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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Cleveland Public Theatre presents<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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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
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlt196221649"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlt196221648">2</span></span>025 (Part Two)</b></a><a name="_Hlt196221648"></a><a name="_Hlt196221649"></a><o:p></o:p></span></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
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<i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">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">May 22 – June 7, 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:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) announces part two of its quintessential play development series, Test Flight, back with three more
Northeast Ohio playwrights.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">In this second group, we present a
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.clevelandburlesque.com/">Cleveland Burlesque</a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> alum Issa Vybe Productions & Double D’ Lee’s
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2024-2025/test-flight-part-2-week-1-unhinged-burlesque-play-on-modern-dating-struggles/"><i>Unhinged: A Burlesque Play o<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlt195807499"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlt195807498">n</span></span>
Modern Dating Struggles</i></a><a name="_Hlt195807498"></a><a name="_Hlt195807499"></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">,
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/education/teatro-publico-de-cleveland/">Teatro Público de Cleveland’s</a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> (TPC)
telenovela-flavored </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2024-2025/test-flight-part-2-week-2-grandeza/"><i>Gran<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlt195807506"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlt195807505">d</span></span>eza</i></a><a name="_Hlt195807505"></a><a name="_Hlt195807506"></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
which is well on its way to full production as this is the second workshop production of the play which was first workshopped in TPC’s
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2023-2024/debut-de-piezas-teatrales-festival-de-lectura-a-festival-of-new-play-readings/"><i>Debut d<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlt195807487"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlt195807486">e</span></span>
Piezas Teatrales: Festival de Lectura (A Festival of New Play Readings)</i></a><a name="_Hlt195807486"></a><a name="_Hlt195807487"></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> in 2023. Lastly, we’re featuring
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2024-2025/test-flight-part-2-week-3-future-never-land/"><i>Future Ne<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlt195807483"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlt195807482">v</span></span>er
Land</i></a><a name="_Hlt195807482"></a><a name="_Hlt195807483"></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">, a “sci-fi rap opera” to compositions by Saint-Saens & Debussy by local musician Josiah Britt directed by Jimmie Woody.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">The featured cohort of playwrights/projects include the following:</span></u></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">WEEK 1: May 22-May 24—</span></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2024-2025/test-flight-part-2-week-1-unhinged-burlesque-play-on-modern-dating-struggles/"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Unhinged:
A Burlesque Play on Modern Dating Struggles</span></i></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">By Issa Vybe Productions<br>
Produced by Issa Vybe & Co-produced by Double D' Lee<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:102%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">Each performer will share a personal monologue-burlesque piece, beginning
in darkness and spotlighting their stories of toxic relationships, such as love bombing. After showcasing their struggles through expressive performance art, the cast will reconvene to share how they've overcome these challenges, distributing resources for
support and healing.</span></span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:102%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">WEEK 2: May 29-May 31—</span></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2024-2025/test-flight-part-2-week-2-grandeza/"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:102%">Grandeza</span></i></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Theatre<br>
Produced by Alejandro Martinez<br>
Written & directed by Ernesto Luna Camargo<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><em><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:102%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">In Spanish with English supertitles.</span></b></em><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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a dark comedy exploration of identity, courage, and the weight of cultural expectations. When a teenager comes out of the closet, he uncovers a startling truth: the entire world is trapped in closets of their own, clinging to traditions that have shaped and
confined them.</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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una exploración por comedia negra de la identidad, el coraje y el peso de las expectativas culturales. Cuando un adolescente sale del clóset, descubre una verdad sorprendente: el mundo entero está atrapado en sus propios clósets, aferrándose a tradiciones
que lo han moldeado y confinado</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">WEEK 3: June 5-June 7—</span></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2024-2025/test-flight-part-2-week-3-future-never-land/"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Future
Never Land</span></i></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222">By Josiah Britt<br>
Directed & produced by Jimmie Woody</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="background:white"><em><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">Future Never Land</span></em><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white"> is a historical sci-fi rap opera paired
with famous classical music compositions by Saint-Saens & Debussy. It follows the serendipitous journey of two ordinary citizens as they discover a secret society of Cleveland luminaries fighting against evil forces that plague the past, present and future.</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",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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</span></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext">is “</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/box-office/">Choose What You Pay</a></span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext">”
starting at $1 and can be purchased at </span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.cptonline.org">www.cptonline.org</a></span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">, or through the CPT Box Office at 216.631.2727 ext.
501<b>.</b></span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Body" style="text-align:justify"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Verdana",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:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Every <b>Friday is Free Bev Friday at CPT</b> where guests get to mingle with the artists after the show and discuss the performance in a lively, social atmosphere and a selection of drinks are
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