<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-6288d537-8753-8083-580e-826243ffa28e"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(255,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Playwrights Local</span></p><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><br></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Announces an Invited Performance of</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Excerpts from </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><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;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:18.6667px;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,255);font-weight:700;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Objectively/Reasonable:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:18.6667px;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,255);font-weight:700;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">A Community Response to the Shooting of Tamir Rice, 11/22/14 </span></p><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><br></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">At: </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">YWCA Greater Cleveland’s</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“It’s Time to Talk: Forums on Race”</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">February 3, 2017 from 8:30 am - 1:30 pm </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Mandel Humanities Center at Tri-C East</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 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 YWCA Greater Cleveland. Original cast members Kaila Benford and Nathan Tolliver will open this half-day program with monologues from our critically acclaimed play on the 2014 shooting of Tamir Rice.</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">Entitled “Foundations for Change,” this gathering on February 3, 2017 is part of the YWCA Greater Cleveland’s series “It’s Time to Talk: Forums on Race.” In addition to our performance, there will be a gallery walk, a keynote speaker, circle conversations, and lunch. The tentative schedule runs 8:30 am - 1:30 pm at the Mandel Humanities Center at Tri-C East. Complete information can be found at </span><a href="http://www.ywcaofcleveland.org/site/c.9hKQL9NNLmJ2G/b.9228373/k.4659/Its_Time_to_Talk_Forums_on_Race.htm" 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://www.ywcaofcleveland.org/site/c.9hKQL9NNLmJ2G/b.9228373/k.4659/Its_Time_to_Talk_Forums_on_Race.htm</span></a><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:"times new roman";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. Directed by Terrence Spivey, the 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. 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></span></div>