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;background:white;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Director:
</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Fabio Polanco</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;background:white;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Assistant Director:</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none"> Nahomy
Garcia</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><br>
<b><span style="color:#222222;background:white">Stage Manager:</span></b><span style="color:black;background:white"> Mekenzie Keogh</span><br>
<b><span style="color:#222222;background:white">Line Producer:</span></b><span style="color:black;background:white"> Anastasía Urozhaeva</span><br>
<b><span style="color:#222222;background:white">Costumes & Props Designer:</span></b><span style="color:black;background:white"> Inda Blatch-Geib</span><br>
<b><span style="color:#222222;background:white">Scenic Designer:</span></b><span style="color:black;background:white"> Gennie Neuman Lambert</span><br>
<b><span style="color:#222222;background:white">Lighting Designer:</span></b><span style="color:black;background:white"> Jaemin Park</span><br>
<b><span style="color:#222222;background:white">Assistant to Lighting Designer:</span></b><span style="color:black;background:white"> Elena Grace Thomson</span><br>
<b><span style="color:#222222;background:white">Sound Designer & Composer:</span></b><span style="color:black;background:white"> Stewart Blackwood<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Assistant to Sound Designer/Composer:
</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Pan-Pan Gou</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><br>
<b><span style="color:#222222;background:white">Projection Designer:</span></b><span style="color:black;background:white"> Val Kozlenko</span><br>
<b><span style="color:#222222;background:white">Fight Choreographer:</span></b><span style="color:black;background:white"> Ryan Zarecki</span><span style="background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Ticket and Show Information<br>
</span></u></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Cleveland Public Theatre utilizes a
<a href="https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-announces-expanded-choose-what-you-pay-ticketing-practice/">
<span style="color:blue">Choose What You Pay</span></a> policy, with no handling fees, allowing patrons the option to select their own rate. Tickets may be purchased online, over the phone, and at the Box Office at 216.631.2727 ext. 501. For more information
visit <a href="http://www.cptonline.org/"><span style="color:#467886">www.cptonline.org</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Extras<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Opening Night (March 22) – </span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Ticket includes free admission
to the post-show opening night celebration with appetizers and beverages and a chance to mingle with cast members.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Free Bev Friday –</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> Ticket includes FREE post-show beverages
following every Friday night performance.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/plan-your-visit/"><b><span style="color:#467886">Covid-Conscious Sunday (March 23 & 30)</span></b><span style="color:#467886"> </span></a>―
Realizing that patrons have different levels of comfort while attending live events; we have designated these two performances where patrons are required to wear face masks for the duration of the performances. CDC suggests K95 or surgical for the best protection
against Covid-19 and other airborne viruses.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">The James Levin Theatre is ADA-compliant featuring a ramped entrance and an all-gender, wheelchair accessible restroom.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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