<br><div class="gmail_quote"><font face="arial black, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px"><br><br>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"><span>Manhattan</span></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px"> </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px"><span>Project</span> - 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><font face="arial black, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px"></span></font><br><font face="arial black, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px"><font face="georgia, serif"><font color="#222222">The <span>Manhattan</span> <span>Project is happy to announce its upcoming Ladies' Night!<br>
<br>At <b>8:00pm </b>on<b> June 30</b></span></font></font></span></font> <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"></a>4 new plays from 4 of Cleveland's female playwrights will drop on <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>. Please join us!<br>
<br><ul><li><i>The Conference</i> by Rachel Baird</li><li><i>Football Gives Me Gas</i> by Deborah Magid</li><li><i>The Wait</i> by Gretchen Ashbrook</li><li><i>Shorties in the RC/BBB</i> by Jennifer A Willoh<br></li></ul>
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<div><br><br></div><div style="text-align:center"><font face="arial black, sans-serif"><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"><span>Manhattan</span></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:large"> </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:large"><span>Project</span> - 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"><font color="#222222">The <span>Manhattan</span> <span>Project</span> 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"><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px"><font face="georgia, serif">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><span>Manhattan</span></span> <span><span>Project</span></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"><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px"><font face="georgia, serif">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"><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px"><font face="georgia, serif">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"><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px"><font face="georgia, serif">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>
</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px"><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px"><div>
<br></div><div><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><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><font face="georgia, serif"><span>Some additional notes on the <span><span>project</span></span>:</span></font></div>
<div><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 <span>Manhattan</span> <span>Project</span> 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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