* Deadline for Playwrights Submissions Extended* *to* *FRI. JULY 19* *for * *20-30 Minute Plays* *For * *"Wake Up to Healing Arts: Using Performance and Media for Direction, Hope, Health and Total Well-being – ‘I Rise’” * *(Please share with your directors, students, casts, social media.)* Wake Up and Live’s Actors’ Studio (WUAL) is continuing its “Healing Arts” project. We are inviting playwrights to submit 20-30 -minute plays on the topic of Virtual and in-person *mental health issues *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 (like the Phoenix – “I Rise.”). *“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: . 20 - 30- minute plays may have no more than 3 – 4 characters, with an emphasis on the people of color community, teens and females. . 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 will be performed on stage at Dunham Museum & Tavern, Sat. Sept. 28 & Sun. Sept. 29 and on “Wake Up And Live With the Arts” YouTube 2. Stipend will be paid. * Submission Deadline: **Friday, JULY 19, 2024. * Questions? Sue Johnson, SAG/AFTRA Director, Wake Up And Live's Actors Studio Producer, "Wake Up And Live With the Arts" www.wualstudio.org Judy Allen co-Coordinator jallen3778@gmail.com *Supported by Cuyahoga Arts and Culture Sponsored by Dunham Museum and Tavern *