<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif">Playwrights Local Presents</span><br></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">A World Premiere</span><br><font size="4"><br><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><strong>LIVE BODIES FOR SALE</strong></span></font><br><br><b>Written by Christopher Johnston<br>Directed by Terrence Spivey</b></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b><br></b></font></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(165,42,42)">SHOWDATES</span><br>November 22 - December 15, 2019<br>Friday - Saturday at 7:30 p.m. & Sunday at 2:30 p.m.<font face="arial, sans-serif"><b><br></b><br></font><span style="color:rgb(165,42,42)">WEBPAGE</span><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br><a href="http://www.playwrightslocal.org/livebodiesforsale/" target="_blank">http://www.playwrightslocal.org/livebodiesforsale/</a><br><br></font>==========================<font face="arial, sans-serif"><br><br></font><span style="color:rgb(165,42,42)">PRESS</span><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font><a href="https://www.broadwayworld.com/cleveland/article/BWW-Review-Impressive-Startling-Educational-LIVE-BODIES-FOR-SALE-at-Playwrights-Local-20191124">“Compassionate, moving, and startling….an involving experience that rips at the heart and bombards the mind with questions….an absolutely must-see experience which shows the power of theater to teach and persuade.”</a><br>Broadway World, 24 November 2019<br><br><a href="https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2019/11/live-bodies-for-sale-talented-cast-conveys-stark-stories-of-human-trafficking-in-a-playwrights-local-world-premiere.html"><i>Live Bodies for Sale</i>: Talented Cast Conveys Stark Stories of Human Trafficking in a Playwrights Local World Premiere</a><br><i>The Plain Dealer</i>, 26 November 2019<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.ideastream.org/news/live-bodies-for-sale-tackles-sex-trafficking-on-stage" target="_blank"><i>Live Bodies For Sale </i>Tackles Sex Trafficking On Stage</a></div><div>WCPN 90.3, 19 November 2019<br><br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.americantheatre.org/2019/11/12/human-trafficking-at-human-scale-in-live-bodies-for-sale/" target="_blank">Human Trafficking at Human Scale in <i>Live Bodies for Sale</i></a><br><i>American Theatre</i>, 12 November 2019</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2019/09/kinky-boots-and-rastus-and-hattie-among-5-must-see-productions-fall-theater-preview-2019.html" target="_blank">"5 Must-See Productions: Fall Theater Preview 2019"</a><br><i>The Plain Dealer</i>, 29 September 2019</div><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, sans-serif">==========================<br><br><span style="color:rgb(165,42,42)">VENUE</span><br>Creative Space at Waterloo Arts<br>397 East 156th Street<br>Cleveland, OH 44110<br><br><span style="color:rgb(165,42,42)">TICKETS</span><br>General Admission with Accommodations Upon Request<br>$18 Adults | $15 Seniors & Groups | $12 Students<br><a href="mailto:info@playwrightslocal.org" target="_blank">info@playwrightslocal.org</a> | (216) 302-8856<br><br>========================================</font><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><em>Live Bodies for Sale</em> is a new play about the human trafficking crisis occurring in Ohio in the immediate present. In immersive fashion, this documentary work explores the lives of several women from Cleveland who are recent survivors of this ongoing injustice. “Live Bodies for Sale” addresses how these women were forced to work as prostitutes, detailing their escapes as well as their attempts to maintain healthy lives. Based on interviews with real people, the play presents the insights of professionals who help free such victims, including Renee Jones, an urban Mother Theresa figure in Cleveland. Testimonies from Cuyahoga County task force members­­--law enforcement agents, prosecutors, and judges--­­also detail what’s being done to free victims and hunt down their traffickers.<br><br><a href="http://www.playwrightslocal.org/livebodiesforsale/" target="_blank">http://www.playwrightslocal.org/livebodiesforsale/</a><br><br>=================================<br><br><span style="color:rgb(165,42,42)">CAST</span></font><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br>Lauren Byrd……….Rocky Encalada</font></div><div dir="ltr">Tammy Hendricks……….Arien Hodges<br>Detective John Morgan……….Stephen Hood<br></div><div dir="ltr">Nicole Griffin……….Hayley Johnson</div><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Shanice Day……….Rochelle Jones<br>Prosecutor Rick Bell……….Joseph Milan<br>Martina Frantino……….Juliette Regnier<br>Emily Mahoney……….Emily Taylor<br><br><span style="color:rgb(165,42,42)">CREATIVE TEAM</span><br>Costume Designer……….Inda Blatch-Geib<br>Stage Manager………. Kristen Boehnlein<br>Lighting Designer……….Marcus Dana<br>Carpenter……….Tom Hayes<br>Sound Designer……….Beau Reinker<br>Prop Designer ……….Lisa L. Wiley</font><br><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"># # #</font></div></div></div>