<html><body style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'-webkit-standard';line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;">==================================================</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'-webkit-standard';line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-b9870222-7fff-0e06-26e7-802a064820ac"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'-webkit-standard';line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;">2019 OPEN SUBMISSIONS OF NEW PLAYS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'-webkit-standard';line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'-webkit-standard';line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;">==================================================</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'-webkit-standard';line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></p><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'-webkit-standard';"><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'-webkit-standard';line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,255);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;">PLAYWRIGHTS LOCAL</span></p><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'-webkit-standard';"><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'-webkit-standard';line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;">Announces its</span></p><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'-webkit-standard';"><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'-webkit-standard';line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(255,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;">2019 OPEN SUBMISSION PERIOD</span></p><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'-webkit-standard';"><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'-webkit-standard';line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;">New ten-minute, one-act, full-length, and radio plays</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'-webkit-standard';line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;">by writers from Northeast Ohio</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'-webkit-standard';line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;">accepted from January 1 - April 30, 2019.</span></p><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'-webkit-standard';"><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'-webkit-standard';line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,255);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;">No fee for submitting!</span></p><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'-webkit-standard';"><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'-webkit-standard';line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><a href="http://www.playwrightslocal.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;">Playwrights Local</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;"> seeks original, unproduced plays for our 2019-2020 season and events, including:
</span></p><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'-webkit-standard';"><ul style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'-webkit-standard';margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;vertical-align:baseline;">Staged readings of plays of all lengths in our annual Cleveland Playwrights Festival;</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;vertical-align:baseline;">Development of full-lengths in our Play Lab program;</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;vertical-align:baseline;">Readings of one-acts and full-lengths in our Roundtable workshop;</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;vertical-align:baseline;">Production of audio plays in our PodPlay series;</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;vertical-align:baseline;">Consideration of full-lengths for production in our 2020-2021 season.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;vertical-align:baseline;"><br><br></span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'-webkit-standard';line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;">Playwrights may submit up to three pieces (1 per form):</span></p><ul style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'-webkit-standard';margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;vertical-align:baseline;">One ten-minute play
(10 pages or less)</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;vertical-align:baseline;">One one-act (30-60 pages) or full-length play (60-120 pages)</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;vertical-align:baseline;">One radio/podcast play (25-60 pages)</span></p></li></ul><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'-webkit-standard';"><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'-webkit-standard';line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;">All unproduced, original plays for adult audiences are accepted, including one-person plays. (Not accepted: children’s plays, musicals, adaptations of copyrighted material, and translations.) </span></p><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'-webkit-standard';"><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'-webkit-standard';line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;">Find more information at </span><a href="http://playwrightslocal.org/submissions/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;">http://playwrightslocal.org/submissions/</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;">.</span></p><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'-webkit-standard';"><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'-webkit-standard';line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(255,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;">NO SUBMISSION FEE</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;"><br></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;"><br></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;">Open to all playwrights age 18 or older who are permanent residents of any county in </span><a href="https://wikitravel.org/upload/en/6/69/NE_Ohio_Counties.png" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;">Northeast Ohio</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;">.</span></p><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'-webkit-standard';"><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'-webkit-standard';line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;">Submissions open at 12:01am on January 1, 2019, and close at midnight on April 30, 2019. Early submissions are encouraged.</span></p><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'-webkit-standard';"><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'-webkit-standard';line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;">Selections will be announced by August 31, 2019. For guidelines and additional information, see </span><a href="http://playwrightslocal.org/submissions/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;">http://playwrightslocal.org/submissions/</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;">. </span></p><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'-webkit-standard';"><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'-webkit-standard';line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;">ABOUT US</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'-webkit-standard';line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;">Playwrights Local is a 501(c)(3) theater company based in Cleveland. As a playwrights’ center, our goal is to provide a home base for all novice and experienced dramatic writers in Northeast Ohio—that is, to serve as a creative outlet for anyone interested in writing for the stage and screen. We offer free classes, produce original plays, provide networking opportunities, and engage the community through outreach projects. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'-webkit-standard';line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;"><br></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;">Playwrights Local strives to increase the impact of original theater on the community and to raise the profile of area playwrights both within Greater Cleveland and beyond.</span></p><div><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;"><br></span></div></body></html>