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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">cleveland
</span><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">PUBLIC</span></b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> theatre<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">presents
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><a name="_Hlk100678609"></a><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2025-2026/haunted/"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk100678609"><b><i><span style="font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Haunted</span></i></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk100678609"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk100678609"><b><i><span style="font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk100678609"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">By Tara Moses<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk100678609"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">March 5 - March 22, 2026<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk100678609"><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><a name="_Hlk185606945"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
</span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk185606945"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">"At a time when spotlighting diverse stories is critical, we are grateful to Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) for bringing “Haunted”
to Northeast Ohio. We look forward to seeing this beautiful representation of universal Indigenous values—such as reciprocity and spiritual connections to the homelands and waters of our ancestors on stage."<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk185606945"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">— Nancy Kelsey (Anishinaabe), a member of the Lake Erie
Native American Council and CPT boards<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk185606945"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk185606945"><b><u><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Synopsis<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk185606945"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">Ash and Aaron have been dead for twenty years, and the Indigenous
siblings pass their time dancing to Britney Spears, haunting the families that try to move into their house, and wondering if they’ll ever be free from the shackles of racist stereotypes. As the cycle begins once more, the siblings ask: will they ever make
it to the Spirit World? An Indigenous horror comedy with the coolest Y2K hits, Tara Moses’</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk185606945"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white"> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk185606945"><i><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">Haunted</span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk185606945"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white"> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk185606945"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">forces
us to confront the very land we walk on and our relationship (or lack thereof) with Native communities today.</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk185606945"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk185606945"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk185606945"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Although, the production will be accented with snippets of iconic Y2K pop, original music
and sound are designed by </span></span><a href="https://www.geoffreybshort.com/"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk185606945"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Geoffrey Short</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk185606945"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk185606945"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">,
CPT’s new </span></span><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/artist-opportunities/fellowships/"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk185606945"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Kulas Theatre Composer Fellow</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk185606945"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk185606945"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">.
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk185606945"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;text-transform:uppercase;mso-ligatures:none">featuring:
</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk185606945"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-ligatures:none">Rachel Gold, Rob Grant III, Trevor McChristian*, Lionel Morales, Jonathon Morgan, Hillary Wheelock<b><span style="text-transform:uppercase"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center;line-height:normal;background:white">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk185606945"><i><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-ligatures:none">*Actor appears courtesy of Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United
States.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk185606945"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk185606945"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">ENHANCE YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH THESE SPECIAL EVENTS<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk185606945"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;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:_Hlk185606945"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Indigenous Market | Thursday, March 5<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk185606945"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Ticket includes admission to pop-up market featuring artisans
and crafts by local Indigenous vendors, 6pm–7pm and 30 minutes after the show.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk185606945"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk185606945"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Post-show Talkback | Friday, March 6<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk185606945"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Join us for a conversation with Playwright Tara Moses moderated
by <b>Cynthia Connolly</b>, director of programming for <b>The City Club</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk185606945"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;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:_Hlk185606945"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Opening Night | Saturday, March 7<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk185606945"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">You are cordially invited to a post-show reception in celebration
of the show’s opening. Reception includes complimentary food and a selection of free beverages.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk185606945"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Free Bev Fridays<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk185606945"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">After every Friday performance, enjoy a selection of beverages
on us while discussing the show with artists and audience members. Hot beverages are always complimentary.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Ticket Information</span></u></b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">Choose What You Pay from $20 to $80 with no handling fees. There are also a limited number of tickets
for $10 and $1 available on a first-come-first-served basis per performance. <b>
Purchase tickets at </b></span><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.cptonline.org"><span style="background:white">www.cpt<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlt213679633"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlt213679634">o</span></span>nline.org</span></a><a name="_Hlt213679634"></a><a name="_Hlt213679633"></a></span></b><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">
or 216.631.2727. </span></b><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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