<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-m_-8528467203019416142gmail-docs-internal-guid-1ae8a3d3-7fff-0926-8c7d-2b6ecc549091" style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;font-weight:bold;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><b id="gmail-m_-8528467203019416142gmail-docs-internal-guid-a3f484ad-7fff-dc34-3a74-b09e10bffa8f" style="font-weight:normal"><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><br></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;font-weight:bold;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><b id="gmail-m_-8528467203019416142gmail-docs-internal-guid-a3f484ad-7fff-dc34-3a74-b09e10bffa8f" style="font-weight:normal"><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">Playwrights Local</span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;font-weight:bold;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><b id="gmail-m_-8528467203019416142gmail-docs-internal-guid-a3f484ad-7fff-dc34-3a74-b09e10bffa8f" style="font-weight:normal"><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 href="http://playwrightslocal.org/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">http://playwrightslocal.org/</a>)</span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;font-weight:bold;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><b id="gmail-m_-8528467203019416142gmail-docs-internal-guid-a3f484ad-7fff-dc34-3a74-b09e10bffa8f" style="font-weight:normal"><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">Seeks multiple cast members</span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;font-weight:bold;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><b id="gmail-m_-8528467203019416142gmail-docs-internal-guid-a3f484ad-7fff-dc34-3a74-b09e10bffa8f" style="font-weight:normal"><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">For a staged reading on Thursday, October 18</span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;font-weight:bold;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><b id="gmail-m_-8528467203019416142gmail-docs-internal-guid-a3f484ad-7fff-dc34-3a74-b09e10bffa8f" style="font-weight:normal"><b style="font-weight:normal"><br></b></b></p><span id="gmail-m_-8528467203019416142gmail-docs-internal-guid-a3f484ad-7fff-dc34-3a74-b09e10bffa8f"><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><font color="#ff0000" face="Arial" size="4"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><b>The Adventures of</b></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><b style="white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(255,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:large">Fleische </b><b style="white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(255,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:large">Michecha of Rumilshtenikisigov</b></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;font-weight:bold;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);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"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;font-weight:bold;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);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 new play by Matthew Greenfield</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;font-weight:bold;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);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">Directed by Erik Andrews</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;font-weight:bold;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);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">Synopsis</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;font-weight:bold;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);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">The title character is a quiet Jewish boy-turned-man coping with a mysterious “pain” and very interesting times in the early 20th century: forced to leave his titular home town and wander around the world in service of the Tzar in two bloody wars, Fleische gets caught up in the turmoil of the Russian Revolution and eventually decides to immigrate to America, coming to terms with the “home-less” nature of the Diaspora and discovering a resilient home within himself in the face of the massive historical pressures of pogroms, wars, revolutions, and assimilation.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;font-weight:bold;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><b style="font-weight:normal"><br></b></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;font-weight:bold;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);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">Cast (All perform multiple roles in epic-style play)</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>ACTOR C: </b>Mother, Dying Sailor, German Soldier, Mary</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap">
<b>ACTOR D: </b>Census-Taker, Naval Officer, Japanese Officer, New Census-Taker, Russian Officer, Bolshie Officer, Communist Mayor, American Immigration Official, American Offering Job</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>
ACTOR E: </b>Soldier, Russian Sailor, Japanese Sailor/Japanese Soldier, New Soldier, Russian
Soldier, German Soldier, Immigrant</span></font><br></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;font-weight:bold;text-align:left;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><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">There will be 1-2 rehearsals in North Collinwood. The reading will be on <b id="gmail-m_-8528467203019416142gmail-docs-internal-guid-a3f484ad-7fff-dc34-3a74-b09e10bffa8f" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;text-align:center;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-weight:normal"><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">Thursday, October 18</span></b> at 7:00pm at the Creative Space at Waterloo Arts, 397 East 156th Street, Cleveland.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;font-weight:bold;text-align:left;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><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">This is an unpaid reading, but a great chance to be a part of a new play! </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:left;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(255,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Reply with a cover email and headshot/resume t</span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font color="#ff0000" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>o director  </b></span><b style="font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap">Erik Andrews at: </b><span style="font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap"><b><a href="mailto:erikandrews1@me.com">erikandrews1@me.com</a></b></span></font></span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;font-weight:bold;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,255);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ABOUT THE COMPANY</span></p><br><span style="font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Playwrights Local is a theater company based in Cleveland. Billed as a playwrights’ center, the organization’s goal is to provide a home for dramatic writing in Northeast Ohio. They offer classes and workshops, produce original plays, provide networking opportunities, and engage the community through outreach projects. Tax-deductible contributions to this 501(c)(3) group can be made at</span><a href="http://playwrightslocal.org/donate/" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px;font-weight:bold;color:rgb(17,85,204);text-decoration:none"><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"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);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/<wbr>donate/</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></span></span><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>