<div><p style="margin:0px 0px 8px;line-height:1.39;font-family:'times new roman';text-align:left;text-indent:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><span style="line-height:19.200001px;font-size:16px;font-family:'times new roman'"><span style="line-height:28.799999px;font-size:1.5em">Twin Masks Performing Arts Center</span></span><span style="line-height:21.6px;font-family:'times new roman'"> is excited to be presenting the play </span><span style="line-height:21.6px;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;font-family:'times new roman'">You Better Sit Down; tales from my parents’ divorce</span><span style="line-height:21.6px;font-family:'times new roman'"> by Anne Kauffman, Caitlin Miller, Robbie Collier Sublett, Mathew Maher, Jennifer R. Morris, and Janice Paran.  Four of the authors (Miller, Sublett, Maher, and Morris) interviewed their parents about their relationships.  The play is based on those interviews.</span></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 8px;line-height:1.39;font-family:'times new roman';text-align:left;text-indent:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><span style="line-height:21.6px;font-family:'times new roman'">The play is </span><span style="line-height:21.6px;font-family:'times new roman'">a </span><span style="line-height:21.6px;font-family:'times new roman'">charming, </span><span style="line-height:21.6px;font-family:'times new roman'">heartbreaking, and hilarious account of each relationship, </span><span style="line-height:21.6px;font-family:'times new roman'">looking at</span><span style="line-height:21.6px;font-family:'times new roman'"> how they met, got married, and eventually divorced</span><span style="line-height:21.6px;font-family:'times new roman'">, and the events in between.</span></p><div style="margin:0px 0px 8px;color:rgb(238,0,0);font-family:'times new roman';text-align:left;line-height:1.39;text-indent:0px;font-size:18px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;border:1px solid transparent"><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;width:465px;height:110px"><p style="margin:0px;line-height:1.39;font-weight:bold;color:rgb(21,96,130);text-align:left;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:thin;border-color:rgb(0,0,0) rgb(0,0,0) rgb(21,96,130);text-indent:0px"><span style="line-height:21.6px;font-style:italic;color:rgb(21,96,130)">“In YOU BETTER SIT DOWN the truth about these four defunct marriages is laid bare with simplicity and honesty” – </span><span style="line-height:21.6px;font-weight:bold;color:rgb(21,96,130)">The New Your Times</span></p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:1.39;font-weight:bold;color:rgb(21,96,130);text-align:left;text-indent:0px"><span style="line-height:21.6px"> </span></p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:1.39;font-weight:bold;color:rgb(21,96,130);text-align:left;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:thin;border-color:rgb(0,0,0) rgb(0,0,0) rgb(21,96,130);text-indent:0px"><span style="line-height:21.6px;font-style:italic;color:rgb(21,96,130)">“Relentlessly entertaining” – </span><span style="line-height:21.6px;font-weight:bold;color:rgb(21,96,130)">The New Yorker</span></p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:1.39;font-weight:bold;color:rgb(21,96,130);text-align:left;text-indent:0px"><span style="line-height:21.6px"> </span></p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:1.39;font-weight:bold;color:rgb(21,96,130);text-align:left;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:thin;border-color:rgb(0,0,0) rgb(0,0,0) rgb(21,96,130);text-indent:0px"><span style="line-height:21.6px;font-style:italic;color:rgb(21,96,130)">“Wryly entertaining…absorbingly candid.”</span><span style="line-height:21.6px;font-style:italic;color:rgb(21,96,130)"> –</span><span style="line-height:21.6px;font-weight:bold;color:rgb(21,96,130)"> The Village Voice</span></p></div><span style="line-height:21.6px;font-family:'times new roman';color:rgb(238,0,0)"><div style="margin:0px 0px 8px;color:rgb(238,0,0);font-family:'times new roman';text-align:left;line-height:1.39;text-indent:0px;font-size:18px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;border:1px solid transparent" dir="auto"><span style="line-height:21.6px;font-family:'times new roman';color:rgb(238,0,0)"><br></span></div><div style="margin:0px 0px 8px;color:rgb(238,0,0);font-family:'times new roman';text-align:left;line-height:1.39;text-indent:0px;font-size:18px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;border:1px solid transparent" dir="auto"><span style="line-height:21.6px;font-family:'times new roman';color:rgb(238,0,0)"><br></span></div><div style="margin:0px 0px 8px;color:rgb(238,0,0);font-family:'times new roman';text-align:left;line-height:1.39;text-indent:0px;font-size:18px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;border:1px solid transparent" dir="auto"><span style="line-height:21.6px;font-family:'times new roman';color:rgb(238,0,0)"><br></span></div>What the critics say about this </span><span style="line-height:21.6px;font-family:'times new roman';color:rgb(238,0,0)">play</span><span style="line-height:21.6px;font-family:'times new roman';color:rgb(238,0,0)">:</span></div><p style="margin:0px 0px 8px;line-height:1.39;font-family:'times new roman';text-align:left;text-indent:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><span style="line-height:21.6px;font-family:'times new roman'">In the original production, the four children presented their parents’ stories, portraying the parents.  Our actors will be doing the same.  Natalya Duncan plays Caitlin Miller and her mother Mary Anne;  Conner Sutton plays Robbie Collier Sublett and his mother Janet; Lisa Georges plays Jennifer Morris and her mother Beverly; and Samuel Roter plays Matthew Morris and his parents John and Frinde.</span><span style="line-height:21.6px;font-family:'times new roman'">  </span><span style="line-height:21.6px;font-family:'times new roman'">For more information about the cast and </span><span style="line-height:21.6px;font-family:'times new roman'">upcoming shows</span><span style="line-height:21.6px;font-family:'times new roman'">, follow us on Facebook.</span></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 8px;line-height:1.39;font-family:'times new roman';text-align:left;text-indent:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><span style="line-height:21.6px;font-family:'times new roman'">The production is directed by D. Keith Stiver, who has previously directed </span><span style="line-height:21.6px;font-style:italic;font-family:'times new roman'">Love, Loss and What I Wore</span><span style="line-height:21.6px;font-family:'times new roman'">, </span><span style="line-height:21.6px;font-style:italic;font-family:'times new roman'">Three Tall Women</span><span style="line-height:21.6px;font-family:'times new roman'">, and </span><span style="line-height:21.6px;font-style:italic;font-family:'times new roman'">Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf</span><span style="line-height:21.6px;font-family:'times new roman'">, all for Twin Masks.</span></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 8px;line-height:1.39;font-family:'times new roman';text-align:left;text-indent:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><span style="line-height:21.6px;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;font-family:'times new roman'">You Better Sit Down</span><span style="line-height:21.6px;font-family:'times new roman'"> runs Fridays and Saturdays August 1 – 16, with an 8 PM curtain.</span></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 8px;line-height:1.39;font-weight:bold;font-family:'times new roman';text-align:left;font-size:18px;text-indent:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none" dir="auto"><span style="line-height:21.6px;font-weight:bold;font-size:18px;font-family:'times new roman'">Tickets are available by going to </span><a href="http://www.twinmasks.org"><span style="line-height:21.6px;font-weight:bold;font-size:18px;text-decoration:underline;font-family:'times new roman';color:rgb(70,120,134)">www.twinmasks.org</span></a><span style="line-height:21.6px;font-weight:bold;font-size:18px;font-family:'times new roman'"> </span><span style="line-height:21.6px;font-weight:bold;font-size:18px;font-family:'times new roman'">or by calling the theatre at </span><span style="line-height:21.6px;font-weight:bold;font-size:18px;font-family:'times new roman'">330</span><span style="line-height:21.6px;font-weight:bold;font-size:18px;font-family:'times new roman'">.888.3211.</span></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 8px;line-height:1.39;font-family:'times new roman';text-align:left;font-size:14px;text-indent:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><span style="line-height:16.799999px;font-size:14px;font-family:'times new roman'"><span style="line-height:25.200001px;font-size:1.5em">Tickets may also be purchased at the door.</span></span></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 8px;line-height:1.39;font-family:'times new roman';text-align:left;text-indent:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><span style="line-height:21.6px;font-family:'times new roman'">TMPAC</span><span style="line-height:21.6px;font-family:'times new roman'"> is located at 9067 Church Street, Suites 2 & 3, Twinsburg, Ohio 44087</span><span style="line-height:21.6px;font-family:'times new roman'">.</span></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 8px;line-height:1.39;font-family:'times new roman';text-align:left;text-indent:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><span style="line-height:21.6px;font-family:'times new roman'">TMPAC is a registered 501c3 non-profit organization</span><span style="line-height:21.6px;font-family:'times new roman'">, and all actors and production staff are volunteers. </span></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 8px;line-height:1.39;font-family:'times new roman';text-align:left;text-indent:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><span style="line-height:21.6px;font-family:'times new roman'">Rights secured through Dramatists Play Service, Inc.</span></p></div>