<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,34,40)">Call for Playwrights</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,34,40)">Seeking One-Act Plays and Scenes</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,34,40)">For</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">                               “Wake Up to Healing Arts: Using Performance and Media for Direction, Hope, </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">                                                                          </span></b><b style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Health, and Total Well-being”</span></b><span style="font-size:14pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,34,40)">Performance Project</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,34,40)"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:22px;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">(Please share with your directors, students, casts, social media.)</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:24px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;background:rgb(249,249,249);font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,34,40)">Wake Up and Live’s Actors’ Studio (WUAL) is launching its “Healing Arts” project. We are inviting playwrights to submit  one-act  plays or scenes which can be performed in 30 minutes or less. These creative works should  address mental health  inspirational stories to be performed on Cleveland area stages and on “Wake Up and Live With the Arts” YouTube shows.</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,34,40)">Selected plays or scenes  will d</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">epict mental health challenges the character/s  face, is overcoming, or has overcome, which allow him/her to now live an improved mental health  life.</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,34,40)"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,34,40)">“</span></b><b style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,34,40)">Wake Up to Healing</span></b><b style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,34,40)"> Arts” Submissions should:</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:12pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,34,40)">  </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,34,40)">Address the Concept:  </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Using Performance and Media for Direction, Hope, Health, and </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">Total Well-being.”</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"></span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">  P</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(29,34,40)">lays, monologues or scenes may have no more than 3 characters.</span><span style="color:rgb(29,34,40);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,34,40)">Address Mental Health Issues.  </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,34,40)">What story is character telling?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,34,40)">     </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">        .  Describe some mental health <b>CHALLENGES </b>the character/s have overcome, and / or are </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">currently  experiencing.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">             .  How the character keeps working on addressing the challenges to create transformational men</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">tal health </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"> </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">changes.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">             .  Why the character wants to make changes</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">             .  Examples of topics which reflect mental health issues<b> </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">                                .   </span></b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The stigma of mental health issues</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">                                <b>.   </b>Teens and young adults’ suicide</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">                                .   Teen pregnancy</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">                                <b>.   </b>Using drama, music and dance to help heal mental health issues</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">                                <b>.   </b>Issues contributing to mental health challenges: Depression; Anxiety;  Loss of income; </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Jobs; Family; Toxic </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Relationships; </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">                                    Domestic abuse</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>For Complete set of Guidelines:  <a href="mailto:wakeupandlives@gmail.com" target="_blank">wakeupandlives@gmail.com</a></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41)">IF Selected:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41)">        </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">1.</span><span style="font-size:7pt">       </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Plays and scenes will be performed on stage and on “Wake Up And Live With the Arts”</span><span style="font-size:12pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">        2.    </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Stipend will be received from net proceeds of live performances.</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,34,40)"> Submission Deadline:  </span></b><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,34,40)">Friday, September 17,2021.</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,34,40)"> Submissions and Questions:  <a href="mailto:wakeupandlives@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">wakeupandlives@gmail.com</span></a></span></b><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(10,10,10)"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(10,10,10)"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background:rgb(249,249,249);font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Questions?</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background:rgb(249,249,249);font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span><span style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11pt">Sue Johnson, </span><font size="1">SAG/AFTR</font></span></span><span style="background-color:white;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font size="1">A</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Director, Wake Up And Live's Actors Studio</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Producer, "Wake Up And Live With the Arts"</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.wakeupandlives.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">www.wakeupandlives.com</span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br></p></div>