<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)">
<style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Verdana;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Aptos;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Open Sans";}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;
mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;}
span.EmailStyle17
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;
color:windowtext;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang="EN-US" link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style="word-wrap:break-word">
<div class="WordSection1">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">cleveland PUBLIC theatre
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Presents
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">MASRAH cleveland AL-ARABI</span></b><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span>
<span lang="AR-SA">مسرح كليفلاند العربي</span></span><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span lang="AR-SA" dir="RTL" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span> </span><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2025-2026/masrah-cleveland-al-arabi-%d9%85%d8%b3%d8%b1%d8%ad-%d9%83%d9%84%d9%8a%d9%81%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%86%d8%af-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b9%d8%b1%d8%a8%d9%8a/"><span style="color:#467886">Seeds
of Tomorrow </span></a> </span></b><span lang="AR-SA" dir="RTL" style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">بذور الغد </span><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">An Evening of Short Plays
</span></b><span lang="AR-SA" dir="RTL" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">أمسية لمسرحيات قصيرة</span><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:105%"><a name="_Hlk127441923"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:105%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk127441923"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Created by Raymond Bobgan, Members
of the Ensemble and </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk127441923"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Anastasía</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk127441923"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">
Urozhaeva<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:105%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk127441923"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Directed by Raymond Bobgan<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:105%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk127441923"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:105%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk127441923"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">October 10 ―12, 202</span></b></span><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">5<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:105%"><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white">
<span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-ligatures:none">Masrah Cleveland Al-Arabi shares a series of short one-act plays, poems, and poetic performances as we ponder our current world and individual struggles while seeking resilience,
hope, and maybe even healing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white">
<b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;text-transform:uppercase;mso-ligatures:none">Ensemble Members:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white;mso-ligatures:none"> Issam Boudiab,</span><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;text-transform:uppercase;mso-ligatures:none">
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Hanan Elayyan, Rita El Jamous, Beshoy M. Hanna, Shakeeb Julien, AnastasÍa Urozhaeva, Ahlem Zaaeed<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" dir="RTL" style="mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:left;background:white;text-autospace:ideograph-other;direction:rtl;unicode-bidi:embed">
<b><span dir="LTR" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">CREATIVE PRODUCTION TEAM:</span></b><span dir="LTR" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">
</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" dir="RTL" style="mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:left;background:white;text-autospace:ideograph-other;direction:rtl;unicode-bidi:embed">
<span dir="LTR" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Raymond Bobgan — Director and Producer</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" dir="RTL" style="mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:left;background:white;text-autospace:ideograph-other;direction:rtl;unicode-bidi:embed">
<span dir="LTR" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Anastasía Urozhaeva — Associate Director & Line Producer</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" dir="RTL" style="mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:left;background:white;text-autospace:ideograph-other;direction:rtl;unicode-bidi:embed">
<span dir="LTR" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Leila Khoury — Scenic Designer</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" dir="RTL" style="mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:left;background:white;text-autospace:ideograph-other;direction:rtl;unicode-bidi:embed">
<span dir="LTR" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Mekenzie Keogh — Stage Manager</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" dir="RTL" style="mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:left;background:white;text-autospace:ideograph-other;direction:rtl;unicode-bidi:embed">
<span dir="LTR" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Anzel Richkowski — Assistant Stage Manager</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" dir="RTL" style="mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:left;background:white;text-autospace:ideograph-other;direction:rtl;unicode-bidi:embed">
<span dir="LTR" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Lainey Bodenburg —Costume Designer</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" dir="RTL" style="mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:left;background:white;text-autospace:ideograph-other;direction:rtl;unicode-bidi:embed">
<span dir="LTR" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Leanna Orfahli — Assistant to Costume Designer</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" dir="RTL" style="mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:left;background:white;text-autospace:ideograph-other;direction:rtl;unicode-bidi:embed">
<span dir="LTR" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">T</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">om West—Technical Director & Lighting Designer</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" dir="RTL" style="mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:left;background:white;text-autospace:ideograph-other;direction:rtl;unicode-bidi:embed">
<span dir="LTR" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Deanna Ochrin — Wardrobe Maintenance
</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Nisrine Khazaal —Supertitles and Translation Support<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;text-transform:uppercase;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">TICKET & INFORMATION
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white">
<span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-ligatures:none">Fri., Oct. 10 — Doors open at 6:30pm (<i>7:30pm show</i>) for light appetizer reception. OPENING NIGHT!<br>
Sat., Oct. 11 — Doors at 6:30pm (<i>7:30pm show</i>) for appetizer reception. There will be a post-show discussion.<br>
Sun., Oct. 12 — Doors open at 2:00pm (<i>3:00pm show</i>) for dessert reception. There will be a post-show discussion.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Choose What You Pay at <a href="http://www.cptonline.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#467886">www.cptonline.org</span></a>, or at the
box office at 216.631.2727 x 501. Shows will be performed in the Gordon Square Theatre which is<b><i><span style="color:black">
</span></i></b><span style="color:black">ADA compliant featuring a ramped entrance and an all gender, wheelchair accessible restroom<a name="_30j0zll"></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>