Cleveland Public Theatre 2017-2018 TEST FLIGHT Request for Proposals TEST FLIGHT proposal DEADLINE EXTENDED to Sunday, June 18th!! CPT's New Play Development CPT's mission is to raise consciousness and nurture compassion through groundbreaking performances and life-changing educational programs. CPT's programming agenda is to produce work that is outside the mainstream, offering a much broader range of work available to the Cleveland public and expanding the impact and originality of theatre across the country. CPT strives to make work that is excellent, extraordinary and nationally competitive. Our new play development programs are based on our years of experience, community input and key principles of: focusing on artists; valuing diversity of approach, aesthetics and perspective; and balancing impact with investment. We envision CPT as a nationally recognized hub for the development of new theatre that is extraordinary, edgy and relevant. We hope to be a model for nurturing local talent in similar sized markets, the most regarded cultivator of new theatre for Cleveland audiences, a laboratory for promising research and investigation and a launcher of nationally significant new plays. Test Flight Based on CPT's success with our Big Box series, Test Flight offers opportunities to artists who are interested in co-producing works with us. Test Flight is a multi-week series where artists are given the keys to the theatre to develop their projects to a workshop level. In addition to serving local artists, Test Flight will also be open to national and international artists who wish to come to Cleveland to develop their pieces. Feedback for this series will be specific to each project, developed by the artist and vetted/approved by CPT. TO APPLY: Test Flight Local Request for Proposals here<http://www.cptonline.org/test-flight-local-request-for-proposals-2017/>. TO APPLY: Test Flight Non-local Request for Proposals here<http://www.cptonline.org/test-flight-non-local-request-for-proposals-2017/>. DEADLINE to apply for TEST FLIGHT has been EXTENDED to Sunday, June 18th!! Beth Wood Associate Artistic Director Cleveland Public Theatre 216-631-2727 ext. 206 bwood@cptonline.org<mailto:bwood@cptonline.org>