<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; 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"><b>SWAN Day CLE – 2013 – the PLAYS! -the PLAYERS! </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>Saturday, March 30</b>, 2013, Cleveland’s <b>inaugural celebration</b> of SWAN (<b>Support Women Artists Now</b>) Day, staged readings of 8 very diverse short plays. The plays were chosen from 143 international submissions by a committee of local writers and theater professionals. </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"><b>A woman has a frank discussion with her</b>, shall we say, <b>private parts</b>, which do indeed have their own voice (<i>Down There</i>, Sharon Goldner) </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 <b>struggle for an Army lieutenant</b> (<i>At the Gates of the House of the Mother of Waters</i>, Eli Effinger-Weintraub)</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 explore their <b>comically obsessive relationships with food</b> (<i>Beautiful</i>, L.E. Grabowski-Cotton)</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Verdana"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b>Fear of a nurse’s scorn</b> <b>challenges a lesbian’s fear of breast cancer</b> (<i>Are You Married?</i>, Joan Lipkin)</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Verdana"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b>Self-help</b> is a homeless woman’s technique for <b>helping herself to another’s life</b> (<i>The Exchange</i>, Katherine Koller)</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Verdana"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">An <b>unexpected set of standards</b> changes a student’s preconceived notions (<i>Red Pen</i>, Kelly DuMar)</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Verdana"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b>Adult sisters</b> <b>meet for the first time</b>, with surprising results (<i>Next of Kin</i>, Stephanie Carrie)</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Verdana"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">The <b>Wolf, Granny, and Little Red</b> come to their own <b>depraved, transformational conclusions</b> (<i>Highway 16</i>, Claudia Barnett)</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 a 6-year-old <b>international holiday</b> celebrating women artists. Over its first 5 years, it was observed in 23 countries with over 900 events. <br>
<b>This is Cleveland's inaugural celebration! </b> </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: SWAN Day CLE – 2013: Eight short plays directed and acted by local artists</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>Saturday, 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">WHO:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Mary Faktor, Lydia Hall, Natalie Green, Lauren Sturdivant, Benjamin Gregg, <br>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Celeste Cosentino, and Deborah Magid</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></body></html>