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<font color="#3d85c6"><b>This month: Featured Performance of <span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;text-align:justify">“The Poetry Psychic Show” by Denis Michael Griesmer </span>and Open Mic!</b></font></div></font><font size="4"><div><b><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">
<span style="color:rgb(204,102,0)"></span></span></b></div></font><div><br><p><span>The
Dark Room is a place where writers take center stage and their work
has a chance to grow. The Dark Room is an ongoing event held on the second
Tuesday of each month. </span>The Dark Room affords emerging and veteran playwrights the space and resources
to develop new works. It offers a venue to workshop plays, novels, poems, or
any other written work in a supportive, yet critical environment.<font style="" size="4"><b style="color:rgb(0,0,153);background-color:rgb(0,0,153)"><span><br><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span></span></span><br>
</span></b><font style=""><b style=""><font color="#45818e">Tuesday, April 9th</font><br></b></font></font></p>
</div><div><font>The Church at CPT<br>
(Just east of the Gordon Square Theatre Box Office)</font></div><div><div><font><span> Cleveland Public Theatre<br></span>6407 Detroit Ave, Cleveland, OH 44102</font></div>
<p><span></span><b><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"></span></b><b><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span style="color:rgb(204,102,0)"></span></span></b></p>
</div><p><span></span></p><div><b>7:00pm: </b>Sign-up begins for writers and actors (space is
limited). Writers can bring up to 10 pages of work to be read; actors
will be cast on the spot!<br><br><b>7:30pm: </b><font size="2">Featured Performance of </font>
<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:18.6667px;text-align:justify">“The Poetry Psychic Show”</span> by Denis Michael Griesmer<b><br><br>8:15pm:</b> Open Mic Session readings begin <br></div>
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<span style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></span><b style=""><font color="#45818e">And don't forget - FREE Great Lakes Brewing Company beer!</font></b><br><div>
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</span><span style="color:rgb(204,0,0)"></span>Suggested donation of $5 is welcomed at the door, but not required.<br><span style="color:rgb(56,118,29)"><b><br></b></span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#45818e"><b style="">ABOUT THE FEATURED READING:</b> </font></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14pt;text-align:justify">“Can you see your fortune in a random poem?” Take a seat across from Denis Michael Griesmer as he casts light on how coincidence and accident, stories and insights - and especially random poetry - can illuminate the choices you have in deciding your fate. <br></span><span class="gmail-m_-7951461262088707299gmail-m3996456327236766838normaltextrun" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><br>After years of research, Mr. Griesmer has developed a unique and unorthodox method of divination for our difficult and overly-rational times. Using a set of carefully selected, mostly modern, mostly American poems, Mr. Griesmer coaxes forth stories and confessions, insights and revelations. Join Mr. Griesmer to receive a poem to help determine “What is the Universe trying to tell me tonight?”</span></span><span class="gmail-m_-7951461262088707299gmail-m3996456327236766838eop" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> <br></span></span><font color="#45818e"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14pt;text-align:justify"><br></span><span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b style="">ABOUT THE CREATIVE TEAM: </b></span></span></span></font><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14pt;text-align:justify">Denis Griesmer has been CFO & General Manager at Cleveland Public Theatre since 2007 and has been part of CPT since 1999. Denis was also Director of the CPT’s Y-Haven Theatre Project from 2006 to 2009. Other notable artistic roles also include Associate Producer for CPT’s original production, </span><i style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14pt;text-align:justify">Blue Sky Transmission: A Tibetan Book of the Dead</i><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14pt;text-align:justify">. A graduate of the Northwestern University School of Speech Theatre Program, Denis was Production Manager and then Associate Producer for San Francisco’s acclaimed Pickle Family Circus. He later worked as Production Coordinator on feature films by Cleveland screenwriter Joe Eszterhaus including </span><i style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14pt;text-align:justify">Telling Lies in America</i><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14pt;text-align:justify"> and </span><i style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14pt;text-align:justify">Burn, Hollywood, Burn</i><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14pt;text-align:justify">. Other theatre credits include production and artistic roles at San Jose Repertory Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, The Cleveland Play House and the Valley Shakespeare Festival (Saratoga, CA). Denis has served on the board of Network of Ensemble Theaters which is dedicated to propelling ensemble theatre practice to the forefront of American culture and society. <br></span><span style="text-align:justify;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14pt"><br>Chris Seibert has created over 40 original performance works – new plays, solo performances, dance theatre and original adaptations – through a variety of collaborative methods, engaging both professional and community artists in the creative process. Current projects include </span><i style="text-align:justify;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14pt">Fa(r)ther</i><span style="text-align:justify;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14pt">, a touring solo show and writing workshop for young adults; Reckoning, a dance theatre duet,</span><span style="text-align:justify;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14pt"> and </span><i style="text-align:justify;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14pt">Love’s Lost Raree Box</i><span style="text-align:justify;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14pt">, an original street performance.</span><span style="text-align:justify;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14pt"> </span><i style="text-align:justify;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14pt">Love's Lost Raree Box</i><span style="text-align:justify;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14pt"> </span><span style="text-align:justify;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14pt">and</span><span style="text-align:justify;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14pt"> </span><i style="text-align:justify;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14pt">The Poetry Psychic Show</i><span style="text-align:justify;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14pt"> </span><span style="text-align:justify;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14pt">will appear in BorderLight International Theatre + Fringe Festival this summer and will be further developed through an Artist Residency with Gordon Square Arts District in the Fall 2019. Prior to developing these works, Chris created several solo performances while a core ensemble member at Cleveland Public Theatre. As Director of Education at CPT she facilitated the creation of original performances by immigrant and refugee teens, adults in recovery, and children in public housing, and developed over fifteen outdoor touring plays/adaptations by low-income teens in collaboration with professional artists.</span><p class="gmail-m_-7951461262088707299gmail-m3996456327236766838paragraph" style="margin-right:63pt;margin-left:0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> </span></p><span><br>Open session readings are
first come, first serve until all slots have been allotted. All
submissions should
be made to Mindy Herman at
<span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><a href="https://remote.cptonline.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=1f797af3010b4ab1922624e9b2fd98f4&URL=mailto%3aherman.mindy%40gmail.com" target="_blank">herman.mindy@gmail.com</a>
</span>or to John Busser at<span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"> <a href="https://remote.cptonline.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=1f797af3010b4ab1922624e9b2fd98f4&URL=mailto%3ajpbusser%40gmail.com" target="_blank">
jpbusser@gmail.com</a> </span>. </span></div>
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