<div dir="ltr"><div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font face="arial black, sans-serif"><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. The <span class="">Manhattan</span> <span class="">Project</span> - Cleveland Lab seeks to do the same for the Cleveland stage.</font></div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font face="arial black, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">The <span class="">Manhattan</span> <span class="">Project</span> gets scary this October.<br>
<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
Katie Walker, Tom Hayes, Mike Geither and Claire Robinson May return to write 4 horrifying plays for Halloween.<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<div><span style="white-space:nowrap">Now we need some great Cleveland Actors to join us! </span></div><div><span style="white-space:nowrap"><br></span></div><div><span style="white-space:nowrap">Please join us to meet and work with some amazing writers on brand new <b>10-</b>minute plays!</span></div>
<div><span style="white-space:nowrap"><br></span></div><div><div><font face="georgia, serif"><b>Meet & Greet </b> will be </font><b><span><span><span tabindex="0" class=""><span class="">8:00pm October 7</span></span></span></span></b><font face="georgia,
serif"> in <a href="http://mahalls20lanes.com/" target="_blank">Mahall's</a> Locker Room performance space 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" target="_blank">13224 Madison Ave in Lakewood</a>.</font></div>
<div><font face="georgia,
serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="georgia,
serif"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/333174063494723/" target="_blank">Meet & Greet facebook page</a><br></font></div><div><font face="georgia,
serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif"><b><br></b></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif"><b>Performance </b>will be </font> <b><span><span><span tabindex="0" class=""><span class="">8:00pm October 28</span></span></span></span></b><font face="georgia, serif">, on Mahall's Main Stage.</font></div>
</div><div><font face="georgia, serif"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/526542474100578/" target="_blank">Nuclear Terror facebook page</a><br></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div><br>
</div><div><br></div><div style="text-align:center"><font face="arial black, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:large">What exactly is The </span><span style="font-size:large"><span class="">Manhattan</span></span><span style="font-size:large"> </span><span style="font-size:large"><span class="">Project</span> - Cleveland Lab</span><span style="font-size:large">?</span></font></div>
</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div><br></div><div><font face="georgia, serif">The <span class="">Manhattan</span> <span class="">Project</span> is a low-stakes, nonthreatening place for actors and playwrights to meet and work together.</font></div>
<div><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div><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 class="">Manhattan</span> <span class="">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><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div><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><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif">The teams will reconvene later in the month to perform these plays for each other.</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div>
<div><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="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;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" target="_blank">TrinityCrater@gmail.com</a> or just show up at the Meet & Greet on <span><span><span tabindex="0" class=""><span class="">October 7</span></span></span></span>.</font></div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><font face="georgia, serif">Some additional notes on the <span class="">project</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 class="">Manhattan</span> <span class="">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>
</ul></div></div></div></div></div>