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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</span><o:p></o:p></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"><b><i><span style="font-size:24.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2025-2026/into-the-heart-of-one-star/">Into
the Heart of One Star</a><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></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;color:#222222;background:white">By Raymond Bobgan
</span><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white"><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;color:#222222;background:white">with contributions from Anastasía Urozhaeva<br>
D</span><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">irected by Raymond Bobgan</span><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%"><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;color:#222222;background:white">Performed by Raymond Bobgan and Anastasía Urozhaeva</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">A World Premiere</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">March 25 – April 11, 2026<o:p></o:p></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 </span><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2025-2026/into-the-heart-of-one-star/"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Into the Heart of One Star</span></i></b></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">.
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">About the Show<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. </span></span><o:p></o:p></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">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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<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:24.0pt;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:24.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
</span></i></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk100678609"><span style="font-size:24.0pt;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:_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">Through Sunday, March 22, 2026
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk100678609"></span><a href="https://nnpn.org/rolling-world-premiere"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk100678609"><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">A
National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk100678609"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk100678609"><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk100678609"><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">“The show is blessed with a strong cast…</span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk100678609"><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk100678609"><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">“This work is a valuable “entry” point to not only learn about but appreciate
and respect a rich history of Native activism, which the audience can see and collaborate with.”</span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk100678609"><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk100678609"><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk100678609"><strong><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">—Dr.
Yuko Kurahashi, Cleveland Critics Circle</span></i></strong></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk100678609"></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk100678609"><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk100678609"><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">"Cleveland Public Theatre’s ‘Haunted’ is a bit of spooky fun...An intriguing
concept of combining near modern pop cultural with ancient traditions makes this a show worth seeing..." </span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk100678609"><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk100678609"><strong><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">—Mark Horning</span></i></strong></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk100678609"></span><a name="_Hlk185606945"></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk185606945"></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk185606945"><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></i></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:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">About the Show<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:14.0pt;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, Beyonce, and Mariah Carey while haunting the families that try to move into their house and wondering if they’ll ever be free from the shackles of racist stereotypes. An Indigenous horror comedy with the
coolest Y2K hits, Tara Moses’ <i>Haunted</i> forces us to confront the very land we walk on and our relationship (or lack thereof) with Native communities today.<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><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Free Bev Fridays<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:14.0pt;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:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Ticket Information</span></u></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%"><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. <b>
Purchase tickets at </b></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%"><a href="http://www.cptonline.org"><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;background:white">www.cpt<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlt213679634"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlt213679633">online.org</span></span></span></b><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlt213679634"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlt213679633"></span></span></a><a name="_Hlt213679633"></a><a name="_Hlt213679634"></a></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlt213679633"></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlt213679634"></span><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">
or 216.631.2727. </span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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