SPECIAL TICKET OFFER! Buy One Get One Free for NEohioPAL Subscribers For the following performances: - *Friday, December 6 @ 7:30 pm *[Talkback w/Maya Simek, CWRU Health & Human Trafficking Clinic] - *Saturday, December 7 @ 7:30 pm* [Talkback w/Rachel Lovell, Begun Center for Violence Prevention and Education] - *Sunday, December 8 @ 2:30 pm* [Talkback w/Det. John Morgan, Cuyahoga Regional Human Trafficking Task Force] Buy one/get one free applicable to any ticket level $18 Adults | $15 Seniors & Groups | $12 Students Apply offer with code (all lowercase): *neohiopal* Direct ticket link: https://bit.ly/2DFWBkm Ticket link via show page: http://www.playwrightslocal.org/livebodiesforsale/ While supplies last. info@playwrightslocal.org | (216) 302-8856 *Playwrights Local Presents* *A World Premiere* *LIVE BODIES FOR SALE* *Written by Christopher JohnstonDirected by Terrence Spivey* WHAT THE CRITICS SAY “An unabashed emotional roller coaster...warrants the attention of those beyond the theater community.” -- Scene <https://www.clevescene.com/cleveland/live-bodies-for-sale-brims-with-heartfelt-performances/Content?oid=31815799> “Compassionate, moving, and startling….an absolutely must-see experience.” -- Broadway World <https://www.broadwayworld.com/cleveland/article/BWW-Review-Impressive-Startling-Educational-LIVE-BODIES-FOR-SALE-at-Playwrights-Local-20191124> / Cool Cleveland <https://coolcleveland.com/2019/11/theater-review-live-bodies-for-sale-playwrights-local-by-roy-berko/> “Make the trek to Waterloo Arts District to see the world-premiere Playwrights Local production.” -- The Plain Dealer <https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2019/11/live-bodies-for-sale-talented-cast-conveys-stark-stories-of-human-trafficking-in-a-playwrights-local-world-premiere.html> “A captivating expose...Have the courage to see this.” -- Mark Horning <https://misterh215.wixsite.com/mysite/single-post/2019/12/02/Playwrights-Local%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%98Live-Bodies-For-Sale%E2%80%99-is-a-jarring-look-at-societies%E2%80%99-dark-side> “A stark, sensitive, shocking exposé.” -- Land of Cleve <http://inthelandofcleve.blogspot.com/2019/11/cleve-review-christopher-johnstons.html> ========================== *Live Bodies for Sale* is a new play about the human trafficking crisis occurring in Ohio in the immediate present. In immersive fashion, this documentary work explores the lives of several women from Cleveland who are recent survivors of this ongoing injustice. “Live Bodies for Sale” addresses how these women were forced to work as prostitutes, detailing their escapes as well as their attempts to maintain healthy lives. Based on interviews with real people, the play presents the insights of professionals who help free such victims, including Renee Jones, an urban Mother Theresa figure in Cleveland. Testimonies from Cuyahoga County task force members­­--law enforcement agents, prosecutors, and judges--­­also detail what’s being done to free victims and hunt down their traffickers. SHOWDATES November 22 - December 15, 2019 Friday - Saturday at 7:30 p.m. & Sunday at 2:30 p.m. WEBPAGE http://www.playwrightslocal.org/livebodiesforsale/ ========================== VENUE Creative Space at Waterloo Arts 397 East 156th Street Cleveland, OH 44110 TICKETS General Admission with Accommodations Upon Request $18 Adults | $15 Seniors & Groups | $12 Students info@playwrightslocal.org | (216) 302-8856 ======================================== CAST Lauren Byrd……….Rocky Encalada Tammy Hendricks……….Arien Hodges Detective John Morgan……….Stephen Hood Nicole Griffin……….Hayley Johnson Shanice Day……….Rochelle Jones Prosecutor Rick Bell……….Joseph Milan Martina Frantino……….Juliette Regnier Emily Mahoney……….Emily Taylor CREATIVE TEAM Costume Designer……….Inda Blatch-Geib Stage Manager………. Kristen Boehnlein Lighting Designer……….Marcus Dana Carpenter……….Tom Hayes Sound Designer……….Beau Reinker Prop Designer ……….Lisa L. Wiley # # #