<div dir="ltr"><span style="" id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-68fbe8d4-8dd8-a278-e50c-070fd0f0ad22"><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:center;font-weight:bold;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-right:5pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Playwrights Local Presents</span></p><div style="text-align:center"><br></div><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:center;font-weight:bold;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-right:5pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">in Partnership with None Too Fragile Theatre</span></p><div style="text-align:center"><br></div><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:center;font-weight:bold;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-right:5pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">A Staged Reading of a New Play</span></p><div style="text-align:center"><br></div><div style="text-align:center"><br></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-right:5pt;text-align:center"></p><div style="text-align:center;font-weight:bold"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14pt;white-space:pre-wrap">Concussive Blast</span></div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap"><div style="text-align:center"><br></div></span><p></p><div style="text-align:center"><br></div><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:center;font-weight:bold;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-right:5pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,255);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Written by Tom Hayes</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-right:5pt;text-align:center"></p><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255);font-family:Arial;font-size:16px;font-weight:700;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div><span style="font-weight:700;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,255);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12pt">Directed by Sean Derry</span></div></span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,255);font-family:Arial;font-size:16px;font-weight:700;white-space:pre-wrap"><div style="text-align:center"><br></div></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:center;font-weight:bold;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-right:5pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,255);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dramaturgy by David Todd</span></p><div style="text-align:center"><br></div><div style="text-align:center"><br></div><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:center;font-weight:bold;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-right:5pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(166,77,121);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Friday, April 6 at 7:00 p.m.</span></p><div style="text-align:center"><br></div><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:center;font-weight:bold;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-right:5pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(166,77,121);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Free for first 35 people to reserve! </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:center;font-weight:bold;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-right:5pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(166,77,121);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Save your seats by emailing </span><span style="text-decoration:underline;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weig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al;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Bryant Carroll</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;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:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Diana Frankhauser</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;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:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Benjamin Gregg</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;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:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Robert Hawkes</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;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:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Agnes Hermann</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="font-weight:bold;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-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">SYNOPSIS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-weight:bold;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-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">A veteran confronts the domestic conditions presented by his narcissistic mother, while facing the psychological, emotional, and physical challenges of returning home from war.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="font-weight:bold;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-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">INFO</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-weight:bold;line-height:1.8;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:8pt;text-align:center;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><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:none"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(43,170,223);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://playwrightslocal.org/</span></a></p></span><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><br></div>