<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_quote"><font size="4"><b><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">The Dark Room at CPT on May 14th</span></b><div class="im">
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<font size="4">This month: Featured Reading of <i>Alexandra</i> by David Zinman and an Open Mic session!</font><br>
<span style="color:rgb(204,102,0)"></span></span></b></div></font><div class="im"><p><span>The
Dark Room is a place where writers take center stage and their work
has a chance to grow. The Dark Room is an ongoing event held on the second
Tuesday of each month. </span>The Dark Room affords emerging and veteran playwrights the space and resources
to develop new works. It offers a venue to workshop plays, novels, poems, or
any other written work in a supportive, yet critical environment.</p>
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</span></b><span><b>Tuesday, May 14th</b></span></p><div class="im"><br>The Church at CPT<br>
(Just east of the Gordon Square Theatre Box Office)</div><div class="im"><div><span> Cleveland Public Theatre<br></span>6407 Detroit Ave, Cleveland, OH 44102</div>
<p><span></span><b><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"></span></b><b><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span style="color:rgb(204,102,0)"></span></span></b></p>
</div><p class=""><span></span></p><div class="im"><b>7:15pm: </b>Sign-up begins for writers and actors (space is
limited). Writers can bring up to 10 pages of work to be read; actors
will be cast on the spot!<br><b>7:30pm:</b> Featured Reading of <i>Alexandra</i> by David Zinman<br></div><b>8:30pm:</b> Open Mic Session readings begin <br>
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<b><i>About the Featured Reading:</i></b> Bedridden after an accident, Eddie Mitropoulos sinks into a deep
depression. But a friend in New York tries to raise his spirits via long
distance. He phones him and tells him about a beautiful woman he has
met named Alexandra to whom Eddie becomes attracted -- sight unseen.<br><b> <br>About the Playwright: </b><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">David Zinman is a former reporter for the Associated Press and Long Island <i>Newsday</i>. His
plays have been produced at Louisiana State University, the University of
South Carolina and Chautauqua. Zinman’s drama, <i>Strom in Limbo</i>, about the legendary Senator Strom Thurmond</font><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> of South Carolina,</font><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> was nominated for the Weissberger Award for
excellence in playwriting. His play <i>Who Killed the Kingfish?</i>—based on the stormy career of <span> </span>Huey Long, the demagogic Louisiana senator and governor in the 1930s, was performed at</font><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> </font><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">the Old State Capitol in Baton Rouge on the 75th anniversary of Long’s assassination. Zinman’s
short plays include <i>Mr. Smart Ass</i>, a finalist in the 2009 Tennessee
Williams One-Act Play competition. <span> </span>Zinman graduated
from Columbia and the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism. For its
centennial this year, the school picked 100 Great Stories by its
students. It included Zinman’s stories on the New Orleans school
integration crisis (1960), the first public school desegregation in the
Deep South.</font><span style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"></span><div class="im"><br>
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<b>And don't forget - FREE Magic Hat Beer!</b><br>
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<b style="color:rgb(0,0,102)">Writers - bring your work! Actors - come out and read!</b><br style="color:rgb(51,0,153)">
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Suggested donation of $5 is welcomed at the door, but not required.<br><br></div><div class="im"><p><span>If
you
are interested in being a featured writer at a future Dark Room,
please send a 20-30 page script along with a short bio, cast
requirements, descriptions of the characters and a synopsis of the
piece. Writers wishing to present during the open session portion of
Dark Room may submit shorter works, up to ten pages, in advance of the
event or bring them on the night of the event.Open session readings are
first come, first serve until all slots have been allotted. All
submissions should
be made to Mindy Herman at
<span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><a href="https://remote.cptonline.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=1f797af3010b4ab1922624e9b2fd98f4&URL=mailto%3aherman.mindy%40gmail.com" target="_blank">herman.mindy@gmail.com</a>
</span>or to John Busser at<span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"> <a href="https://remote.cptonline.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=1f797af3010b4ab1922624e9b2fd98f4&URL=mailto%3ajpbusser%40gmail.com" target="_blank">
jpbusser@gmail.com</a> </span>. </span></p>
<p><span>See you in the Dark Room!</span></p><p><span>-Mindy</span></p></div></div></div></div></div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br> <br>Mindy Childress Herman<br>
<a href="http://www.mindychildress.com" target="_blank">www.mindychildress.com</a><br><a href="mailto:herman.mindy@gmail.com" target="_blank">herman.mindy@gmail.com</a><br><br>
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