Cleveland Public Theatre Presents Buried Words, Seeds of Hope<https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2023-2024/buried-words-seeds-of-hope/> Part of the Worldwide Ukrainian Play Readings and Benefit for Ukraine Friday, December 15, 2023 Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is partnering with the Worldwide Ukrainian Play Readings and Benefit for Ukraine to present a special event called Buried Words, Seeds of Hope on Friday, December 15, 2023. Your ticket to the event includes entry into a pre-show photo exhibit featuring work by Ukrainian artists, followed by an evening of short plays, music and poetry by Ukrainian artists. "More than anything, I want the audience to hear these stories from Ukraine and not forget about the people there who are continuing forward day by day - sowing seeds, making theatre, writing poems, singing songs, and giving their lives for their freedom and the sovereignty of their nation." ―Nadia Tarnawsky, Buried Words, Seeds of Hope director and a featured artist. About the Event Buried Words, Seeds of Hope is a benefit for Ukraine which will feature readings of short plays, poetry and songs that bring forth experiences of playwrights and artists from Ukraine since the war began. Music for the event "belongs to the winter carol/Christmas carol tradition." Some of the short plays presented at the event are described as follows: "Singing with your hands" examines the pull to create something filled with light in the most absurd time of darkness - a war; In Iryna Harets', Planting an Apple Tree the playwright explores the ways in which the invasion of one's country will in turn invade aspects of daily life and force an examination of what was, what is and what will be; and In her play How to Talk to the Dead, Anastasiia Kosodii unleashes a call to action - to tell stories about those who have died so that the dead can speak through them. Plays will be read in English. About the Pre-show Exhibit at 7pm Your ticket to the event includes entry into a special pre-show display in the lobby of the Gordon Square Theatre beginning at 7pm. The display was devised by Buried Words, Seeds of Hope Director Nadia Tarnawsky and includes a presentation by one of the event's donor recipients Cleveland Maidan Association, U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants Cleveland (USCRI)<https://refugees.org/uscri-cleveland/> and images from Ukrainian Museum Archives<https://www.umacleveland.org/>. Ticket and Show Information The performance of Buried Words, Seeds of Hope: play readings by Ukrainian playwrights starts at 7:30pm. Cleveland Public Theatre is located at 6415 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44102, in the heart of the Gordon Square Arts District. Every Ticket is Choose What You Pay<https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-announces-expanded-choose-what-you-pay-ticketing-practice/> with no handling fees, and may be purchased online at www.cptonline.org<http://www.cptonline.org/>, or over the phone through the Box Office at 216.631.2727, ext 501. Proceeds go to U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants Cleveland (USCRI)<https://refugees.org/uscri-cleveland/> to resettle refugees in Northeast Ohio and the Cleveland Maidan Association<https://www.clevelandmaidan.info/> to provide humanitarian aid in Ukraine. The Gordon Square Theatre is ADA-compliant featuring a ramped entrance and an all-gender, wheelchair accessible restroom.