[NEohioPAL] FREAKSHOW OPENS JULY 25 AT CONVERGENCE-CONTINUUM

[csimon at convergence-continuum.org]

CONVERGENCE-CONTINUUM PRESENTS THE REGIONAL PREMIER OF FREAKSHOW,
OPENING FRIDAY, JULY 25

convergence-continuum continues its 2008 Season: Cross the Threshold,
at the Liminis theatre with FREAKSHOW, by Carson Kreitzer.

Cross the threshold into the human sideshow.  The Liminis will be
transformed into a traveling Freakshow at the turn of the last century.
And things are changing! The anger of being stared at, trapped and
caged, is at war with the freaks’ confidence of knowing their place
in the universe.  But the growing rebelliousness of the freaks is
no act.  Can the Dog Faced Woman break her bonds from the show; can
the jaded and profoundly broken Ringmaster find redemption through his
love for the beautiful Woman With No Arms and No Legs; will Aquaboy,
the human salamander, find love with an obsessed outsider; and the
angelic-voiced Pinhead find solace in Jesus -- or burn the place down?
In this poetic, gritty world, there may be only one way out.

Company member Geoffrey Hoffman, who helmed ‘07’s Demon Baby,
directs Ms. Kreitzer’s strange and provocative look at humanity
through a funhouse mirror.  The cast includes convergence-continuum
regulars Lucy Bredeson-Smith, Laurel Johnson, Stuart Hoffman and
artistic director Clyde Simon.  Making their first appearances at the
Liminis are actors Kellie McIvor, Sarah Kunchik, and Sean Galligan.

FREAKSHOW opens Friday, July 25 and runs Thu-Sat through August 23 at
the Liminis, 2438 Scranton Rd. in Cleveland’s historic Tremont
neighborhood. All shows are at 8 pm.  Tickets are $15 gen. admission,
$12 students/seniors (65+). For information and reservations call
216-687-0074 or visit http://www.convergence-continuum.org.