<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div style="font-size: 12.8px; text-align: center; line-height: 19.2px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3790"><b style="font-size: 12.8px; line-height: 19.2px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_4172"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_4173">Still Need "Leo" for Reading</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: 19.2px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3790"><b style="font-size: 12.8px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_4174"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_4175">LEO:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_4176"> 49, MENA’s brother. Stiff, tightly wound. Deeply closeted homosexual. A wiz with numbers and anything mechanical. Hates NAPPY for his </span></div><div style="text-align: left; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: 19.2px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3790"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_4328"> controlling nature, and fact that Nappy has tried to "beat the Sissy" out of him since he was teenager. Wants to leave the family </span></div><div style="text-align: left; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: 19.2px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3790"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> businesses.</span><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_4153" style="font-size: 12.8px; line-height: 19.2px;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_4152"> </span></b><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3795" style="font-size: 12.8px; line-height: 19.2px;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3796"> </span></b></div><div style="font-size: 12.8px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3797"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3798"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3799"> “Emporer of Lincoln Street</span></b><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3800">,” by Richard Asbury</b></div><div style="font-size: 12.8px; text-align: center;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3801"><br></div><div style="font-size: 12.8px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3807"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3808"><font size="4" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3809">WHO: </font><span style="font-size: 12.8px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3810"> </span></b><span style="font-size: 12.8px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3811">Richard Asbury, emerging local playwright, wants to see his project develop into being produced </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3812">and performed as a fully staged production.</span><b style="font-size: 12.8px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3813"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3814"> </span></b></div><div style="font-size: 12.8px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3815"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3816"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3817">WHAT: U</b>pcoming</span> reading of his 2-Act drama, to refine and develop its concept, characters,<span style="font-size: 12.8px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3818"> content, and format.</span><b style="font-size: 12.8px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3819"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3820"> </span></b></div><div style="font-size: 12.8px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3821"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3822"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3823"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3824">WHEN: </b> Saturday, September 24, 4:30 P. </span></span></div><div style="font-size: 12.8px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3821"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_4292"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_4291"> Rehearsals Sat. 9/10, 2:00 P, & Mon. 9/12, 6:00 P. Arrangements can be made re: attending rehearsals.</span></span></div><div style="font-size: 12.8px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3827"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3828"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3829"></span></div><div style="font-size: 12.8px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3830"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3831"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3832">THE STORY LINE: </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3833"> </span>A drama in 2 acts that highlights a successful, upper-middle class, African American family in 1968. Set in the fictitious city of Jefferson in 1968. The play addresses the issues of sibling rivalry, race in the African American community (at that time), homosexuality, and the price of success.</div><div style="font-size: 12.8px; line-height: 14.4pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3834">The main character, NAPPY, is a "self made man" who is tough on his family and demands respect from all that cross his path. He is conflicted with the changes he sees in his community and his family's desire to leave his oppressive control and find their own lives. He loves them but does not know how to communicate that love.<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3835"> </span></div><div style="font-size: 12.8px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3839"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3855"><div style="font-size: 12.8px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3856"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3857">1. </span><b style="font-size: 12.8px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3858"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3859">LEO:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3860"> 49, MENA’s brother. Stiff, tightly wound. Deeply closeted homosexual. A wiz with numbers and anything mechanical. Hates NAPPY for his controlling nature, and fact that Nappy has tried to "beat the Sissy" out of him since he was teenager. Wants to leave the family businesses.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3861"> </span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3885"><font style="font-size: 12.8px; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3886"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3887"></font></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3888"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3889"><div style="outline: none 0px; display: table; width: 1003px; padding-top: 12px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 13px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3890"><div style="display: table-cell; width: auto; word-wrap: break-word;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3891"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3892"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3893"><div style="font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3894"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3895"><div style="outline: none 0px; display: table; width: 1003px; padding-top: 12px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 13px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3896"><div style="display: table-cell; width: auto; word-wrap: break-word;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3897"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3898"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3899"><div style="font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3900"><div style="font-size: 13px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3901"><div style="font-size: 12.8px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3902"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3903">Please contact: </span><a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:wakeupandlives@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:wakeupandlives@gmail.com" shape="rect" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212); font-size: 12pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3904">wakeupandlives@gmail.com</a>, as soon as possible.<span style="font-size: 12pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3905"> </span></div></div><div style="font-size: 12.8px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3906"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3907"><u id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3908"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3909"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3910"></b></u></span></div><div style="font-size: 12.8px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3911"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3912">Sue Johnson</span></div><div style="font-size: 12.8px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3913"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3914">Director</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size: 12.8px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3915"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3916">Wake Up And Live's Actors' Studio</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_4069"> </div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473461740187_3618"><br></div></div></body></html>