<div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,255);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">PLAYWRIGHTS LOCAL</span><span style="font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_6200001415740967026gmail-m_7334813345813235314gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_6200001415740967026gmail-m_7334813345813235314gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Presents</span><span style="font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_6200001415740967026gmail-m_7334813345813235314gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_6200001415740967026gmail-m_7334813345813235314gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(255,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">2017 Play Lab + Spring Workshops</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Staged readings of new plays from our annual incubator program</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Open playwriting workshops for students of all skill levels</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Post-show discussions and receptions</span><span style="font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_6200001415740967026gmail-m_7334813345813235314gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_6200001415740967026gmail-m_7334813345813235314gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,255);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Wednesday & Saturday</span><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,255);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_6200001415740967026gmail-m_7334813345813235314gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,255);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">April 12 & 15, 2017</span><span style="font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_6200001415740967026gmail-m_7334813345813235314gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_6200001415740967026gmail-m_7334813345813235314gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">FREE!</span><span style="font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_6200001415740967026gmail-m_7334813345813235314gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(Suggested Donation: $10)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Intended for adults & teens</span></p><br style="font-size:12.8px"><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><a href="http://playwrightslocal.org/2017playlab/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:arial;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://playwrightslocal.org/20<wbr>17playlab/</span></a></p><br style="font-size:12.8px"><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/777308945751320/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:arial;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://www.facebook.com/event<wbr>s/777308945751320/</span></a></p><br style="font-size:12.8px"><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This year’s featured plays</span><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">:</span><span style="font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_6200001415740967026gmail-m_7334813345813235314gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_6200001415740967026gmail-m_7334813345813235314gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(153,0,255);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">TWICE TOLD TALES</span><span style="font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_6200001415740967026gmail-m_7334813345813235314gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Written by Simone Barros</span><span style="font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_6200001415740967026gmail-m_7334813345813235314gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Directed by Terrence Spivey</span><span style="font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_6200001415740967026gmail-m_7334813345813235314gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dramaturgy by Lenora Inez Brown</span><span style="font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_6200001415740967026gmail-m_7334813345813235314gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_6200001415740967026gmail-m_7334813345813235314gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(153,0,255);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">THE UNEXPECTED ADVOCATE</span><span style="font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_6200001415740967026gmail-m_7334813345813235314gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Written by Mary Wilkinson and Deb Dyer</span><span style="font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_6200001415740967026gmail-m_7334813345813235314gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Directed by Nick Hrutkay</span><span style="font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_6200001415740967026gmail-m_7334813345813235314gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dramaturgy by Eileen O’Leary</span><span style="font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_6200001415740967026gmail-m_7334813345813235314gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_6200001415740967026gmail-m_7334813345813235314gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(153,0,255);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">THE PANTHER DANCER</span><span style="font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_6200001415740967026gmail-m_7334813345813235314gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Written by Logan Cutler Smith</span><span style="font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_6200001415740967026gmail-m_7334813345813235314gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Directed by Tyson Douglas Rand</span><span style="font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_6200001415740967026gmail-m_7334813345813235314gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dramaturgy by David Todd</span></p><br style="font-size:12.8px"><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This year’s open workshops</span><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">:</span></p><br style="font-size:12.8px"><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(153,0,255);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">THE PAST IS NEVER PAST: WRITING HISTORY PLAYS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Led by Arwen Mitchell</span></p><br style="font-size:12.8px"><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(153,0,255);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">FIFTY WAYS TO START A PLAY</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Led by Mike Geither</span></p><br style="font-size:12.8px"><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(255,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">VENUE FOR ALL EVENTS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Creative Space at Waterloo Arts</span><span style="font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_6200001415740967026gmail-m_7334813345813235314gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">397 E. 156th Street, Cleveland, OH 44110</span><span style="font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_6200001415740967026gmail-m_7334813345813235314gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_6200001415740967026gmail-m_7334813345813235314gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">For more information, visit </span><a href="http://playwrightslocal.org/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:arial;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">playwrightslocal.org/</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> or call <a href="tel:(216)%20302-8856" value="+12163028856" target="_blank">(216) 302-8856</a></span></p><br style="font-size:12.8px"><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This event was made possible by support from The Cyrus Eaton Foundation.</span></p></div>