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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">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><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><i>El Coquí Espectacular and the Bottle of Doom</i>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">by Matt Barbot
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#222222"><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/education/teatro-publico-de-cleveland/">Teatro Público de Cleveland</a> and
<a href="https://www.cptonline.org/">Cleveland Public Theatre</a> are excited to present
</span><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><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:"Aptos",sans-serif">
by Matt Barbot. The play has been popular across the country for nearly a decade and even had a workshop at Julia de Burgos Art Center in 2016 and has since won several awards including a couple at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">About the play</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222">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"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><em><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222">El Coquí Espectacular and the Bottle of Doom</span></em><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222"><br>
</span></i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222">was originally produced by Two River Theater<br>
John Dias, Artistic Director / Michael Hurst, Managing Director</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">Featuring:</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">Roxana
Bell, Nathalie Bermudez, Alisha Caraballo, Angelluis Centeno, Alejandro Martinez Jr., Elena Grace Thomson (Understudy)</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Ticket and Show Information</span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><br>
</span></u></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Cleveland Public Theatre utilizes a
</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-announces-expanded-choose-what-you-pay-ticketing-practice/"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:blue">Choose What You Pay</span></a></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">
policy, with no handling fees, allowing patrons the option to select their own rate. Tickets may be purchased
<b><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/get-tickets/?spektrix=https%3A%2F%2Ftickets.cptonline.org%2Fclevelandpublictheatre%2Fwebsite%2FEventDetails.aspx%3FEventId%3D30201&show_id=30957">here</a></b> online, over the phone, and at the Box Office
</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">at 216.631.2727 ext. 501. For more information visit
</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><a href="http://www.cptonline.org"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">www.cptonline.org</span></a></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Extras<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Opening Night (March 22) – </span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Ticket includes free admission to the post-show opening night celebration
with appetizers by <a href="https://www.rinconcriollocle.com/">Rincon Criollo</a> and beverages and a chance to mingle with cast members.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/plan-your-visit/"><b><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Covid-Conscious Sunday (March 23 & 30)</span></b><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> </span></a></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">―
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.</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><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:"Aptos",sans-serif">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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