<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px"> <font id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_22490" face="times new roman, new york, times, serif" size="5"><div align="center" id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_22450" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><span id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_22264"><font id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_22434" face="times new roman, new york, times, serif" size="5"><strong id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_23308">Weekend Ink: From Page to Stage Play Writing Workshop</strong></font></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a id="yiv2673427304ai1ec-event" href="" rel="nofollow"></a> </div><div id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_22270" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_22269"><div id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_22268"><font id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_22918" size="3">When: Saturday January 17, 2015 & Saturday, January 31 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm </font><font id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_22909" size="3"> </font></div></div><div id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_22277"><div id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_22292"><font id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_22908" size="3">Where: Lake Erie Ink, 2843 Washington Boulevard, Cleveland Heights, OH 44118</font><font size="3"><br></font></div></div><div id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_22280"><div id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_22279"><font id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_22907" size="3">Cost: $5 at the door. Free to members, Ink Spotters and Evening Inkers. Scholarships available. </font></div></div><div id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_22283"><div id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_22282"><font id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_22910" size="3">Contact: Lake Erie Ink at 216-320-4757</font></div><div id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_22288"><font color="#0066cc"><br><font size="3"></font></font></div></div></div><div id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_22290" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_22289"><font id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_22906" size="3">Write a play, see it performed in a readers’ theater workshop, and be ready to submit it to the Marilyn Bianchi Kids’ Play Writing Festival. Learn from professional playwrights. Karamu Playwright-in-residence, Michael Oatman, will be our guest on January 17th.</font></div><div id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_22291" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_22905" size="3">Born in Cleveland and a graduate of Shaw High School, in 2008 Michael completed his MFA in theater. His works have been produced at Karamu, Cleveland Play House Fusion Fest, Cleveland Public Theatre, CSU and Ingenuity Fest — in addition to many other locations around the U.S. Many of his plays deal with important and controversial issues, as indicated by some of the titles, such as <i>Hitler</i> and <i id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_23309">Gandhi</i>, <i id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_22897">Not a Uterus in Sight</i> and <i id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_22334">The War Between Pac and B.I.G.</i></font></div><div id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_22911" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><em><font size="3"></font></em><br></div></div><div align="center" id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_22450" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><strong id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_22898"><font id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_22917" face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">Cuyahoga County Students in Grades 1 -12 are invited to submit original plays</font> </strong></div></font><div align="center" id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_22450" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><font id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_22492" face="times new roman, new york, times, serif" size="5"><strong id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_22534">to the 37th Annual Marilyn Bianchi Kids' Playwriting Festival</strong></font> </div><div id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_22565" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_22566" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr">The Marilyn Bianchi Kids' Playwriting Festival is open to all students in Cuyahoga County, grades 1 -12, whether home-schooled or attending a private, public or charter school.</div><div id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_22567" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_22568" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr">All plays must be the original work of the student who is submitting it. No collaborations, no adaptations or copying from movies, TV, books or other plays. Teachers and parents can offer advise or constructive criticism, but should not help with characters or dialogue.</div><div id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_22569" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_22570" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr">The play may be in any category: comedy, drama, mystery, fantasy - wherever your imagination leads you. The Festival does not accept musicals (but scripts may call for brief music or songs as part of the action).</div><div id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_22571" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_22572" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr">Winning plays are awarded on the basis of imagination and human values as much as upon playwriting skill. </div><div id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_22573" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_22574" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr">Plays must b typed, no handwritten plays are accepted.</div><div id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_22575" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_22576" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr">Include a title page that has: The title of the play, playwright's name and address, phone number, school, and grade. </div><div id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_22581" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><strong id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_22580">The playwright's name and age should not appear anywhere else on the play.</strong></div><div id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_22582" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_22583" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr">Plays can be submitted as a word document, a pdf or in a hard (paper) copy.</div><div id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_22647" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_22650" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><a id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_22649" href="http://dobama.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Dobama-Young-Playwrights-Form-word-doc.doc" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_33815" color="#196ad4">Click here for Entry Form word doc</font></a></div><div id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_22611" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><font color="#196ad4"><br></font></div><div id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_22612" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr">E-mail word files or pdfs (along with your completed entry form) to <a id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_22866" href="mailto:youngplaywrights@dobama.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:youngplaywrights@dobama.org"><font color="#196ad4">youngplaywrights@dobama.org</font></a>.</div><div id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_22766" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_22767" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr">Or mail a hard copy to: Dobama Theatre, MBKPF, 2340 Lee Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 44118</div><div id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_23277" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_23276" style="text-align: center;"><strong>SOME SUGGESTIONS</strong></div><div id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_22830" style="text-align: left;">1. Keep your play to around 10 -15 pages long.</div><div id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_22896" style="text-align: left;"><br></div><div id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_22831" style="text-align: left;">2. Having anywhere from two to ten characters in your play is a good thing. The characters can be people (kids, teenagers or grown-ups), animals (dogs, cats, insects), monsters (all kinds), robots, plants (trees, flowers, poison ivy) and even inanimate objects (a television set, a toaster, a washing machine), etcetera.</div><div id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_23207" style="text-align: left;"><br></div><div id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_22832" style="text-align: left;">3. Having your play take place anywhere from one to three locations is another good thing.</div><div id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_22835" style="text-align: left;"><br></div><div id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_22833" style="text-align: left;">4. Remember a play is different from a movie. If in your play a character jumps out of a plane, lands in pasture on top of a giant bull who throws him into a lake that he swims across: this will be a challenge to put on a stage. This would be something you would more likely to see in a movie.</div><div id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_22836" style="text-align: left;"><br></div><div id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_22834" style="text-align: left;">5. Remember these are just suggestions and not rules.</div><div id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_22800" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_22801" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr">Deadline for submissions is March 1, 2015. </div><div id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_22802" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yiv2673427304yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_23275" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr">Winners will be announced on May 1, 2015</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_33274" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421165925710_33275" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr">The Festival will take place on June 5-7, 2015.</div></div></body></html>