<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-630e2835-17d3-4c11-791f-5ddd0e515d61"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="times new roman, serif" size="4">PLAYWRIGHTS LOCAL</font></span></p><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="times new roman, serif">Presents by popular demand</font></span></p><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="times new roman, serif">The return of the critically acclaimed documentary play</font></span></p><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="times new roman, serif" size="4"><b>OBJECTIVELY/REASONABLE</b></font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="times new roman, serif" size="4"><b>A COMMUNITY RESPONSE TO THE SHOOTING OF TAMIR RICE, 11/22/14</b></font></span></p><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="times new roman, serif">Written by Playwrights Local</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="times new roman, serif">Directed by Terrence Spivey</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="times new roman, serif">Conceived and edited by David Todd</font></span></p><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="color:rgb(153,0,255);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="times new roman, serif">February 17 - March 11, 2017</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><font face="times new roman, serif"><span style="color:rgb(153,0,255);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Creative Space at Waterloo Arts</span><span style="color:rgb(153,0,255);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="color:rgb(153,0,255);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">397 E. 156th Street, Cleveland, OH 44110</span><span style="color:rgb(153,0,255);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></font></p><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><font face="times new roman, serif"><span style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="http://playwrightslocal.org/objectively-reasonable-return/" style="text-decoration:none">http://playwrightslocal.org/objectively-reasonable-return/</a></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></font></p><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="times new roman, serif">Press for the Premiere Production</font></span></p><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="times new roman, serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“Electric, probing and uncomfortably raw…deeply moving. This is a play that needs to be seen.”</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">— </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Plain Dealer</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“This is a work that should travel to theaters all over the country...A catharsis.”</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">— </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"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“A must-see experience for anyone interested in the real world around them.”</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">— </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"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“A show that begs to be seen by police officers and citizens alike.”</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">— </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Talkin’ Broadway</span></font></p><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="times new roman, serif">Synopsis</font></span></p><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="times new roman, serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Playwrights Local proudly announces the return 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">, the critically acclaimed documentary play that premiered to sold-out houses in August 2016. Presented as a community response to the 2014 shooting of Tamir Rice, this powerful new work is based on original interviews with legal experts, social critics, police officers, parents, and others from Greater Cleveland. Featuring contributions from an ensemble of writers--Mike Geither, Tom Hayes, Lisa Langford, Michael Oatman, and David Todd--the play considers the impact and aftermath of this tragedy, as captured through a diverse set of unheard voices. </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 conceived and edited by David Todd and directed by Terrence Spivey, former artistic director of Karamu House.</span></font></p><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="times new roman, serif">Cast</font></span></p><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="times new roman, serif">Kaila Benford</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="times new roman, serif">Samone Cummings</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="times new roman, serif">Kali Hatten </font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="times new roman, serif">Christina Johnson</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="times new roman, serif">Laprise Marie Johnson</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="times new roman, serif">LaShawn Little</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="times new roman, serif">Mary-Francis Renee Miller</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="times new roman, serif">Kenny Parker</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="times new roman, serif">Corin B. Self</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="times new roman, serif">Nathan Tolliver </font></span></p><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="times new roman, serif">Creative Team</font></span></p><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="times new roman, serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Stage Manager: Geraldine Harris</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Assistant Director: Nathan Tolliver</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Lighting Designer: Margaret Peebles</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Set Designer: Terrence Spivey</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Sound Designer: David Todd</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Board Operator: Ludie Cummings</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Carpenter: Tom Hayes</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Group Sales: Cosandra Wheeler</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Engagement Coordinator: Nathan Tolliver</span></font></p><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0);background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="times new roman, serif">Tickets</font></span></p><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="times new roman, serif">$18 Adults & Seniors | $15 Groups | $12 Students</font></span></p><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0);background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="times new roman, serif">More Information</font></span></p><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="times new roman, serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Visit </span><a href="http://playwrightslocal.org/" style="te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