<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-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </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-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </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-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">PLAYWRIGHTS LOCAL</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_4277714380779916930gmail-m_727028459016450556gmail-m_5915313304137386647gmail-m_-52424038365407499gmail-m_2728149013323042389gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_4277714380779916930gmail-m_727028459016450556gmail-m_5915313304137386647gmail-m_-52424038365407499gmail-m_2728149013323042389gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Presents</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_4277714380779916930gmail-m_727028459016450556gmail-m_5915313304137386647gmail-m_-52424038365407499gmail-m_2728149013323042389gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_4277714380779916930gmail-m_727028459016450556gmail-m_5915313304137386647gmail-m_-52424038365407499gmail-m_2728149013323042389gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(255,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">THE 3RD ANNUAL CLEVELAND PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL</span></p><br style="font-size:12.8px"><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.44;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,255);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23</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-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Free!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.38;margin:0pt 63pt 0pt 76.5pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">No tickets or reservations required.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.38;margin:0pt 63pt 0pt 76.5pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Intended for adults and teens.</span></p><br style="font-size:12.8px"><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.44;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><a href="https://www.google.com/maps?ll=41.57124,-81.571906&z=15&t=m&hl=en-US&gl=US&mapclient=embed&cid=17413032355490681254" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Creative Space at Waterloo Arts</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.44;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><a href="https://www.google.com/maps?ll=41.57124,-81.571906&z=15&t=m&hl=en-US&gl=US&mapclient=embed&cid=17413032355490681254" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">397 E. 156th Street, Cleveland, OH 44110</span></a></p><br style="font-size:12.8px"><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.38;margin:0pt 63pt 0pt 76.5pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Playwrights Local announces the 3rd Annual Cleveland Playwrights Festival, the latest staging of this free, annual celebration of dramatic writing in Northeast Ohio. Presented on Saturday, September 23, the Festival features open workshop and craft talk sessions, new plays by local authors, a special video screening, co-presentations with related companies, and much more!</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Sessions run from noon to midnight at the Creative Space at Waterloo Arts in North Collinwood (397 E. 156th Street, Cleveland, OH 44110). All offerings are open to the public with no tickets or reservations necessary.</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-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(255,153,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">SCHEDULE & INFO</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><a href="http://www.playwrightslocal.org/3rd-annual-cleveland-playwrights-festival/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://www.playwrightslocal.or<wbr>g/3rd-annual-cleveland-playwri<wbr>ghts-festival/</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-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(255,153,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">FEATURED PLAYWRIGHTS & WORKS</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-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Vickie L. Williams: </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Axe Under the Bed</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-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Stuart Hoffman: </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Broken Wings</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_4277714380779916930gmail-m_727028459016450556gmail-m_5915313304137386647gmail-m_-52424038365407499gmail-m_2728149013323042389gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Daniel McNamara: </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Story of Mr Not So Well</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_4277714380779916930gmail-m_727028459016450556gmail-m_5915313304137386647gmail-m_-52424038365407499gmail-m_2728149013323042389gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">David Ritchey: </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">A Boy and His Bullies</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_4277714380779916930gmail-m_727028459016450556gmail-m_5915313304137386647gmail-m_-52424038365407499gmail-m_2728149013323042389gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Craig A. Webb: </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Elbow Room</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_4277714380779916930gmail-m_727028459016450556gmail-m_5915313304137386647gmail-m_-52424038365407499gmail-m_2728149013323042389gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Rachel Zake: </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">It’s Just Pudding</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_4277714380779916930gmail-m_727028459016450556gmail-m_5915313304137386647gmail-m_-52424038365407499gmail-m_2728149013323042389gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Brian Zoldessy: </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">DIY</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-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(255,153,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">FEATURED TEACHERS & PANELISTS</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-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Eric Schmiedl<br></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-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Sarah Greywitt</span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Anjanette Hall</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-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Matthew Wright</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-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(255,153,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">THIS YEAR’S GUEST PRESENTERS</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-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Dramatists Guild</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-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Oatman Players</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-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Bessemer Project</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-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_4277714380779916930gmail-m_727028459016450556gmail-m_5915313304137386647gmail-m_-52424038365407499gmail-m_2728149013323042389gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;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-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">playwrightslocal.org/</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;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><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </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-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p></div>