<div dir="ltr"><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>Manhattan</span> <span>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"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;line-height:16px"><br>
</span></div><div><font color="#333333" face="lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:16px"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheManhattanProjectClevelandLab" target="_blank">The Manhattan Project</a></span></font><span style="font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:16px"> has
a special 15 megaton treat this holiday season; 6 explosive new Holiday
Pageants by Cleveland playwrights, including Jennifer Willoh, Rachel
Baird Rudisill, Katie Walker, Stuart Hoffman, and Krysia Orlowski.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;line-height:16px">
<br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;line-height:16px"><span style="font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:16px">Now we need some great Cleveland Actors to join us! </span><span style="font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;display:inline;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:16px"><br>
<br>Please join us to meet and work with some amazing writers on brand new 10-minute Pageants!<br><br>Meet & Greet will be 8:00pm December 4 on Mahall's Main Stage at 13224 Madison Ave in Lakewood.</span></div><div>
<span style="display:inline"><font color="#333333" face="lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:16px"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1408492982721221/?ref_newsfeed_story_type=regular" target="_blank">Meet & Greet Facebook Event</a></span></font><br>
<br><font color="#333333" face="lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:16px">Performance will be 8:00pm January 8, also on Mahall's Main Stage.</span></font></span><br></div><div>
<span style="display:inline"><font color="#333333" face="lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:16px"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1430523023842956/" target="_blank">War On X-mas Facebook Event</a></span><br>
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</font></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>Manhattan</span></span><span style="font-size:large"> </span><span style="font-size:large"><span>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><span><br></span></div><div><font face="georgia, serif">The <span>Manhattan</span> <span>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>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><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 <span>projects</span>.</font></div>
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</span></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><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 December 4.</font></div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font color="#222222" face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div><font style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px" color="#222222" face="georgia, serif">For more info and updates </font><font face="georgia, serif"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheManhattanProjectClevelandLab" target="_blank">like us on facebook.</a></font></div>
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<font face="georgia, serif">Some additional notes on the <span>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>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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