<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"><div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-m_5720786366854679985gmail-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_5720786366854679985gmail-m_-8528467203019416142gmail-docs-internal-guid-a3f484ad-7fff-dc34-3a74-b09e10bffa8f" style="font-weight:normal"><br class="gmail-m_5720786366854679985gmail-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_5720786366854679985gmail-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_5720786366854679985gmail-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_5720786366854679985gmail-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_5720786366854679985gmail-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 Tuesday, October 9</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_5720786366854679985gmail-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_5720786366854679985gmail-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>Why the World Would End Without Pomegranates</b></span></font><br></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 Morgan E. Elswick</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 Tim Tavcar</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><div style="text-align:center"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap"><i>Why the World Would End Without Pomegranates</i></span></font><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap"><i> </i>is a modern adaptation of the Greek Persephone myth, except in this version, Persephone is given much more autonomy. Instead of focusing on her “kidnapping” and relationship with Hades, this version closely follows the connection between Persephone and her mother, Demeter. The setting should be modern-day, with scenes taking place in the Underworld, on a mountain, and in a town.</span></div><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"><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:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;text-decoration:underline;float:none;display:inline">Cast</span></span></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><br></b></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>Persephone</b>: Goddess of Spring (female; early 20s)
<b><br></b></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>Demeter</b>: Goddess of the Harvest (female; 40s-50s)
<b><br></b></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>Hades</b>: King of the Underworld; God of the Dead (male; 40s-50s)
<b><br></b></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>Zeus</b>: King of the Gods; God of Thunder and Lightning (male; 50s+)
<b><br></b></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>Hecate</b>: Goddess of Crossroads and Necromancy (female; 40s+)
<b><br></b></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>Helios</b>: The Sun (male; 20s-30s)</span></font><br></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"><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 Cleveland. The reading will be on <b id="gmail-m_5720786366854679985gmail-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">Tuesday, October 9</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="font-size:12.8px;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></font></span><font color="#ff0000" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Tim Tavcar at: <a href="mailto:timtavcar@ymail.com">timtavcar@ymail.com</a> </b></span></font></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"><br></span></p><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;color:rgb(17,85,204);font-weight:bold;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/do<wbr>nate/</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><div class="gmail-yj6qo" style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decora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