<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-c7cdcbc6-48e8-adb3-c0e3-6fac09f35734"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(255,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">FREE PLAYWRITING WORKSHOPS</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(255,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">SATURDAY, APRIL 15</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Offered by Playwrights Local</b></span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Join Playwrights Local for a pair of free workshops on Saturday, April 15, beginning at 11:00am.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Both sessions will be presented as part of Playwrights Local’s </span><a href="http://www.playwrightslocal.org/2017playlab/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:arial;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">2017 Play Lab</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> event.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Registration is not required. Sessions are 1:45 each.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">All events are at the </span><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/397+E+156th+St,+Cleveland,+OH+44110/@41.5712397,-81.5740948,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x8830ff1d5de7297d:0xfa05b07963d3d439" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:arial;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Creative Space at Waterloo Arts, 397 E. 156th Street, Cleveland, OH 44110</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span><span style="font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:arial;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">11:00 am</span><span style="font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,255);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Fifty Ways to Start a Play with Mike Geither</span><span style="font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Plays can be written in an infinite number of ways. Each one is unique to its author and each has its own inspiration.  Maybe you have an idea bouncing around in your head that you’d like to spend some time with – a voice, a scene, an image – or maybe you’re just interested in putting a few words on a blank page. In this workshop we’ll generate scenes, monologues, and other material for the stage, and find inspiration for both short and long plays. You’ll write in new ways and create possibilities to carry forward.  For new to advanced playwrights.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:arial;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">1:15 pm</span><span style="font-family:arial;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,255);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Past Is Never Past: Writing History Plays with Arwen Mitche</span><span style="font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ll</span><span style="font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">History may seem like, well, history – but not when it comes to riveting narrative and producable plays. This workshop goes through different types of history plays, from experimental to well-made, and will provide lively discussion, exercises, strategies and more for the writer who’s interested in creating any kind of dramatic work from the past.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Find complete information, including a parking map, at:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="http://www.playwrightslocal.org/2017playlab/">http://www.playwrightslocal.org/2017playlab/</a></span></p></span></div>