[NEohioPAL] BASED ON A TOTALLY TRUE STORY opens Fri, Aug 23

[convergence-continuum]

BASED ON A TOTALLY TRUE STORY
OPENS FRIDAY, AUGUST 23 AT CONVERGENCE-CONTINUUM

convergence-continuum continues its 2013 Season, Ruled by Passion, with a
quirky romantic comedy:  the Ohio premiere of Based on a Totally True
Story by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa.  (Mr. Aguirre-Sacasa is also the author
of Say You Love Satan, which received a popular convergence-continuum
production in 2010.)

Cute, kinda nerdy New Yorker Ethan Keene seems to have it all: a career as
a successful comic book writer by day and struggling playwright by night
and a great, recently-met boyfriend, with whom he shares a nice Greenwich
Village apartment.  But Ethan's world is suddenly turned upside down when
Mary Ellen Eustice, an assertive Hollywood producer, wants to turn one of
Ethan's unproduced plays into a big-budget horror movie — possibly
starring Nicole Kidman. With movie fame and fortune (and other Hollywood
temptations) clouding his vision, Ethan struggles to be a loving,
supportive partner to his boyfriend Michael Sullivan, a Village Voice
reporter and budding novelist. On top of which, Ethan's dad announces that
he's leaving Ethan's mom for a married woman—and can he please stay with
Ethan and Michael until he finds a new place to live? Hearts are broken,
lessons learned, and dreams deferred in this quirky, offbeat romantic
comedy of manners.

Based on a Totally True Story is directed by convergence-continuum’s Cory
Molner (who directed last season’s MilkMilkLemonade), and features Zac
Hudak, Stuart Hoffman, Lisa Wiley, Bobby Coyne and Clyde Simon.

Based on a Totally True Story opens Friday, August 23 and runs at 8 p.m.
Thu-Sat through September 14 at the Liminis, 2438 Scranton Rd., Cleveland,
OH 44113 in the historic Tremont neighborhood.  Tickets are $15 general
admission, $12 for seniors (65+) and $10 for students.  Reservations and
information at http://www.convergence-continuum.org and 216-687-0074.