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<span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">cleveland <b>PUBLIC
</b>theatre <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">presents<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">TEST FLIGHT 2026<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Celebrating 10 Years!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Featuring workshop productions by Northeast Ohio artists.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">JANUARY 29 – FEBRUARY 14, 2026<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<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 the 10<sup>th</sup> anniversary of its quintessential new play development series,
<b><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/">Test Flight</a></b>, back with six weekends of established and up-and-coming Northeast Ohio artists.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white"> Each weekend features
a double bill allowing patrons two plays for the price of one! </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">There will be pieces by Molly McFadden, fresh off her successful run at Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and a dance theatre piece
by Assembly for the Arts 2025 Creative Impact Awardee Elizabeth Pollert and more.
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">The last weekend Feb. 12 – Feb. 14 features CPT’s two community ensembles
</span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/education/teatro-publico-de-cleveland/"><span style="background:white">Teatro Público de Cleveland</span></a></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">
and </span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/about/resident-artists-and-companies/masrah-cleveland-al-arabi/"><span style="background:white">Masrah Cleveland Al-Arabi</span></a></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">.
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:102%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">TEST FLIGHT 2026 LINE-UP<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:101%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">WEEK #1: JANUARY 29 - 31, 2026</span></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><img border="0" width="2" height="3" style="width:.0208in;height:.0347in" id="Rectangle_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.png@01DC8A12.CE7F35C0"></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:101%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:101%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Uhaulin’<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<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">By
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:102%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Tessa Gaffney<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<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;color:#222222;background:white">Directed by Kyra Kelley</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:102%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:102%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">A new play about three couples intersecting at different stages of moving in and out of a shared apartment complex.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:102%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Parrot Play<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<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">By Molly McFadden<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<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;color:#222222;background:white">Directed by Michael Glavan</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:102%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:102%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Two old college friends and their husbands endure a high stakes and last-minute reunion that …<i>doesn’t quite </i>stir up the good ol’ times of 40 years prior.
Chaos, confessions, a little weed, and an unruly parrot make for a bizarre and revelatory night as four septuagenarians navigate their next chapter of life.</span><a name="_Hlk214982884"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:102%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></a></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk214982884"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:101%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk214982884"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:101%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">WEEK #2: FEBRUARY 5-7, 2026<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk214982884"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:101%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk214982884"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:101%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Perigon: A Birth Story</span></i></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk214982884"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:101%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk214982884"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:102%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">By
</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk214982884"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:102%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Marie McCausland<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk214982884"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:102%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">Directed by Sara Poeta</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk214982884"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:102%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk214982884"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:102%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">A Birth Story</span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk214982884"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:102%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">,
by Marie McCausland, is inspired by Marie’s lived experiences throughout adolescence, birth, and womanhood. Join us as we embark on a journey of self-discovery and growth.</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk214982884"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:102%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk214982884"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:101%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Boxed: A Dance Theatre Show<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk214982884"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:101%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Devised & choreographed by Elizabeth Pollert<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk214982884"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:101%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk214982884"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:102%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">A witty dance theatre work taking a sharp look at what it means to make room for our whole selves in a world of endless
boxes.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:101%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:101%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">WEEK #3: FEBRUARY 12-14, 2026</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:101%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:101%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The Exit Door</span></i></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:101%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:101%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/education/teatro-publico-de-cleveland/">Teatro Público de Cleveland</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:101%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">By Nathalie Bermudez<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:102%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The Exit Door</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:102%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> explores migratory grief and the emotional journey
of immigration through a young woman navigating a foreign airport. Trapped between the life she left and the future she hopes for, she discovers moments of humor and magical realism while confronting identity and the courage to begin again.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:102%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:101%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The Wolf</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:101%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" dir="RTL" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:101%">الذيب</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:101%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h1 align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/about/resident-artists-and-companies/masrah-cleveland-al-arabi/">Masrah
Cleveland Al-Arabi</a> </span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" dir="RTL" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#292929;text-transform:uppercase">مسرح كليفلاند العربي</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:101%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Written & directed by Shakeeb Julien<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Test Flight is presented in the James Levin Theatre which is ADA-compliant featuring a patron elevator and an all-gender, wheelchair accessible restroom.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:102%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">TICKET INFORMATION<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/box-office/"><b>Choose What You Pay</b></a></span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">”
with no handling fees </span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2025-2026/category/series/test-flight/">here</a></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">,
or through the CPT Box Office at 216.631.2727.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></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>. Mingle with the artists after the show and discuss the performance in a lively, social atmosphere—your beverages are on CPT.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Test Flight is generously sponsored by The Nord Family Foundation and John P. Murphy Foundation.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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