[NEohioPAL] OBJECTIVELY/REASONABLE Featured in NPR and CPAC Events

[Playwrights Local via NEohioPAL]

*PLAYWRIGHTS LOCAL*


*Cleveland's home for dramatic writers*


Playwrights Local is proud to announce that its recent production,
Objectively/Reasonable, will be featured in upcoming events hosted by
National Public Radio (NPR) and the Community Partnership for Arts and
Culture (CPAC). Hailed by The Plain Dealer as “electric, probing and
uncomfortably raw…a play that needs to be seen,” Objectively/Reasonable is
a “community response” to the shooting of Tamir Rice in Cleveland on
November 22, 2014. This all-original, documentary work is based on
interviews with legal experts, social critics, and everyday Clevelanders.

On October 18, Playwrights Local will stage an excerpt of
Objectively/Reasonable at *“Getting Real About Race,” an event presented as
part of a series by NPR’s Michel Martin: Going There*. This live program
promises “a conversation that explores how race affects our lives today
through the prism of specific issues in Northeast Ohio.” The performance
will be presented at *7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 18, 2016*, at the
Westfield Insurance Studio Theatre in Cleveland’s Playhouse Square (1375
Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44115). Tickets are $5 to $10, and are
available at https://www.nprpresents.org/event/going-there-getting-
real-about-race/.

On November 17, Playwrights Local will present an excerpt from
Objectively/Reasonable
and host a talkback about our company’s creative process as part of *CPAC’s
“Creative Intersections: Moving Forward” event*. “Creative Intersections”
is a new series that demonstrates “how arts and culture is serving as a
partner in addressing a wide range of community topics.” This event will
run from *1:30 to 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 17, 2016*, at the
Bohemian National Hall in Cleveland (4939 Broadway Avenue, Cleveland, OH
44127). Tickets are $25, and are available at https://web.charityengine.net/
default.aspx?tsid=7583.

Objectively/Reasonable: A Community Response to the Shooting of Tamir Rice,
11/22/14 originally ran from August 18 through September 4, 2016, at the
Creative Space at Waterloo Arts (397 E. 156th Street, Cleveland, OH 44110).
Directed by Terrence Spivey, this play was praised by Cool Cleveland as “a
work that should travel to theaters all over the country…a catharsis” and
by Broadway World as “a must-see experience for anyone interested in the
real world around them.” Objectively/Reasonable was written by an ensemble
of playwrights—Mike Geither, Tom Hayes, Lisa Langford, Michael Oatman, and
David Todd—and conceived/edited by Todd. The cast for these two
performances will be original members Ashley Aquilla, Kaila Benford, India
Burton, Samone Cummings, Kali Hatten, LaShawn Little, and Nathan Tolliver.
Additional information on the play is available at
http://playwrightslocal.org/objectively-reasonable/.

Playwrights Local is a theater company based in Cleveland. Billed as a
playwrights’ center, the organization’s goal is to provide a home for
dramatic writing in Northeast Ohio. They offer classes and workshops,
produce original plays, provide professional development opportunities, and
engage the community through site-specific projects. Tax-deductible
contributions to this 501(c)(3) group can be made at
http://playwrightslocal.org/donate/.
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