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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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<a href="https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2024-2025/category/series/test-flight/"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">TEST FLIGHT
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlt196221648"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlt196221649">2</span></span>025 (Part Two)</span></b></a><a name="_Hlt196221649"></a><a name="_Hlt196221648"></a><o:p></o:p></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">Through June 7, 2025<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Cleveland, OH—</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;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:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">The upcoming featured cohort of playwrights/projects include the following:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:100%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">May 29-May 31—</span></b><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2024-2025/test-flight-part-2-week-2-grandeza/"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:100%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Grandeza</span></i></b></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:100%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">Presented by Teatro Público de Cleveland and Cleveland Public Theatre<br>
Produced by Alejandro Martinez<br>
Written & directed by Ernesto Luna Camargo<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in"><em><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:100%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">In Spanish with English supertitles.</span></em><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in"><em><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:100%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">En español con supertítulos en inglés.</span></em><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:100%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><em><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">Grandeza</span></em><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white"> is
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><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><em><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">Grandeza</span></em><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white"> es
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><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">June 5-June 7—</span></b><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:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Future
Never Land</span></i></b></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222">By Josiah Britt<br>
Directed & produced by Jimmie Woody <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222">Line Producer:
</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">Daniel Christopher McCurry</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">Cleveland history meets Afrofuturism in <em><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Future
Never Land</span></em>, a multi-media, rap-classical fusion opera. This historical sci-fi work presents our collective tragedies and triumphs told through the origin story of a poetic and mysterious defender known as the C-Town Crier, as he comes face to face
with local heroes, villains, and self-discovery. The entire play is perfectly synced to unedited classical music from famous French compositions, Camille Saint-Saëns's <em><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Carnival of the </span></em></span><em><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">Animals</span></em><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white"> and
Claude Debussy’s <em><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Suite Bergamasque</span></em>. This play boldly pushes the boundary of lyrical complexity and innovation.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="Body" style="text-align:justify"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext">TICKET & SHOW INFORMATION<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="Body" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Presented
</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;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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<p class="Body"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext">EVERY TICKET
</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext">is “</span><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/box-office/"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Choose What You Pay</span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext">”
starting at $1 (with no handling fees) and can be purchased at </span><a href="http://www.cptonline.org"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">www.cptonline.org</span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">,
or through the CPT Box Office at 216.631.2727 ext. 501<b>.</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="Body" style="text-align:justify"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;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:14.0pt;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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