<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-60c9263a-8185-d854-e043-519ad73963a3"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;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></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;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">PRESENTS</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The world premiere of a new play-with-music</span></p><font size="4"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;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"><font size="6">THINGS AS THEY ARE</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Written by David Todd</span><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Original score composed by Ben Chasny</span><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Directed by Anjanette Hall</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="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">May 12 - 28, 2017</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="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">Reinberger Auditorium (Upstairs Loft)</span><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(153,0,255);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(153,0,255);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">5209 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44102</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><a href="http://www.playwrightslocal.org/things-as-they-are/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:arial;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://www.playwrightslocal.org/things-as-they-are/</span></a></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(255,0,0);background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Performances</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Friday - Saturday at 7:30 pm and Sunday at 2:30 pm</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Half-price Preview Thursday, May 11 at 7:30 pm</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Special performance Monday, May 15 at 7:30 pm</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(255,0,0);background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Tickets</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">$18 Adults | $15 Seniors & Groups | $12 Students</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">For more information, visit </span><a href="http://playwrightslocal.org/" 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;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> or call (216) 302-8856</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(255,0,0);text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Synopsis</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“Things as They Are” is a dramatic exploration of poet Wallace Stevens, a stoic visionary whose imagination and duality have lent him an unwavering mystique. This all-new work combines dramatic scenes, an original score performed by </span><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Ben Chasny (of the acclaimed group </span><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Six Organs of Admittance), and licensed works by Stevens with movement, commedia dell’arte, and projections. “Things as They Are” looks past the stock image of its subject as an aloof executive, revealing the “real” Wallace Stevens to be a man of great insight, whimsy, and desire. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(255,0,0);text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Performing Musicians</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Ben Chasny (Guitar)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">John Elliott (Synthesizer/Electronics)</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(255,0,0);text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Cast</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Robert Hawkes </span><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Jason Markouc </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Laura Starnik </span><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Tessa Hager</span><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Robert Branch</span><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Kenzie Critzer </span><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Jeanne Task </span><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Marco Liguori </span><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Liam Stilson </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(255,0,0);text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Creative Team</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Inda Blatch-Geib (Costume Designer)</span><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Nora Jeanne DeMilta (Assistant Director & Marketing Coordinator)</span><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Cleo D’Orio (Commedia dell’arte Choreographer)</span><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Tom Hayes (Carpenter)</span><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Michael Hinton (Dance/Movement Choreographer)</span><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Emily Kovalcik (Prop Designer)</span><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">T. Paul Lowry (Set & Projection Designer)</span><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Jonathan Maag (Lighting Designer)</span><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Francesca Mamlin (Stage Manager)</span><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Elizabeth Tofig (Dramaturg)</span><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Kelly Tomko (Production Manager)</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(255,0,0);background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Support</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Funding for this production is provided in the form of an ArtsNEXT grant from:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Ohio Arts Council</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Funding for Playwrights Local is provided by:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The AHS Foundation</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation</span><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Cleveland Foundation</span><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Cuyahoga Arts & Culture</span></p><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Cyrus Eaton Foundation</span><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The George Gund Foundation</span></span><br></div>