[NEohioPAL] APORKALYPSE! opens Fri, Dec 3 at convergence-continuum

[convergence-continuum]

CONVERGENCE-CONTINUUM PRESENTS THE WORLD PREMIERE OF APORKALYPSE!

BY CHRISTOPHER JOHNSTON, OPENING FRIDAY, DEC. 3 AT THE LIMINIS


convergence-continuum concludes its 2010 Season at the Liminis theatre
with the world premiere of APORKALYPSE! – our  not-for-the-kiddies holiday
show by Cleveland playwright and con-con company member Chris Johnston.
Christmas, Marines AWOL from Iraq, a Persian love goddess and corporate
American agri-business all collide down at Pappaw’s pig farm. And since
it’s the holiday season, there’s some singing and accordion playing, too.
For the three-week run, we’ve added 7 pm Sunday performances in addition
to our usual Thu-Sat 8 pm shows.

APORKALYPSE! is set in the mountain country of North Carolina where Pork
Corp  has bought out nearly all the farms in the area and set up factory
farming of hogs.  The last hold-out is Pappaw and Mammaw’s family pig farm
where they, and their PTSD-afflicted, Gulf War vet son Karol, are under
siege, surrounded by the stench Pork Corp’s operations. Into this mess
comes son JP, AWOL from duty in Iraq, just in time for Christmas. The
stress of cabin fever reigns and leads to some wild shenanigans when the
family is visited by Karol’s sexy social worker, devious Pork Corp
executives, and accordion-toting carolers (not to mention, an apparition
of a Persian love goddess).

APORKALYPSE! is directed by convergence-continuum’s Artistic Director,
Clyde Simon, and features actors Michael Regnier, Marcia Mandel, Geoffrey
Hoffman, Scott Gorbach, Sarah Kunchik, Tom Kondilas and actor/musicians
sade wolfkitten and Joe Milan.

APORKALYPSE!  opens Friday, Dec. 3  and runs at 8 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays
and Saturdays, and 7 pm Sundays through Dec. 19 at the Liminis, 2438
Scranton Rd., Cleveland, OH 44113. Tickets are $15 general admission, $12
for students and seniors (65+).  Reservations and information at
216-687-0074 and http://www.convergence-continuum.org.