<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:"arial black",sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:22.5px;background-color:rgb(235,235,235)"><br><br></span></font><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:"arial black",sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:22.5px;background-color:rgb(235,235,235)">Between
 1942 and 1945, J. Robert Oppenheimer gathered the most brilliant minds 
of the age at Los Alamos, New Mexico to create something awesome 
and terrible.  The Manhattan Project - Cleveland Lab seeks to do the 
same for the Cleveland stage.</span><br></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:"arial black",sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:22.5px;background-color:rgb(235,235,235)"><br></span></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><h1 style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica;text-align:center;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:26px;line-height:32.5px">A Phone Call from Nowhere!</h1><font size="4"><span>Cleveland's source for new plays has teamed up with Cleveland's source for new playwrights! This month <a href="http://facebook.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=24718b1d6d5f7c398165fdc7b&id=76b47b272f&e=137ba2e111" style="color:rgb(43,170,223);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">The Manhattan Project</a> is pleased to present three new plays by three <a href="http://facebook.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=24718b1d6d5f7c398165fdc7b&id=53dc9b2ecf&e=137ba2e111" style="color:rgb(43,170,223);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">NEOMFA</a> playwrights; Logan Smith, Katie Walker, and Rob Daniels.</span><br style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica;line-height:24px"><br style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica;line-height:24px">Last month our playwrights were instructed to call the <a href="http://facebook.us8.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=24718b1d6d5f7c398165fdc7b&id=96dac4adb5&e=137ba2e111" style="color:rgb(43,170,223);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Mojave Desert Phone Booth</a>. Join us for these refreshing new plays inspired by their calls!

</font><ul><li><font size="4"><em>The Three People You Call When You're Lost </em>by Rob Daniels</font></li><li><font size="4"><em>Hello Operator</em> by Katie Walker</font></li><li><font size="4"><em>Mojave Desert Clown College</em> by Logan Smith</font></li></ul><font size="4">
<a href="http://facebook.us8.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=24718b1d6d5f7c398165fdc7b&id=a07a89dbbd&e=137ba2e111" style="color:rgb(43,170,223);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Performance</a> will be TOMORROW NIGHT, </font><strong style="font-size:large">Tuesday, May 3 </strong><span style="font-size:large">at </span><strong style="font-size:large">8:00pm, </strong><span style="font-size:large">on the Main Stage at </span><span style="font-size:large"> </span><a href="http://facebook.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=24718b1d6d5f7c398165fdc7b&id=0d33ac860a&e=137ba2e111" target="_blank" style="font-size:large;color:rgb(43,170,223)">Mahall's 20 Lanes</a><span style="font-size:large">, </span><a href="http://facebook.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=24718b1d6d5f7c398165fdc7b&id=8f823287c0&e=137ba2e111" target="_blank" style="font-size:large;color:rgb(43,170,223)">13200 Madison Ave. Lakewood, OH 44107</a><span style="font-size:large">. </span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:24px"></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:24px"><br></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><h2 style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica;text-align:center;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:22px;line-height:27.5px"><b>Save the Date!</b></h2><br>The Manhattan project's next Meet & Greet is <strong><span><span>Wednesday, June 1</span></span></strong> with Performance on <strong><span><span>Wednesday, June 29</span></span></strong>.<br>
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The Manhattan Project's first annual Liars' Festival will be <strong><span><span>Monday, July 18</span></span></strong>! (More info to come.)</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:15px;line-height:22.5px;background-color:rgb(235,235,235)"><div style="text-align:center"><font face="arial black, sans-serif" color="#000000"><span style="font-size:large">What exactly is The </span><span style="font-size:large">Manhattan</span><span style="font-size:large"> </span><span style="font-size:large">Project - Cleveland Lab</span><span style="font-size:large">?</span></font></div></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:15px;line-height:22.5px;background-color:rgb(235,235,235)"><div><font color="#000000"> </font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000000">The Manhattan Project is a low-stakes, nonthreatening place for actors and playwrights to <span style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">meet</span> and work together.</font></div><div><font color="#000000"> </font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000000">Based
 on the Theatre Lab model taught at the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama 
and inspired by The Brooklyn Generator in New York, 
The Manhattan Project wants to introduce Cleveland actors and 
playwrights to each other by organizing a bi-monthly production of brand
 new 10-minute plays.  </font></div><div><font color="#000000"> </font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000000">Participating artists will <span style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">meet</span> 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 color="#000000"> </font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000000">The teams will reconvene later in the month to perform these plays for each other.</font></div><div><font color="#000000"> </font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000000">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:Helvetica;font-size:15px;line-height:22.5px;background-color:rgb(235,235,235)"><font color="#000000"> </font></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:15px;line-height:22.5px;background-color:rgb(235,235,235)"><font color="#000000"> </font></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:15px;line-height:22.5px;background-color:rgb(235,235,235)"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000000">If you'd like to participate, please RSVP at <a href="mailto:TrinityCrater@gmail.com" style="word-wrap:break-word" target="_blank">TrinityCrater@gmail.com</a> or just show up at the next <span style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Meet</span> & <span style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Greet</span> in June.</font></div></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:15px;line-height:22.5px;background-color:rgb(235,235,235)"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000000"><br></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:Helvetica;line-height:22.5px;background-color:rgb(235,235,235)"><font color="#000000"><font style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" size="4"><b>For more info and updates:</b></font></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:Helvetica;line-height:22.5px;background-color:rgb(235,235,235)"><font color="#000000"><font style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </font><font style="font-size:13px;line-height:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" face="georgia, serif"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheManhattanProjectClevelandLab" target="_blank">like us on facebook</a></font><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">, </span><a href="http://eepurl.com/RGboj" style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" target="_blank">Subscribe to Our Newsletter</a><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> and follow us on twitter @MPCleveLab .</span><font style="font-size:15px" face="georgia, serif"><br></font></font></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:15px;line-height:22.5px;background-color:rgb(235,235,235)"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000000"><br></font></div><div style="font-size:15px;line-height:22.5px;background-color:rgb(235,235,235)"><div style="font-family:Helvetica;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000000">Some additional notes on the project:</font></div><div style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><ul style="font-family:Helvetica"><li style="margin-left:15px"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000000">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" color="#000000">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" color="#000000">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" color="#000000">Playwrights are invited in advance of the <span style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">meet</span> & <span style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Greet</span>. </font></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><b><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000000">Playwrights
 are invited based on participation in past Manhattan Project events, so
 please come to our events so we can get to know you!</font></b></li></ul></div></div></div>
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