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</span><b><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span style="color:rgb(56,118,29)">This month: Featured Reading of <i>E</i> by Al Heartley and Open Mic!</span><br>
<span style="color:rgb(204,102,0)"></span></span></b></div></font><div><p><span>The
Dark Room is a place where writers take center stage and their work
has a chance to grow. The Dark Room is an ongoing event held on the second
Tuesday of each month. </span>The Dark Room affords emerging and veteran playwrights the space and resources
to develop new works. It offers a venue to workshop plays, novels, poems, or
any other written work in a supportive, yet critical environment.<font style="color:rgb(0,0,153)" size="4"><b style="background-color:rgb(0,0,153)"><span><br><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span></span></span><br>
</span></b><span style="color:rgb(204,0,0)"><font><span><b><span style="color:rgb(56,118,29)">Tuesday, March 10th</span><br></b></span></font></span></font></p>
</div><div><font>The Church at CPT<br>
(Just east of the Gordon Square Theatre Box Office)</font></div><div><div><font><span> Cleveland Public Theatre<br></span>6407 Detroit Ave, Cleveland, OH 44102</font></div>
<p><span></span><b><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"></span></b><b><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span style="color:rgb(204,102,0)"></span></span></b></p>
</div><p><span></span></p><div><b>7:00pm: </b>Sign-up begins for writers and actors (space is
limited). <b>Writers names will be drawn randomly at 7:15pm to determine whose work will be presented. </b>Writers can bring up to 10 pages of work to be read; actors
will be cast on the spot!<br><br><b>7:30pm: </b>Featured Reading of <i>E</i> by Al Heartley<b><br>8:15pm:</b> Open Mic Session readings begin <br></div>
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<span style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"></span><b>And don't forget - FREE Great Lakes Brewing Company beer!</b></span><br><div>
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</span><span style="color:rgb(204,0,0)"></span>Suggested donation of $5 is welcomed at the door, but not required.<br><span style="color:rgb(56,118,29)"><b><br></b></span><span><span style="color:rgb(56,118,29)"><b>ABOUT THE FEATURED READING:</b></span> What’s in a name? Nonetheless what’s in a letter? For Junior, a 15 year old Black man with an unusual name, it means just about everything. When Junior is sent to do a writing assignment detailing the story of his name, he uncovers a family history that is both fascinating and burdensome. Guided by his Aunt Elouise, an old saged world spinner, Junior comes to discover that a name can come at a grave price. <b>Directed by</b> Jocelyn Prince and <b>Featuring</b> Amaan Kady, Sharon Foxx, Nathan Lilly, Nichole Sumlin, Vincent Briley, Laprise Johnson.<br><br><span style="color:rgb(56,118,29)"><b>ABOUT THE WRITER: </b></span>Al Heartley is an anti-racism practitioner and arts leader based in Cleveland, Ohio. He currently is the assistant to the artistic and managing directors at Cleveland Play House where he previously was the education associate. Al recently produced and directed Same Difference by Chicago playwright Sam Roberson for Cleveland Public Theatre’s Big Box 2014 series as well as their 2013 Springboard Series. Al also directed a reading of the Same Difference at Sankofa Theatre Company in Chicago where he was briefly the associate artistic director. Al has assisted directed in Chicago and was the dramaturgy support for a new play by Robert O'Hara at Steppenwolf Theatre Company. In the fall of 2014, Al was the assistant director on Dobma Theater’s production of <i>A Civil War Christmas</i>. Al previously worked as the Theater Management apprentice and Multicultural Fellow at Steppenwolf and was a Young Leader of Color for Theater Communications Group in 2012.<br><br><br><br>Open session readings are
first come, first serve until all slots have been allotted. All
submissions should
be made to Mindy Herman at
<span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><a href="https://remote.cptonline.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=1f797af3010b4ab1922624e9b2fd98f4&URL=mailto%3aherman.mindy%40gmail.com" target="_blank">herman.mindy@gmail.com</a>
</span>or to John Busser at<span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"> <a href="https://remote.cptonline.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=1f797af3010b4ab1922624e9b2fd98f4&URL=mailto%3ajpbusser%40gmail.com" target="_blank">
jpbusser@gmail.com</a> </span>. </span></div>
<p><span>See you in the Dark Room!</span></p><span><font color="#888888"><span><font color="#888888"><span><font color="#888888"><span><font color="#888888"><span><font color="#888888"><span><font color="#888888"><span></span></font></span></font></span></font></span><br></font></span></font></span></font></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><span><font color="#888888"><span><font color="#888888"><span><font color="#888888"><span></span></font></span><span><font color="#888888">
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</font></span></font></span></div><span></span><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"> <br>Mindy Childress Herman<br>
<a href="http://www.mindychildress.com" target="_blank">www.mindychildress.com</a><br><a href="mailto:herman.mindy@gmail.com" target="_blank">herman.mindy@gmail.com</a><br><br></div>
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