<html><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>18 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 – COUNTDOWN TO MARCH 30’ – the 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"><b></b></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">On <b>March 30</b>, 2013, Cleveland’s <b>inaugural celebration</b> of the International Holiday, Support Women Artists Now Day! Join Mary Faktor, Lydia Hall, Natalie Green, Lauren Sturdivant, and Deborah Magid for staged readings of 8 very diverse short plays.</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 were chosen from 143 international submissions by a committee of writers and theater professionals. They represent a wide variety of women’s experience. </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>
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<li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Verdana"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">A woman has a frank discussion with her, shall we say, private parts, which do indeed have their own voice </span></li>
<li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Verdana"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Duty to country and duty to the planet cause struggle for an Army lieutenant</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Verdana"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Four women reveal their comically obsessive relationships with food </span></li>
<li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Verdana"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Fear of a nurse’s scorn challenges a lesbian’s fear of breast cancer</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Verdana"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Self-help is a homeless woman’s technique for helping herself to another’s life</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Verdana"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Adult sisters meet for the first time, with surprising results </span></li>
<li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Verdana"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">An unexpected set of standards changes a student’s preconceived notions</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Verdana"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">The Wolf, Granny, and Little Red come to their own depraved, transformational conclusions</span></li>
</ul><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>With Lydia Hall, Mary Faktor, Stuart Hoffman, </span></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 8.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Verdana; min-height: 12.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b></b></span><br></p><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: <b>March 30, 2013</b><br>
<b>2pm</b> at convergence-continuum at the Limnis, 2438 Scranton Road, Tremont<br>
<b>8pm</b> at Ensemble Theatre, 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 at the doors / CONTRIBUTIONS over $25 are tax-deductible</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 8.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px 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: 10.0px 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></body></html>