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<p align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">cleveland PUBLIC theatre</span></b><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">presents two relatable comedies this spring!</span></b><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:115%;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></b><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">
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<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;mso-ligatures:none">by Matt Barbot
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<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;mso-ligatures:none">Directed by Fabio Polanco</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><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;mso-ligatures:none">Through April 5, 2025<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center;background:white"><strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">"</span></strong><em><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">El
Coquí Espectacular</span></em><strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white;font-weight:normal"> 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><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222">
<span style="background:white">–</span></span></b><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://stagebuddy.com/theater/theater-review/review-el-coqui-espectacular-bottle-doom"><em><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#777777;background:white;text-decoration:none">Stage
Buddy</span></em></a></span></b><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center;background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">About the play</span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",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. Co-produced with <b><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/education/teatro-publico-de-cleveland/">Teatro Público de Cleveland</a></b></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><em><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222">El Coquí Espectacular and the Bottle of Doom</span></em><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222"><br>
</span></i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222">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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<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Featuring:</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">Roxana
Bell, Nathalie Bermudez, Alisha Caraballo, Angelluis Centeno, Alejandro Martinez Jr., Elena Grace Thomson (Understudy)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Body Play </span></i></a></span></b><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><i><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></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>
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social critiques” The play is “quirky and exponentially relatable…”</span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk100678609"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> — The Bechdel Group, New Play Development Reading
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;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>
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<span style="color:#222222;background:white">Day Ash, Andrea de la Fuente, Kelly Dunn, Rachel Gold, Erin K. Moran</span><b><span style="color:#222222;text-transform:uppercase"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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<b><u><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Ticket information</span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><br>
</span></u></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Cleveland Public Theatre utilizes a
</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><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></span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">
policy with tickets starting at $1 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
</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">at 216.631.2727 ext. 501. For more information on both productions and to get tickets go to
</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="http://www.cptonline.org">www.cptonline.org</a></span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">
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<b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Free Bev Friday –</span></b><span style="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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<b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Covid-Conscious Performances</span></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">—Masks are required for all Sunday performances.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Opening Night</span></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> for
<i>The Body Play</i> (Sat., March 29)—Tickets to this performance comes with automatic access to the post-show celebration which includes appetizers and beverages and opportunity to mingle with the cast and creative team.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">
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