<div dir="ltr"><p style="text-align:center;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b><font color="#ff0000" size="4">PLAYWRIGHTS LOCAL</font></b></span></p><p style="text-align:center;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#ff0000" size="4"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><i>Cleveland's home for dramatic writers</i></span></font><br></b></span></p><p style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b><br></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Playwrights Local is proud to announce that its recent production, </span><span style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Objectively/Reasonable</span><span style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, will be featured in upcoming events hosted by National Public Radio (NPR) and the Community Partnership for Arts and Culture (CPAC). Hailed by </span><span style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Plain Dealer</span><span style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> as “electric, probing and uncomfortably raw…a play that needs to be seen,” </span><span style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Objectively/Reasonable </span><span style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">is a “community response” to the shooting of Tamir Rice in Cleveland on November 22, 2014. This all-original, documentary work is based on interviews with legal experts, social critics, and everyday Clevelanders. </span><br></p><br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">On October 18, Playwrights Local will stage an excerpt of </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Objectively/Reasonable</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> at </span><b><font color="#0000ff"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“Getting Real About Race,” an event presented as part of a series by NPR’s </span><span style="font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Michel Martin: Going There</span></font></b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. This live program promises “a conversation that explores how race affects our lives today through the prism of specific issues in Northeast Ohio.” The performance will be presented at </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b><font color="#0000ff">7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 18, 2016</font></b></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, at the Westfield Insurance Studio Theatre in Cleveland’s Playhouse Square (1375 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44115). Tickets are $5 to $10, and are available at </span><a href="https://www.nprpresents.org/event/going-there-getting-real-about-race/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://www.nprpresents.org/<wbr>event/going-there-getting-<wbr>real-about-race/</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. </span></p><br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">On November 17, Playwrights Local will present an excerpt from </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Objectively/Reasonable </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">and host a talkback about our company’s creative process as part of </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b><font color="#0000ff">CPAC’s “Creative Intersections: Moving Forward” event</font></b></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. “Creative Intersections” is a new series that demonstrates “how arts and culture is serving as a partner in addressing a wide range of community topics.” This event will run from </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#0000ff"><b>1:30 to 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 17, 2016</b></font></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, at the Bohemian National Hall in Cleveland (4939 Broadway Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44127). Tickets are</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">$25, and are available at </span><a href="https://web.charityengine.net/default.aspx?tsid=7583" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://web.charityengine.net/<wbr>default.aspx?tsid=7583</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. </span></p><br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Objectively/Reasonable: A Community Response to the Shooting of Tamir Rice, 11/22/14 </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">originally ran from August 18 through September 4, 2016, at the Creative Space at Waterloo Arts (397 E. 156th Street, Cleveland, OH 44110). Directed by Terrence Spivey, this play was praised by </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Cool Cleveland</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> as “a work that should travel to theaters all over the country…a catharsis” and by </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Broadway World</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> as “a must-see experience for anyone interested in the real world around them.” </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Objectively/Reasonable</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> was written by an ensemble of playwrights—Mike Geither, Tom Hayes, Lisa Langford, Michael Oatman, and David Todd—and conceived/edited by Todd. The cast for these two performances will be original members Ashley Aquilla, Kaila Benford, India Burton, Samone Cummings, Kali Hatten, LaShawn Little, and Nathan Tolliver. Additional information on the play is available at </span><a href="http://playwrightslocal.org/objectively-reasonable/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://playwrightslocal.org/<wbr>objectively-reasonable/</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p><br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Playwrights Local is a theater company based in Cleveland. Billed as a playwrights’ center, the organization’s goal is to provide a home for dramatic writing in Northeast Ohio. They offer classes and workshops, produce original plays, provide professional development opportunities, and engage the community through site-specific projects. Tax-deductible contributions to this 501(c)(3) group can be made at</span><a href="http://playwrightslocal.org/donate/" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;text-decoration:none"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://playwrightslocal.org/<wbr>donate/</span></a><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span><br></div>