<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><b style=""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><font size="4">REMINDER<i style="">!</i></font></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><font size="4"> Time to Submit</font></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><font size="4"> "Healing Arts" Plays</font></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><b style=""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><font size="4">Due Fri. 6/2/23</font></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><b style=""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><font size="4">Call for Playwrights to submit 15-minute Plays</font></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><font size="4">for</font></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><font size="4">"Wake Up to Healing Arts:  Using Performance and Media for Direction, Hope, Health and Total Well-being, 2.0"</font></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt">Wake Up and Live’s Actors’ Studio (WUAL) is continuing its “Healing Arts” project. We are inviting playwrights to submit 15-minute plays or scenes on the topics of depression and / or teen suicide which can be performed on Cleveland area stages and YouTube.</span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Selected stories will depict mental health challenges the character faces, is overcoming, or has overcome, which allow him / her to now live an improved mental health life.<br><br>“Wake Up to Healing Arts” Submissions should:<br>Show how the performing arts (drama, vocal & instrumental music, dance, poetry) may be used to help address mental health issues in addition to / instead of clinical methods.<br><br>Submissions:</span></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom:0in"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">15- minute plays, monologues or scenes may have no more than 3 characters.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Describe some mental health CHALLENGES the character has overcome, and / or is currently experiencing.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">How using drama, music and dance can help heal mental health issues</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Issues contributing to mental health challenges: Depression; Anxiety; Loss of Income; Jobs; Family; Toxic Relationships; Domestic abuse; Bullying</span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><br>IF Selected:</span></p><ol start="1" type="1" style="margin-bottom:0in"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Plays, monologues and scenes will be performed on stage and on “Wake Up And Live With the Arts” YouTube</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Stipend will be paid.</span></li></ol><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><br><span style="font-size:12pt">Submission </span><b style=""><font size="4"><u>Deadline: Friday, June 2, 2023.</u></font></b><span style="font-size:12pt">  (If you need an extension, email </span><font color="#000000"><a href="mailto:wualstudio@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="font-size:12pt"><span style="text-decoration-line:none">wualstudio@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt">)</span><br></font><br><span style="font-size:12pt">Questions: </span><a href="mailto:wualstudio@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="font-size:12pt"><span style="text-decoration-line:none"><font color="#000000">wualstudio@gmail.com</font></span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Sue Johnson</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Director</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><a href="mailto:wualstudio@gmail.com">wualstudio@gmail.com</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:16.8667px;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><font color="#000000" style=""><a href="http://wualstudio.org">wualstudio.org</a> </font></p></div>