<div><br></div><br><div><font face="arial black, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px">Between 1942 and 1945, J. Robert Oppenheimer gathered the most brilliant minds of the age at Los Alamos, New Mexico to create something magnificent and terrifying. </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px">The </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px">Manhattan</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px"> </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px">Project - Cleveland Lab</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px"> seeks to do the same for the Cleveland stage.</span></font></div>
<div><font face="arial black, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif"><font color="#222222">Having come to grips with what we let out of Pandora's Box on May 6th, The Manhattan Project is set to return. Speaking of Pandora, we're pleased to announce that our June performance will be Ladies' Night with a bill made up </font></font><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:georgia,serif">completely </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:georgia,serif">of female playwrights:</span></div>
<div><ul><li><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Jennifer Willoh, </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:georgia,serif">Gretchen Ashbrook, </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:georgia,serif">Monica Morgan, </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:georgia,serif">Deborah Magid, </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:georgia,serif">Rachel Baird, and </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:georgia,serif">Christina Sanders!</span></li>
</ul><div><font color="#222222" face="georgia, serif">We still need actors of both genders to come dance with us.</font></div><div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px"><font face="georgia, serif"><b><br>
</b></font></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px"><font face="georgia, serif"><b>June Meet & Greet </b> will be <b>8:00pm June 4</b> at <a href="http://mahalls20lanes.com/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Mahall's</a> at <a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&safe=strict&q=13224+Madison+Avenue,+Lakewood,+OH&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x8830f21d2d65b28f:0x42052cc6bb5456d7,13224+Madison+Ave,+Lakewood,+OH+44107&gl=us&ei=Y7RRUefdNLOC0QHG8YDwBA&ved=0CDAQ8gEwAA" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">13224 Madison Ave in Lakewood</a>.</font></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px"><font face="georgia, serif"><b>June Performance </b>will be <b>8:00pm June 30</b>, also at Mahall's.</font></div></div><div><br></div>
<div><br></div><div style="text-align:center"><font face="arial black, sans-serif" style><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:large">What exactly is The </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:large">Manhattan</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:large"> </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:large">Project - Cleveland Lab</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:large">?</span></font></div>
</div><div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" style><font color="#222222">The Manhattan Project is a low-stakes, nonthreatening place for actors and playwrights to meet and work together.</font></font></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px"><font face="georgia, serif" style><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px"><font face="georgia, serif" style>Based on the Theatre Lab model taught at the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama and inspired by The Brooklyn Generator in New York, The <span>Manhattan</span> <span>Project</span> wants to introduce Cleveland actors and playwrights to each other by organizing a monthly production of brand new 10-minute plays. </font></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px"><font face="georgia, serif" style><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px"><font face="georgia, serif" style>Participating artists will meet early in the month and will be broken into teams, each with one playwright. The playwright will then be given a writing prompt to write a new 10-minute play based on the prompt and including all the team's actors. The rest of the evening the team members will get to know each other and get a feel for each other's skills and voices. </font></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px"><font face="georgia, serif" style><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px"><font face="georgia, serif" style>The teams will reconvene later in the month to perform these plays for each other.</font></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px"><font face="georgia, serif" style><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px"><font face="georgia, serif" style>These 10-minute plays are not an end in themselves. Through these small collaborations we hope to build relationships between the two most vulnerable artists in theatre; the actors who put themselves on stage and the playwrights who pour themselves onto the page. Perhaps these 10-minute plays will grow into longer works or maybe these collaborations will become partnerships on larger projects.</font></div>
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<br></div><div style><font color="#222222" face="georgia, serif">If you'd like to participate, please RSVP at <a href="mailto:TrinityCrater@gmail.com" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">TrinityCrater@gmail.com</a> or just show up at the Meet & Greet on June 4.</font></div>
<div style><br></div><div style><br></div><div><div><font face="georgia, serif"><span style>Some additional notes on the <span>project</span>:</span></font></div>
<div style><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><font face="georgia, serif">In the spirit of shoe-string theatre, these 10-minute plays should have a budget of $0.00.</font></li><li style="margin-left:15px">
<font face="georgia, serif">Playwrights will be directing the plays, or an actor from the team can volunteer to do so.</font></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font face="georgia, serif">It's up to each team to schedule rehearsals together. Based on experience, it shouldn't take more than 3-4 hours of rehearsal time to get these plays on their feet.</font></li>
<li style="margin-left:15px"><font face="georgia, serif">Playwrights are invited in advance of the meet & Greet. If you are interested in writing for a future Manhattan Project please e-mail <a href="mailto:TrinityCrater@gmail.com" target="_blank">TrinityCrater@gmail.com</a> with the subject line "Playwright Query".</font></li>
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