<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-dd97052d-4b7d-ebf5-89dc-1548d8ad2af2"><p style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center;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" face="times new roman, serif">PLAYWRIGHTS LOCAL</font></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="times new roman, serif"><span style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></font></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><b><font color="#ff0000" size="4" face="times new roman, serif"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><i>Cleveland's home for dramatic writers</i></span></font></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:"times new roman";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:16px;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Objectively/Reasonable</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, will be featured in an upcoming event hosted by the Community Partnership for Arts and Culture (CPAC). Hailed by </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Plain Dealer</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:"times new roman";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:16px;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Objectively/Reasonable </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:"times new roman";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></p><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Playwrights Local will stage an excerpt of </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Objectively/Reasonable</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:"times new roman";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="font-size:16px;font-family:"times new roman";vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#0000ff"><b>CPAC’s “Creative Intersections: Moving Forward” event</b></font></span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:"times new roman";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="font-size:16px;font-family:"times new roman";text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b><font color="#0000ff">1:30 to 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 17, 2016</font></b></span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:"times new roman";vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b><font color="#0000ff">,</font></b><font color="#000000"> at the Bohemian National Hall in Cleveland (4939 Broadway Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44127). Tickets are</font></span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:"times new roman";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" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:"times new roman";text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://web.charityengine.net/default.aspx?tsid=7583</span></a><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. </span></p><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:"times new roman";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="font-size:16px;font-family:"times new roman";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="font-size:16px;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Cool Cleveland</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:"times new roman";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="font-size:16px;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Broadway World</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:"times new roman";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="font-size:16px;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Objectively/Reasonable</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:"times new roman";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 this performance includes original members Ashley Aquilla, 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/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:"times new roman";text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://playwrightslocal.org/objectively-reasonable/</span></a><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:"times new roman";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/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:"times new roman";text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://playwrightslocal.org/donate/</span></a><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p><div><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div></span></div>