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</span><b><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span style="color:rgb(106,168,79)">This month: Featured Reading of <i>I Know a Person Who </i>by Christine Howey and Open Mic!</span><br>
<span style="color:rgb(204,102,0)"></span></span></b></div></font><div><br><p>The Dark Room is a place where writers take center stage and their work has a chance to grow. The Dark Room is an ongoing event held on the second Tuesday of each month. The Dark Room affords emerging and veteran playwrights the space and resources to develop new works. It offers a venue to workshop plays, novels, poems, or any other written work in a supportive, yet critical environment.<font style="color:rgb(0,0,153)" size="4"><b style="background-color:rgb(0,0,153)"><span><br><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span></span></span><br>
</span></b><span style="color:rgb(204,0,0)"><font><span><b><span style="color:rgb(106,168,79)">Tuesday, March 14th</span><br></b></span></font></span></font></p>
</div><div><font>The Church at CPT<br>
(Just east of the Gordon Square Theatre Box Office)</font></div><div><div><font><span> Cleveland Public Theatre<br></span>6407 Detroit Ave, Cleveland, OH 44102</font></div>
<p><span></span><b><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"></span></b><b><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span style="color:rgb(204,102,0)"></span></span></b></p>
</div><p><span></span></p><div><b>7:00pm: </b>Sign-up begins for writers and actors (space is
limited). Writers can bring up to 10 pages of work to be read; actors
will be cast on the spot!<br><br><b>7:30pm: </b>Featured Reading of <i>I Know a Person Who</i> by Christine Howey <b><br><br>8:15pm:</b> Open Mic Session readings begin <br></div>
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<span style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></span><b>And don't forget - FREE Great Lakes Brewing Company beer!</b></span><br><div>
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</span><span style="color:rgb(204,0,0)"></span>Suggested donation of $5 is welcomed at the door, but not required.<br><span style="color:rgb(56,118,29)"><b><br></b></span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(106,168,79)"><b>ABOUT THE FEATURED READING:</b> </span><i>I Know a Person Who</i> is a 30-minute companion piece to <i>Exact Change</i>,
the one-person show tracing the transgender journey of Christine Howey.
This companion piece is fictional and has no trans characters. But each
of the nine people in the piece has had a trans person emerge in their
lives, be it a relative, lover, co-worker or friend. They have gathered
to talk about their reactions to this situation in their lives, both
positive and negative. The intent is to use this piece as a conversation
starter when schools or organizations sponsor events involving trans
and LGBT awareness, inclusion, etc.<span><span id="gmail-m_8188907686432414305gmail-m_3533574210465709023gmail-m_4351330133118953234yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1475332028027_2987"> FEATURING John Busser, Barb Dragony, Stuart Hoffman, </span></span><span><span id="gmail-m_8188907686432414305gmail-m_3533574210465709023gmail-m_4351330133118953234yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1475332028027_2987"><span><span id="gmail-m_8188907686432414305gmail-m_3533574210465709023gmail-m_4351330133118953234yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1475332028027_2987">Greg Mandryk, Colleen McCaughey, </span></span></span></span><span><span id="gmail-m_8188907686432414305gmail-m_3533574210465709023gmail-m_4351330133118953234yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1475332028027_2987"><span><span id="gmail-m_8188907686432414305gmail-m_3533574210465709023gmail-m_4351330133118953234yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1475332028027_2987">Lynna Metrisin, </span></span>John Stuehr, </span></span></span><span><span id="gmail-m_8188907686432414305gmail-m_3533574210465709023gmail-m_4351330133118953234yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1475332028027_2987"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span id="gmail-m_8188907686432414305gmail-m_3533574210465709023gmail-m_4351330133118953234yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1475332028027_2987">Amanda Van Allen and </span>Carrie Williams.</span><br><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(153,0,0)"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b><span style="color:rgb(106,168,79)">ABOUT THE WRITER:</span> </b></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Christine
Howey is an actor, director, theater critic and performance poet, and was
recently named Poet Laureate of Cleveland Heights, Ohio for 2016-2018. Her
one-person show of poetry about her transgender journey, <i>Exact Change</i>, had its world premiere at Cleveland Public Theatre in
January, 2014. Since then, it has
been performed at Playhouse Square in Cleveland, at the 2015 New York
International Fringe Festival, and at several other venues. <span style="color:rgb(25,25,25)">A film version of the play is due to be released
in 2017.</span></span><span><br><br>Open session readings are
first come, first serve until all slots have been allotted. All
submissions should
be made to Mindy Herman at
<span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><a href="https://remote.cptonline.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=1f797af3010b4ab1922624e9b2fd98f4&URL=mailto%3aherman.mindy%40gmail.com" target="_blank">herman.mindy@gmail.com</a>
</span>or to John Busser at<span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"> <a href="https://remote.cptonline.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=1f797af3010b4ab1922624e9b2fd98f4&URL=mailto%3ajpbusser%40gmail.com" target="_blank">
jpbusser@gmail.com</a> </span>. </span></div>
<p><span>See you in the Dark Room!</span><span class="gmail-HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br clear="all"></font></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>-Mindy<br clear="all"><div><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"> <br>Mindy Childress Herman<br>
<a href="http://www.mindychildress.com" target="_blank">www.mindychildress.com</a><br><a href="mailto:herman.mindy@gmail.com" target="_blank">herman.mindy@gmail.com</a><br><br></div>
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