<div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:6px 0px;font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:14px;line-height:19.32px">Playwrights Local is pleased to announce our second season as Cleveland’s only home for all-new, locally written work. Highlights include three world premieres, two festivals, and playwriting workshops that are free and open to the public!</p><p style="margin:6px 0px;font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:14px;line-height:19.32px">This year’s playwrights include newcomers to the company Amy Schwabauer, Lisa Langford, Michael Oatman, and Mary E. Weems, Ph.D. Additional writers selected for readings and development projects will be anno<span class="" style="display:inline;font-family:inherit">unced as the season unfolds.</span></p><div class="" style="display:inline;font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:14px;line-height:19.32px"><p style="margin:0px 0px 6px;font-family:inherit">Find details for all of the following events in our <a href="http://playwrightslocal.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Playwrights-Local_2016-2017-Season.pdf">press release</a>.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 6px;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit;line-height:19.32px">Or, see additional information on <a href="http://playwrightslocal.org/2016/07/05/2016-2017-season/">our blog</a>.</span></p><p style="margin:6px 0px;font-family:inherit">-----------------------------------------------------------</p><p style="margin:6px 0px;font-family:inherit">AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2016</p><p style="margin:6px 0px;font-family:inherit">Objectively/Reasonable:<br>A Community Response to the Shooting of Tamir Rice, 11/22/14<br>Written by Playwrights Local<br>Directed by Terrence Spivey</p><p style="margin:6px 0px;font-family:inherit">-----------------------------------------------------------</p><p style="margin:6px 0px;font-family:inherit">NOVEMBER 2016</p><p style="margin:6px 0px;font-family:inherit">The 2nd Annual Cleveland Playwrights Festival</p><p style="margin:6px 0px;font-family:inherit">-----------------------------------------------------------</p><p style="margin:6px 0px;font-family:inherit">JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2017</p><p style="margin:6px 0px;font-family:inherit">This is NOT About My Dead Dog<br>Written by Amy Schwabauer<br>Directed by Dale Heinen</p><p style="margin:6px 0px;font-family:inherit">-----------------------------------------------------------</p><p style="margin:6px 0px;font-family:inherit">MARCH 2017</p><p style="margin:6px 0px;font-family:inherit">The Mac Wellman Homecoming Festival</p><p style="margin:6px 0px;font-family:inherit">-----------------------------------------------------------</p><p style="margin:6px 0px;font-family:inherit">APRIL 2017</p><p style="margin:6px 0px;font-family:inherit">2017 Play Lab + Spring Workshops</p><p style="margin:6px 0px;font-family:inherit">-----------------------------------------------------------</p><p style="margin:6px 0px;font-family:inherit">MAY/JUNE 2017</p><p style="margin:6px 0px;font-family:inherit">Things as They Are<br>Written by David Todd<br>Original score composed by Ben Chasny<br>Directed by Anjanette Hall</p></div></div>