[NEohioPAL] NEOMFA Playwrights Festival presents 2 new plays, opening Feb 2

[convergence-continuum]

NEOMFA PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL
AT THE LIMINIS THEATER FEBRUARY 2 – 11

convergence-continuum presents two new plays by local playwrights.  The
NEOMFA PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL features thesis productions of PLANT LIFE by
Michael Williams, running Thu-Sat, Feb. 2-4, and NOTHING FUNNY by Jarod
Witkowski, running Thu-Sat, Feb. 9-11.  These plays are the culminating
experience of three years of intensive study under playwright and
professor Mike Geither, and are co-produced by convergence-continuum,
Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts (NEOMFA) and Cleveland State
University.

PLANT LIFE, directed by convergence-continuum’s Geoffrey Hoffman, is a
strange tale of medical science fiction.  What if your young wife needed a
new liver, and the transplant list was long?  What if her new,
"cutting-edge" doctor (who has a fascination with botany) presented you
with a shortcut?  Company actors Liz Conway, Tom Kondilas, Sarah Kunchik
and Michael Regnier are featured.

In NOTHING FUNNY, directed by con-con’s  Artistic Director, Clyde Simon,
Son is nearly 30, has never had a job, and is still living at home.  Mom
and Dad are getting pretty fed up with it.  This darkly comic play takes a
look at a stressed contemporary family’s attempts to connect with each
other.  Featured actors are convergence-continuum company members Amy
Bistok-Bunce, Benjamin Gregg and Wes Shofner.

Festival designers include Cory Molner (lights, sound), Jim Smith (set),
sade wolfkitten (costumes) and Tom Kondilas (video).  Stage Managers are
Danielle Vasickanin and Scott Zolkowski.

The NEOMFA PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL opens Thursday, Feb. 2 and runs at 8 p.m.
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays through Feb. 11 at the Liminis, 2438
Scranton Rd., Cleveland, OH 44113.  Tickets are $10 general and $5 for
students.  For reservations and information visit
http://www.convergence-continuum.org or call 216-687-0074.

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The Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing (NEOMFA) is a
consortium of Cleveland State University, Kent State University, The
University of Akron and Youngstown State University that allows students
to take classes on four different campuses and earn a degree from a single
unified writing program.  Emerging writers may study in four genres –
creative non-fiction, fiction, playwriting and poetry – and take advantage
of the resources offered on all four campuses.  Since its inception in
2005, the NEOMFA has offered small-group workshops, open readings, summer
travel fellowships, and high-profile visiting writers, in addition to
career-preparing internships, competitive graduate funding, and a diverse
Midwestern landscape that tempts the creative eye.