*THERE'S STILL TIME TO SUBMIT* *CALLS FOR "HEALING ARTS" PLAYWRIGHTS* *CALL FOR PLAYWRIGHTS TO SUBMIT 15-MINUTE PLAYS FOR "WAKE UP TO HEALING ARTS: USING PERFORMANCE AND MEDIA FOR DIRECTION, HOPE, HEALTH AND TOTAL WELL-BEING, 2.0."* 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. 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. “Wake Up to Healing Arts” Submissions should: 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. Submissions: - 15- minute plays, monologues or scenes may have no more than 3 characters. - Describe some mental health CHALLENGES the character has overcome, and / or is currently experiencing. - Why the character wants to make changes - Examples of topics which reflect mental health issues - The stigma of mental health issues - Teens and young adults’ suicide - Teen pregnancy. - How using drama, music and dance can help heal mental health issues - Issues contributing to mental health challenges: Depression; Anxiety; Loss of Income; Jobs; Family; Toxic Relationships; Domestic abuse; Bullying IF Selected: 1. Plays, monologues and scenes will be performed on stage and on “Wake Up And Live With the Arts” YouTube 2. Stipend will be paid. Submission Deadline: Friday, June 2, 2023. (If you need an extension, email wualstudio@gmail.com) Questions: wualstudio@gmail.com