Playwrights Local Presents FALL ROUNDTABLE SERIES Free readings of new plays Tuesday evenings at 7:00 pm Tickets or reservations not required Featuring works by: Rannigan Walsh Cynthia Dettelbach Edward J. Walsh Mary E. Weems, Ph.D. INFO: http://www.playwrightslocal.org/fall-roundtable-series/ ======================================== October 17 FAMILY TREE Written by Rannigan Walsh Directed by Tyler Whidden "Family Tree" is an exploration of the impact of science and DNA testing on a family in present-day America. This new play explores the tragedies that befall this family after a young member dies, with particular emphasis on the relationship of a mother and her daughter. ======================================== October 24 GERMAN LESSONS Written by Cynthia Dettelbach Directed by Tim Tavcar As a manufacturer of crucial airplane parts for the Wehrmacht, Jurgen Klaus and his wife Anke are wined and dined by the upper echelons of Nazi society. After a series of troubling incidents involving his Jewish employees, Jurgen decides to help these people, an effort his beloved younger wife seeks to thwart. Once the reasons for her opposition are revealed, her marriage and the lives of a Jewish family hang in the balance. ======================================== November 7 STRANDED Written by Edward J. Walsh Directed by Tim Tavcar Vickie Schultz. a reporter, is not happy. Let go by her newspaper in Cincinnati, she found a new job in New Jersey, leaving behind her family, friends, and a cheating fiancé. Vickie has been told she’ll be assigned to a breaking story about the Mayor and his newly-appointed female Police Chief. Instead, she is suddenly made to cover the arrival of a whale on the New Jersey shore — a huge sperm whale, like Moby Dick. The sooner this whale returns to the ocean or dies, the sooner Vickie can get back to her Mayor’s story. But the struggling whale’s plight won’t be resolved quickly. Vickie’s career ambitions become jeopardized, her past haunts her, and she blames the whale for being too stupid to head for deep water. ======================================== November 14 HEY SIRI Written by Mary E. Weems, Ph.D. Directed by Michael Oatman A Black Iraqi war veteran, a Black agoraphobic, and a white former doll hoarder are saved by their cell phones. ======================================== VENUE Creative Space at Waterloo Arts 397 E. 156th Street, Cleveland, OH 44110 PARKING Street parking on Waterloo and surrounding roads and in public lots on Waterloo Road. Note: No public parking in the lot adjacent to the Creative Space on E. 156th Street.