<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-6a591c54-2592-3dfe-eb75-d530a8f754d2"><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-right:5pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Playwrights Local Presents</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-right:5pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">A Staged Reading of a New Play</span></p><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-right:5pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(255,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Fantasies and Nightmares</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-right:5pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,255);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Written by Catie O’Keefe</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-right:5pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,255);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Directed by Jessica R Swank</span></p><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-right:5pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(166,77,121);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Saturday, January 27, 2018 at 2:00 pm</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-right:5pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(166,77,121);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">FREE</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:8pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,32,32);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Creative Space at Waterloo Arts</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:8pt;text-align:center"><a href="https://maps.google.com/?q=397+E.+156th+Street%0D+%0D+Cleveland,+OH+44110&entry=gmail&source=g" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(43,170,223);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">397 E. 156th Street</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:8pt;text-align:center"><a href="https://maps.google.com/?q=397+E.+156th+Street%0D+%0D+Cleveland,+OH+44110&entry=gmail&source=g" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(43,170,223);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Cleveland, OH 44110</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:8pt;text-align:center"><a href="http://playwrightslocal.org/?utm_source=Subscribers&utm_campaign=c58d904c99-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_01_05&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f3c76de2ab-c58d904c99-&mc_cid=c58d904c99&mc_eid=[UNIQID]" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(43,170,223);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://playwrightslocal.org/</span></a></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-right:5pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(255,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">FEATURING</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-right:5pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Andrea Belser McCormick</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Stuart Hoffman</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Julia Fisher</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Zach Zimmerman</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Jessica R Swank</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-right:5pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(255,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">SYNOPSIS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin:0pt 36pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In 2006, Facebook was young, uncomplicated, and looking for friends — leading Ralph to remember his high school crush on Sally. But perhaps that’s not all he eventually recalls. Inspired by a dream, Ralph finds Sally online and soon his old feelings are reignited. As a way of seeing her again, he plans a wine and cheese party, announcing it with a Facebook event. As Ralph drifts into this dangerous territory, his wife Deb finds solace by caring for a bird with a broken wing. Deb is holding out hope that the impending soiree will jump start things at home, especially given their son’s recent absence. Ralph tries to shut out reality in favor of what a new fate might hold for him, but is jolted through fantasy and nightmare. Meanwhile, those around him seem to be plotting escapes of their own.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-right:5pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(255,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">INFO</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-right:5pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Presented as part of Playwrights Local’s Roundtable Series</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">An open development workshop for all playwrights in Northeast Ohio</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-right:5pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">For more info, visit </span><a href="http://www.playwrightslocal.org/winter-roundtable-series/?utm_source=Subscribers&utm_campaign=c58d904c99-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_01_05&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f3c76de2ab-c58d904c99-&mc_cid=c58d904c99&mc_eid=[UNIQID]" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(43,170,223);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://www.playwrightslocal.org/winter-roundtable-series/</span></a></p><br></span></div>