<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">   </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Playwrights Local Presents</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">A Staged Reading of a New Play</span></p><br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font size="4">THE CARDINAL</font></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Written by Caroline Knecht</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Directed by Erik Andrews</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">With dramaturgy by Lenora Inez Brown</span></p><br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">==========================</span></p><br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Friday, April 5, 2019 at 7:00 pm</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="http://www.playwrightslocal.org/2018-2019-play-lab/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://www.playwrightslocal.org/2018-2019-play-lab/</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Creative Space at Waterloo Arts</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">397 East 156th Street |  Cleveland, OH 44110</span></p><br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Free | Recommended for Adults & Teens</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Tickets or Reservations Not Required</span></p><br style="font-family:arial,helve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t-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">For more info, visit </span><a href="http://www.playwrightslocal.org/2018-2019-play-lab/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">www.playwrightslocal.org/2018-2019-play-lab/</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"># # #</span></p></div></div>