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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Be a part of 2011 Fusion Fest’s LOCAL EXPLOSION!</FONT></B></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">LOCAL EXPLOSION</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> is a series of performances that fuse local artists and thinkers from a wide variety of disciplines resulting in explosively creative collaborations.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Propose your project to be a part of this exciting new adventure at The Cleveland Play House. </FONT></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">The deets:</FONT></B></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">WHAT:</FONT></B> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">LOCAL EXPLOSION</FONT></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">A series of performances running as a part of Fusion Fest 2011</FONT></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">WHO:</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> The Cleveland Play House and Local Artists, Thinkers and Creators</FONT></SPAN>
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<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <B> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">WHEN:</FONT></B> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">LOCAL EXPLOSION will take place on selected evenings </FONT></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">between April 13-24, 2011</FONT></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <B> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">WHERE:</FONT></B> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">The Cleveland Play House</FONT></SPAN>
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<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Guidelines for LOCAL EXPLOSION Project Proposals</FONT></B></SPAN>
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<LI><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">The proposed project must be a LIVE performance </FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">It must feature a fusion of local collaborators from different disciplines for example:</FONT></SPAN></LI>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Martial artists and a gospel choir</FONT></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">An actor and a sculptor </FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">A filmmaker and a dance company</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">A chamber orchestra and a neuroscientist</FONT></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">· The proposed performance event must be between 10-30 minutes in length</FONT></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">1 </FONT> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">The 10-30 minute performance event should stand on its on. We hope it may be a seed out of which a future longer work may grow but it should not be an excerpt from an existing larger work.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">2 Think so out of the box it will make your head explode.</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">3 Selected projects will get </FONT></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">· $300 seed money to create the piece</FONT></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">1 </FONT> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">2 performances in Fusion Fest</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">2 All marketing, ticketing and front of house services will be provided by The Play House </FONT></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">· </FONT><B> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Submissions due Monday November 29<SUP>th</SUP>, 2010</FONT></B></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">1 </FONT></B> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">See attached Project Proposal Application</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">2 Questions? Email Laura Kepley Associate Artistic Director at </FONT></SPAN><A HREF="mailto:lkepley@clevelandplayhouse.com"><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times New Roman">lkepley@clevelandplayhouse.com</FONT></U></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">.</FONT></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">LOCAL EXPLOSION - Project Proposal Application</FONT></B></SPAN>
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<P ALIGN=CENTER><SPAN LANG="en-us"><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Times New Roman">Please fill out the following using the space provided.</FONT></I></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER><SPAN LANG="en-us"><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Times New Roman">Also include bios or resumes for all of the collaborators involved.</FONT></I></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">POINT PERSON FOR THE PROJECT: __________________________________________</FONT></B></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">POINT PERSON’S EMAIL ADDRESS: __________________________________________</FONT></B></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">POINT PERSON’S PHONE NUMBER: __________________________________________</FONT></B></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Mission statement</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> (i.e. What’s the big idea? What you are exploring? What you hope to do with this project?, Why you want to bring this collaboration together?) Please limit your answer to the space provided.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">What is the ideal theatrical</FONT><B> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">environment</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> for the Performance?</FONT></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Be sure to include Bios of all collaborators.</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">You may include up to TWO pages of additional supporting materials (i.e. pictures or reviews from past performances of some of the collaborators, research images for this collaboration, etc.)</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">You may either email or mail proposals to Laura Kepley, Associate Artistic Director, </FONT></B></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">The Cleveland Play House, 8500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106 </FONT></B></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">or </FONT></B></SPAN><A HREF="mailto:lkepley@clevelandplayhouse.com"><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times New Roman">lkepley@clevelandplayhouse.com</FONT></U></B></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">All materials must be received by Monday, November 29<SUP>th</SUP> , 2010.</FONT></B></SPAN></P>
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