<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Verdana; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b>Support Women Artists Now <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>5 March 2013<br>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</b></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Verdana; min-height: 12px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Verdana; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b>SWAN Day CLE – 2013 announces playwrights and plays</b></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Verdana; min-height: 12px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Verdana; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">The plays have been vetted, the votes tallied, and we are happy and proud to announce the 8 plays that will be read at Convergence Continuum Theater (The Limnis) and Ensemble Theatre on Saturday, March 30th!</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Verdana; min-height: 12px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Verdana; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">ARE YOU MARRIED, Joan Lipkin</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Verdana; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">AT THE GATES OF THE HOUSE OF THE MOTHER OF WATERS, Eli Effinger-Weintraub</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Verdana; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">BEAUTIFUL, L.E. Grabowski-Cotton</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Verdana; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">DOWN THERE, Sharon Goldner</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Verdana; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">THE EXCHANGE, Katherine Koller</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Verdana; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">HIGHWAY 16, Claudia Barnett</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Verdana; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">NEXT OF KIN, Stephanie Carrie</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Verdana; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">RED PEN, Kelly DuMar</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Verdana; min-height: 12px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Verdana; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Thanks to all who submitted plays, and to our dedicated panel of readers. </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Verdana; min-height: 12px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Verdana; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Next, casting!</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Verdana; min-height: 12px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Verdana; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">And for the audience:</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Verdana; min-height: 12px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 8.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Verdana"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">WHAT: Eight short plays directed and read by local artists, in honor of <br>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>SWAN Day CLE 2013 and the worldwide celebration</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 8.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Verdana"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">WHEN: March 30, 2013<br>
2pm at Convergence-Continuum at the Limnis <br>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>2438 Scranton Road, Tremont<br>
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8pm at Ensemble Theatre<br>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>2843 Washington Boulevard, Cleveland Heights</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 8.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Verdana"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">TICKETS: $5 </span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 8.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Verdana"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">FUNDRAISING: <a href="http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/swan-day-cle-2013/x/1786503"><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #2b00ae">Indiegogo Campaign</span></a> and at the events</span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Verdana; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">SWAN (Support Women Artists Now) Day is an <b>international holiday</b> celebrating women playwrights. Over its first 5 years, it was observed in 23 countries with over 900 events. <b>This is Cleveland's inaugural celebration!</b></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Verdana; min-height: 12px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 8.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Helvetica; color: #2d3030"><span style="font: 10.0px Verdana; letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #000000">CONTACT: <a href="mailto:SwanDay2020@yahoo.com.au?subject=SWAN%20Day%20CLE%20%E2%80%93%202013"><span style="font: 11.0px Helvetica; text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #2b00ae">Deborah Magid</span></a></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><br>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> <a href="mailto:SwanDay2020@yahoo.com.au">SwanDay2020@yahoo.com.au</a></span></p><div><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><br></span></div><div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Verdana; min-height: 13px; "><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Verdana; min-height: 13px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 9px/normal Verdana; color: rgb(19, 80, 174); "><span style="text-decoration: underline; "><a href="http://miseentheatre.wordpress.com/">http://miseentheatre.wordpress.com/</a></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 9px/normal Verdana; color: rgb(19, 80, 174); "><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">"<a href="http://miseentheatre.wordpress.com/2013/01/02/submitting-to-opps/"><span style="text-decoration: underline; ">Submitting to Opps</span></a>"</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 9px/normal Verdana; ">***********************************</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 9px/normal Verdana; ">NEWS! <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://deborahmagid.com/DeborahMagid/Magid_The_Consequence_of_Impression.html">THE CONSEQUENCE OF IMPRESSION</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>is a 2013<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.theoneill.org/summer-conferences/npc/">O'Neill Theater Center</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>semifinalist!</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 9px/normal Verdana; ">March 30, 2013:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://deborahmagid.com/DeborahMagid/SWAN_Day_CLE_2013/SWAN_Day_CLE_2013.html"><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(19, 80, 174); ">SWAN Day CLE</span></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>2pm Convergence Continuum Theatre; 8pm Ensemble Theatre</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 9px/normal Verdana; color: rgb(19, 80, 174); "><a href="http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/swan-day-cle-2013/x/1786503">INDIEGOGO campaign, please donate</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 9px/normal Verdana; ">March 26, 2013: playwright THE SECRET LIFE OF BIRDS staged reading, <a href="http://dobama.org/playwrights-gym/"><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(19, 80, 174); ">Dobama Theatre</span></a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 9px/normal Verdana; ">March 8, 2013: playwright THE SECRET LIFE OF BIRDS, reading, <a href="http://www.dramatistsguild.com/eventseducation/"><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(19, 80, 174); ">Dramatists Guild Friday Night Footlights</span></a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 9px/normal Verdana; ">February 7-9, 2013: playwright THE FORMULA, NEOMFA Playwrights Festival,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.convergence-continuum.org/"><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(19, 80, 174); ">Convergence Continuum Theatre</span></a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 9px/normal Verdana; ">October 13 & 20, 2012: actor ANGELIC VOICES IN RITARDANDO by Vickie Williams,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.cptonline.org/theater-show.php?id=189"><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(19, 80, 174); ">Cleveland Public Theatre Springboard 2012</span></a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 9px/normal Verdana; color: rgb(19, 80, 174); "><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">October 6, 2012: writer/performer<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://vimeo.com/28264265"><span style="text-decoration: underline; ">This Improvised Life at Big Dog Theater</span></a></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 9px/normal Verdana; color: rgb(19, 80, 174); "><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Interview <a href="http://31plays31days.com/blog/2012/08/04/31-plus-interviews-%7C-deborah-magid/"><i>31 Plays in 31 Days</i></a></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 9px/normal Verdana; ">***********************************</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 9px/normal Verdana; color: rgb(19, 80, 174); "><span style="text-decoration: underline; "><a href="http://womenplaywrights.org/">International Centre for Women Playwrights</a></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">, <a href="http://www.clevelandplayhouse.com/about/playwrights-unit"><span style="text-decoration: underline; ">Cleveland Play House Playwrights' Unit</span></a>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://theatrewomen.org/"><span style="text-decoration: underline; ">League of Professional Theatre Women</span></a>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://dobama.org/playwrights-gym/"><span style="text-decoration: underline; ">Dobama Theatre Playwrights' GYM</span></a>, <a href="http://www.dramatistsguild.com/"><span style="text-decoration: underline; ">Dramatists Guild</span></a>, <a href="http://www.composersforum.org/"><span style="text-decoration: underline; ">American Composers' Forum</span></a></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; 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