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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
<b>PUBLIC</b> theatre<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;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"><b><i><span style="font-size:24.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Into the Heart of One Star<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk100678609"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">By Raymond Bobgan
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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:18.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">with contributions from
Anastasía Urozhaeva<br>
D</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk100678609"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">irected by Raymond Bobgan<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:18.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">Performed by Raymond Bobgan
and Anastasía Urozhaeva</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk100678609"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white"><br style="box-sizing: border-box">
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk100678609"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">A World Premiere</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk100678609"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;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:_Hlk100678609"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">March 25 – April 11, 2026<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Cleveland Public Theatre’s Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan is kicking off his 20<sup>th</sup> year in the role with a
new show called <b><i><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2025-2026/into-the-heart-of-one-star/">Into the Heart of One Star</a></i></b>.
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">ABOUT THE PLAY<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">Icarus is gone but his father is left to wonder about the flight that
went so wrong. Could he have prevented it all and should he now choose death? Dagny, a “simple woman from Siberia,” begins in a U.S. secret intelligence interrogation room, and rises to become a leader in science, business, and space flight all the while wishing
for a </span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">home she is not sure existed. Both journeys reflect on each other in a duet about yearning, loneliness, navigating this world,
and seeking the light beyond. <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:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">ENHANCE YOUR EXPERIENCE
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Opening Night Celebration | Friday, March 27 at 7:30pm<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;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></p>
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artists and audience members. Hot beverages are always complimentary.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Ticket Information</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;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:14.0pt;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. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">For dates and times, and to purchase tickets click
<a href="https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2025-2026/into-the-heart-of-one-star/">
here</a> or go to </span></b><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#467886;background:white"><a href="http://www.cptonline.org">www.cpt<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlt213679633"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlt213679634">online.org</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlt213679634"></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlt213679633"></span></a><a name="_Hlt213679634"></a><a name="_Hlt213679633"></a></span></u></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">
or 216.631.2727.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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