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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Cleveland Public Theatre Announces</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">2017-2018 New Play Development</span></b><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Request for Proposals</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Deadline for submissions is Monday, June 12, 2017<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">CPT's New Play Development</span></b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">CPT's mission is to raise consciousness and nurture compassion through groundbreaking performances and life-changing educational programs. CPT's programming agenda is to produce work that is <b>outside
the mainstream</b>, offering a much broader range of work available to the Cleveland public and expanding the impact and originality of theatre across the country. CPT strives to make work that is <b>excellent, extraordinary and nationally competitive.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Our new play development programs are based on our years of experience, community input and key principles of: <b>focusing on artists; valuing diversity of approach, aesthetics and perspective;
and balancing impact with investment.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">We envision CPT as a nationally recognized hub for the development of new theatre that is extraordinary, edgy and relevant. We hope to be a model for nurturing local talent in similar sized markets,
the most regarded cultivator of new theatre for Cleveland audiences, a laboratory for promising research and investigation and a launcher of nationally significant new plays.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Check out CPT's</span></b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">New Play Development Programs</span></b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">and applications below!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Entry Point</span></b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Every project is unique and has unique needs. Some playwrights need a director to work with, others just need time in the rehearsal room with their ensemble, or a way to share a short fragment and
get feedback. <b>Entry Point is a platform for artists to develop their work in the early to mid stages of creation.</b> CPT will customize its support of projects and provide a festival forum to share that work with the public.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">The inaugural <b>Entry Point</b> in 2016 included staged readings, works-in-progress, open rehearsals and guest panel discussions featuring national leaders of our field in seven venues on the CPT campus.
Audiences and artists traveled to different stages to experience new work representing a broad spectrum of style, aesthetic and content.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Feedback at <b>Entry Point</b> is low-risk and focused on nurturing projects.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">TO APPLY: Entry Point Request for Proposals
</span></b><a href="http://www.cptonline.org/entry-point-request-for-proposals-2017/"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">here</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Test Flight </span></b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Based on CPT's success with our <b>Big Box</b> series, <b>Test Flight</b> offers opportunities to artists who are interested in co-producing works with us. <b>Test Flight</b> is a multi-week series
where artists are given the keys to the theatre to <b>develop their projects to a workshop level.</b> In addition to serving local artists, <b>Test Flight</b> will also be <b>open to national and international artists</b> who wish to come to Cleveland to develop
their pieces. Feedback for this series will be specific to each project, developed by the artist and vetted/approved by CPT. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">TO APPLY: Test Flight Local Request for Proposals </span></b><a href="http://www.cptonline.org/test-flight-local-request-for-proposals-2017/"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">here</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">TO APPLY: Test Flight Non-local Request for Proposals </span></b><a href="http://www.cptonline.org/test-flight-non-local-request-for-proposals-2017/"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">here</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Catapult </span></b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">The most extensive of CPT development programs, <b>Catapult </b>focuses on select projects that we believe have a high likelihood to be fully produced by CPT in the future. <b>This program is intended
to move projects from whatever point they are at, to being "production ready."</b> Each process will be totally customized to the work. Projects may receive a series of readings, significant rehearsal time, workshop productions and/or invitational showings.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Playwright/Creators of <b>Catapult</b> projects will receive the Nord Family Foundation Fellowship and, while developing their work, will play an active role in the life of the theatre.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">TO APPLY: Catapult Request for Proposals
</span></b><a href="http://www.cptonline.org/catapult-request-for-proposals-2017/"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">here</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F3864">Beth Wood<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F3864">Associate Artistic Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F3864">Cleveland Public Theatre<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F3864">216-631-2727 ext. 206<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F3864"><a href="mailto:bwood@cptonline.org">bwood@cptonline.org</a>
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