<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:10px"><div align="center" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484838317796_15196"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484838317796_15132" size="5">Dobama Theatre Announces</font></div><div align="center" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484838317796_15210" dir="ltr"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484838317796_15209" size="5">Playwrights' GYM New Play Readings Series for 2017</font></div><div align="center" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484838317796_15211" dir="ltr"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div align="left" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484838317796_15358" dir="ltr"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484838317796_15468" size="3">The Playwrights' GYM, Dobama Theatre's playwriting unit, provides local playwrights with the opportunity to workshop new work. </font></div><div align="left" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484838317796_15592" dir="ltr"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484838317796_54768" size="3">Nine readings of Playwright GYM members' work will be presenting at Dobama Theatre during their 2016/17 Season.</font></div><div align="left" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484838317796_15593" dir="ltr"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484838317796_15621" size="3">All these readings are FREE and open to the public, with wine and beer available for a special GYM reading price of $1.</font></div><div align="left" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484838317796_15865" dir="ltr"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div align="left" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484838317796_15864" dir="ltr"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484838317796_15863" size="3">All readings begin at 7 pm and are general seating.</font></div><div align="left" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484838317796_15620" dir="ltr"><font size="3"><br></font></div><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484838317796_15862" size="3"><div align="left" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484838317796_15619" dir="ltr">Monday, January 23 <b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484838317796_17766">Voice of the Violin</b> by Stuart Hoffman</div><div align="left" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484838317796_15926" dir="ltr">When penniless violin teacher Herman is rejected by the love of this life, Helen, he finds himself recruited into a band of local ruffians plotting to overthrow the town. When the gang's leader reveals his primary target as Helen's father, Herman must fight against his newfound loyalties and discover a way to save the town and get the girl. A children's play - with plenty for adults to enjoy.</div><div align="left" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484838317796_15932" dir="ltr"><br></div><div align="left" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484838317796_15962" dir="ltr">Featuring: Tasha Brant, Luke Brett +, Chelsea Cannon, Erin E. Dolan, Kelly Elliott+ and Matthew Zitelli</div><div align="left" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484838317796_15937" dir="ltr">Approximately 50 minutes with no intermission.</div><div align="left" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484838317796_16159" dir="ltr"><br></div><div align="left" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484838317796_38727" dir="ltr"><br></div><div align="left" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484838317796_16146" dir="ltr">Monday, January 30 <b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484838317796_17749">The "S" Cycle (Selected Scenes) </b>by Juliette Regnier</div><div align="left" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484838317796_15933" dir="ltr"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484838317796_16051" color="darkslategray">The completed cycle consists of four plays and a prologue connecting the harsh landscapes of a 1960's housing project, occupied Paris and a Wyoming hog ranch while introducing us to a 6 year old named Peddle, a Jewish clown, a dead Finnish whore, the Three Wyrd Sisters, and a Muslim mermaid. </font><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484838317796_16055" color="darkslategray">All with the same story.</font><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484838317796_16056" color="darkslategray" size="3"> </font></div><div align="left" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484838317796_20949" dir="ltr"><font color="rgb(47,79,79)"><br></font></div><div align="left" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484838317796_20950" dir="ltr"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484838317796_22665" color="rgb(47,79,79)">Featuring: Elaine Feagler, Sara Bogomolny, Lucy Bredeson-Smith, Hillary Wheelock, Julia Kolibab*, Ursula Cataan*, Ebani Edwards, Michael Regnier, Nicholas Chokaw, and Christine Fallon</font></div><div align="left" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484838317796_54740" dir="ltr"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484838317796_54739" color="rgb(47,79,79)">Approximately 2 hours with an intermission</font></div><div align="left" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484838317796_29117" dir="ltr"><br></div><div align="left" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484838317796_38728" dir="ltr"><br></div><div align="left" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484838317796_27549" dir="ltr"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484838317796_38729" color="rgb(47,79,79)">Monday, February 6 <b>Darker </b>and <b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484838317796_41855">Illuminated </b>by Catie O'Keefe</font></div><div align="left" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484838317796_30719" dir="ltr"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484838317796_30718" color="rgb(47,79,79)">DARKER finds Max as the new kid at the Industri-Light Bulb factory. But his surrounding are all too familiar...and he's certain he has seen his boss somewhere before. Is he losing his mind, or is this the start of a very sick - and ultimately deadly - game?</font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484838317796_15929" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484838317796_15851" style="font-size:12pt">ILLUMINATED is a prequel to DARKER. Playwright O'Keefe was drawn to revisit the triad of characters in DARKER and further explore how they arrived in their dream-like and jealousy filled existence. </span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484838317796_38730" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484838317796_45231" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484838317796_45260" style="font-size:12pt">Directed by Dale Heinen</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484838317796_38731" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484838317796_41934" style="font-size:12pt">Featuring: <span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484838317796_41924"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484838317796_41925">Chennelle Bryant-Harris, Geoff Knox*, Ryan Edlinger and Amy Schwabauer</span></span></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484838317796_53167" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484838317796_56254" style="font-size:12pt"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484838317796_54754" color="#2f4f4f">Approximately 2 hours with an intermission</font></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484838317796_56255" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt"><font color="rgb(47,79,79)"><br></font></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484838317796_53177" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484838317796_54746" style="font-size:12pt"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484838317796_54745"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484838317796_54744">*Member Actor's Equity Association</span></span></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484838317796_54750" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484838317796_54749" style="font-size:12pt"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484838317796_54748"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484838317796_54747">+Equity Membership Candidate</span></span></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484838317796_56269" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span><span><br></span></span></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484838317796_56273" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484838317796_56272" style="font-size:12pt"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484838317796_56271"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484838317796_56270">Dobama Theatre is located at 2340 Lee Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 44118 in the Library Annex Building of the Main Branch of the Cleveland Heights Public Library.</span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span><span><br></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span><span>For more information, please call 216.932.3396</span></span></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484838317796_53178" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span><span><br></span></span></span></div></font><div align="left" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484838317796_15852" dir="ltr"><br></div><div align="left" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484838317796_15526" dir="ltr"><font size="3"><br></font></div></div></body></html>