<div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(32,32,32);white-space:pre-wrap">Playwrights Local Presents</span><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(32,32,32);white-space:pre-wrap">A Free Staged Reading of a New Play</span></p><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,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">OBLATUS</font></span></p><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,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">Written by Diana Lueptow</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Directed with dramaturgy by Lenora Inez Brown<br></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(32,32,32);white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(32,32,32);white-space:pre-wrap">Featuring </span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Luke Brett, Katherine Burke, Theresa Dean, </span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Stuart Hoffman, </span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Lynna Metrisin, and Margi Zitelli</span></p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="http://www.playwrightslocal.org/2020-play-lab-readings/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none">www.playwrightslocal.org/2020-play-lab-readings/</a></span></p><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,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><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(165,42,42);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">DATE/TIME</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,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">Saturday, February 15 at 3:00 pm</span></p><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(165,42,42);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">FREE</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,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">No tickets or reservations required</span></p><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(165,42,42);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">SYNOPSIS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,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">In 12th century Germany, the great abbess, intellectual and composer Hildegard of Bingen faces a final controversy as she defies church leaders in a battle of wills from which she refuses to retreat. From an abbey graveyard to powerful cathedral halls, the action follows Hildegard as she fights for her principles and her own authority. At stake: her own creations, the urgency of sacred praise, respect for her decisions, and the nature of evidence against political gamesmanship. Who will win? And who is the mysterious character shadowing Hildegard, with so many unusual insights into her behavior?</span></p><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(165,42,42);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">VENUE</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,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">Creative Space at Waterloo Arts</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,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">397 East 156th Street</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,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">Cleveland, OH 44110</span></p></div>