[NEohioPAL] SORDID LIVES opens Fri, March 22 at convergence-continuum

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SORDID LIVES, A HILARIOUSLY CLEVER AND CAMPY COMEDY BY DEL SHORES
OPENS FRIDAY, MARCH 22 AT CONVERGENCE-CONTINUUM.

Hilarious, campy chaos erupts in Winters, Texas in arranging the funeral
of Peggy Ingram, a good Christian woman, who hit her head on a seedy
motel's sink after tripping over the detached wooden legs of her lover. 
Some family members are afraid that all the family skeletons will come
flying out of the closet at once as they gather to mourn the family’s
matriarch.  Meanwhile, grandson Ty, much to the chagrin of Latrelle, his
up-tight mother, is coming out of the closet in a different way.  (Will he
turn out like his uncle “Brother Boy,” a gay transvestite who is in a
mental institution, entertaining fellow patients with his impersonation of
Tammy Wynette while undergoing "dehomosexualization” therapy?) Then
there’s the gun-slinging revenge rampage of the peg-legged lothario’s
wronged wife Noleta – along with LaVonda, another of deceased’s daughters.
 Throw in a remorseful bartender, his dim brother, town drunk Juanita, and
a few other townsfolk, and you’ve got a hilariously clever, campy and
often raunchy tale that doesn’t shy away from serious themes such as
bigotry, guilt, homosexuality, forgiveness and acceptance.

Sordid Lives is directed by convergence-continuum’s Artistic Director,
Clyde Simon, and features a dozen con-con company actors:  Amy
Bistok-Bunce, Lucy Bredeson-Smith, Liz Conway, Clint Elston, Elaine
Feagler, Lauri Hammer, Zac Hudak, Marcia Mandell, Tyson Douglas Rand, Wes
Shofner, Lisa Wiley and Jonathan Wilhelm.

Sordid Lives opens Friday, March 22 and runs at 8 p.m. Thu-Sat through
April 20 at the Liminis, 2438 Scranton Rd., Cleveland, OH 44113 in the
historic Tremont neighborhood.  Tickets are $15 general admission, $12 for
seniors and $10 for students.    Reservations and information at
www.convergence-continuum.org and 216-687-0074.

Sordid Lives is supported in part by the residents of Cuyahoga County
through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture.