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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:115%">cleveland PUBLIC theatre</span></b></a></span><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2024-2025/the-body-play/"><i>The Body
Play </i></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">By Madison Wetzell</span></b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Directed by Paige Conway<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><a name="_Hlk100678609"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">March 28 through April 13, 2025<o:p></o:p></span></b></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk100678609"><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">“Commended for
</span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk100678609"><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">“physical comedy, verbal dexterity…as well as its implicit social critiques” The play is “quirky and exponentially
relatable…”</span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk100678609"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> —</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk100678609"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
The Bechdel Group, New Play Development Reading Series</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk100678609"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222">Description:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222"> Amy, and Amy's body, take us through a physically comedic journey through
chronic illness, unresponsive medical personnel, and an unstable healthcare system while questioning the absurdity of being embodied and what it might mean to be a body.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Featuring:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
<span style="color:#222222;background:white">Day Ash, Andrea de la Fuente, Kelly Dunn, Rachel Gold, Erin K. Moran</span></span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;text-transform:uppercase"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222">Opening Night (March 29)– </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222">Ticket includes free admission to the post-show opening party
with appetizers and beverages and opportunity to mingle with the cast. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222">Free Bev Friday – </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222">Every Friday night at CPT is Free Bev Friday when a selection of beverages
is complimentary. Hot beverages like coffee and tea are always complimentary at CPT performances.
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222">Covid-Conscious Sunday Performances (March 30, April 6 & April 13)</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222"> € KN95, N95 or surgical
masks are required by all audience members for these performances. </span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/plan-your-visit/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Click here</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"> for
COVID-19 Safety Protocols. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Ticket And Show Information</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><br>
</span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Tickets for<i> The Body Play
</i></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">can be purchased</span><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
</span></i></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">through the theatre’s Choose-What-You-Pay policy at
</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.cptonline.org"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">www.cptonline.org</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> and
range from $1 to $80 with no handling fees. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_Hlk93062300"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><img border="0" width="28" height="35" style="width:.2916in;height:.3611in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01DB9B1C.C1444CF0" alt="Icon
Description automatically generated"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk93062300"></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">The
Gordon Square Theatre (the space where the play will be performed) is ADA-compliant featuring an all-gender, wheelchair accessible restroom.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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