Free Beer for Playwrights

If you've been letting the next Our Town gather dust in the bottom righthand drawer of your office desk — this is famously where unrealized masterpieces gather dust — then for God's sake pick your favorite 10 consecutive pages and bring them on down for a reading tonight. That's right: Playwrights take center stage at The Dark Room, a monthly series of open-mic gatherings sponsored by Cleveland Public Theatre and the Cleveland Theater Collective. Writers and actors alike are most welcome, and should arrive early in anticiption of the 7:30 start. Not a writer or an actor? You should come for the free Magic Hat beer. Hm? Say whaaaa? Free Magic Hat beer! Cleveland Public Theatre is at 6415 Detroit Ave. Call them at 216-631-2727, ask for the cheerful intern named Mike, and tell him he looks really boyish and vulnerable without his beard and don't let on that you know about the beer. — Allard