January 15-17, 2009 8pm The 45th Street Theatre 354 W. 45th St. (between 8th & 9th Avenue) Tickets: $15 - www.BrownPaperTickets.com

Celebrate Barack Obama's historic inauguration with a new theatre company formed by Nelson Eusebio (YSD 07) and several othe alumns called Creative Destruction as they remount their hit show OBAMA DRAMA: A POLITICAL THEATRICAL SPECATACULAR! with a special Inauguration Celebration. Originally commissioned and performed in October 2008, OBAMA DRAMA is a weekend of world-premiere short plays inspired by the man, the myth(s) and the Michelle of the 44^th President of the United States.

Grab front row seats to history January 15-17 as we celebrate Obama's historic victory, Inauguration, and Presidency.� Stay and play with the artists of Creative Destruction at their "Barack the Inauguration" Party following the show on Friday, January 16^th.� Join us in celebrating Change coming to Washington.

The Artistic Company for OBAMA DRAMA:� A Political Theatrical Spectacular! features:

PLAYWRIGHTS:� Nastaran Ahmadi (YSD 06), Zakiyyah Alexander(YSD 02), Sarita Covington (YSD 07), Kimberly Megna, Harrison David Rivers, Matt Schatz, Tiffany Rachelle Stewart(YSD 07)

DIRECTORS: Carlos Armesto, Nelson T. Eusebio III (YSD 07), Jose Zayas

An Equity approved Showcase starring:

Ashley Bryant*(YSD 08), Keith Eric Chappelle*, Arlene Chico Lugo,� Sarita Covington* (YSD 07), Wen-Chuan Dai (YC 08), Siho Ellsmore*, Crystal Finn*, Ben Graney, Rory Lipede, Ryan McCarthy*, Tom Everett Russell*(YSD 07), Derrick LeMont Sanders*, Shawn Setaro, Tiffany Rachelle Stewart* (YSD 07), Laura June Weissinger

*Appearing courtesy of Actors' Equity Association.

Costumes - Kate Cusack (YSD 06), Lighting Ji-Youn Chang (YSD 08), Sound - Sharath Patel (YSD 06), Sets - Kathryn Veillette and Caite Hevner (YSD 07), Projection - Wes Apfel

Producers:� Nelson T. Eusebio, III (YSD 07) and Kelly L. Miller

www.CreativeD.org

CREATIVE DESTRUCTION is a theatrical collective dedicated to the creation of political, diverse, electrifying drama. We aim to exemplify the values of creativity, diversity, generosity and innovation. Creative Destruction seeks to create large-scale change through the creation of dramatic mayhem. We create this mayhem through the commissioning of new work, cross-disciplinary collaboration, re-imagining classics, and infusing our work with the joy of creation.