<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)">
<!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
</style><![endif]--><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:"Aptos Display";}
/* 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>
</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;text-autospace:ideograph-other">
<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">cleveland
<b>PUBLIC </b>theatre </span><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-other">
<b><span style="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;text-autospace:ideograph-other">
<b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">TEST FLIGHT 2026<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-other">
<b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-other">
<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Celebrating 10 Years!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-other">
<span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-other">
<i><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Featuring workshop productions by Northeast Ohio artists as part of CPT’s New Play Development Program<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-other">
<span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-other">
<b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Through February 14, 2026<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-other">
<b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-other">
<b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:18.75pt"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none">Test Flight 2026 continues this weekend with two plays that mix theatre with other disciplines including
dance and music. See both multidisciplinary pieces this weekend, February 5–7!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:ideograph-other"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:ideograph-other"><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-other">
<b><u><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2025-2026/category/series/test-flight/"><span style="color:#467886">TEST FLIGHT 2026 LINE-UP</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:ideograph-other"><a name="_Hlk214982884"><b><span style="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;text-autospace:ideograph-other">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk214982884"><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">FEBRUARY 5-7, 2026<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-other">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk214982884"><b><span style="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;text-autospace:ideograph-other">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk214982884"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Perigon: A Birth Story</span></i></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk214982884"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-other">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk214982884"><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">By Marie McCausland</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk214982884"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-other">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk214982884"><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Directed by Sara Poeta</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk214982884"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;text-autospace:ideograph-other"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk214982884"><i><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">A Birth Story</span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk214982884"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">,
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.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-other">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk214982884"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-other">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk214982884"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Boxed: A Dance Theatre Show<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-other">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk214982884"><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Devised & choreographed by Elizabeth Pollert<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-other">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk214982884"><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;text-autospace:ideograph-other"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk214982884"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">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.</span></span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;text-autospace:ideograph-other"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-autospace:ideograph-other">
<b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none">Click the following link for more about this double bill from the creators:</span></b><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DUV5NoSDouz/"><span style="color:#467886">Instagram</span></a><span style="color:#222222;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-other">
<span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">
<hr size="1" width="100%" align="center">
</span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-other">
<b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">FEBRUARY 12-14, 2026</span></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-other">
<b><i><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-other">
<b><i><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">The Exit Door</span></i></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-other">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/education/teatro-publico-de-cleveland/"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#467886">Teatro Público de
Cleveland</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-other">
<b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">By Nathalie Bermudez<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;text-autospace:ideograph-other"><i><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">The Exit Door</span></i><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> 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:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-other">
<b><i><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">The Wolf</span></i></b><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">
</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" dir="RTL" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">الذيب</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%;page-break-after:avoid;background:white;text-autospace:ideograph-other">
<span style="font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;color:#0F4761;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/about/resident-artists-and-companies/masrah-cleveland-al-arabi/"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#467886">Masrah
Cleveland Al-Arabi</span></b></a></span><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">
</span></b><b><span lang="AR-SA" dir="RTL" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#292929;text-transform:uppercase;mso-ligatures:none">مسرح كليفلاند العربي</span></b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;color:#0F4761;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-other">
<b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Written & directed by Shakeeb Julien<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;text-autospace:ideograph-other"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">A young villager convinces a war weary warrior to take them as an apprentice. As they travel, they meet colorful
characters, growing with every new encounter. Will you be the same when you finally make your way back home?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-autospace:ideograph-other"><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-autospace:ideograph-other"><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Test Flight is performed 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>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-autospace:ideograph-other"><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;text-autospace:ideograph-other"><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">TICKET INFORMATION<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:ideograph-other"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/box-office/"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#467886">Choose
W<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlt219807560"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlt219807561">hat You Pay</span></span></span></b><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlt219807560"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlt219807561"></span></span></a><a name="_Hlt219807561"></a><a name="_Hlt219807560"></a></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlt219807561"></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlt219807560"></span><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">
with no handling fees at <a href="http://www.cptonline.org"><span style="color:#467886">www.cptonline.org</span></a>,</span></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"> or through the CPT Box Office at 216.631.2727.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-autospace:ideograph-other"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-autospace:ideograph-other"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">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 while enjoying a selection of free beverages on CPT. Hot beverages are always free at CPT performances regardless of day
of the week!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-autospace:ideograph-other"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-autospace:ideograph-other"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-other">
<b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:ideograph-other"><i><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Test Flight is generously sponsored by The Nord Family Foundation and John P. Murphy Foundation.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;text-autospace:ideograph-other"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;text-autospace:ideograph-other"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;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>