[NEohioPAL] LILIES opens Fri, Oct 11 at convergence-continuum

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LILIES, OR THE REVIVAL OF A ROMANTIC DRAMA, BY MICHEL MARC BOUCHARD
OPENS FRIDAY, OCT 11 AT CONVERGENCE-CONTINUUM

convergence-continuum continues its 2013 Season, "Ruled by Passion," with
the love story no one ever told:  the Ohio premiere of Lilies, or the
Revival of a Romantic Drama by Michel Marc Bouchard (translation by Linda
Gaboriau).

Lilies is about love and revenge and also manages to include a commentary
on truth and on theatre, thanks to its multi-level structure. The play is
set in 1952 in the church of a prison where it has been arranged that the
jailed Simon Doucet will make confession to his old friend Bishop
Bilodeau. The Bishop, however, is imprisoned by Simon and some fellow
convicts who act out before him scenes from a play.  It is no light
entertainment that Bilodeau is forced to watch, but the homoerotic scenes
from The Death of San Sebastian, which in turn are revealed to be only a
part of the script that is to be presented by the convicts.  The
prisoners' play takes the action back to the Quebec countryside of 1912
where Simon, Bilodeau and the Parisian newcomer, Count Vallier De Tilly,
were young contemporaries involved in a love triangle. In acting out the
circumstances that occurred immediately before Simon's incarceration, it
is intended that Bishop Bilodeau will be the one to confess what he did
four decades earlier that resulted in Simon's wrongful imprisonment.

Note:  This production contains scenes of an adult nature and nudity.

Lilies is directed by convergence-continuum’s Tyson Douglas Rand, who
directed convergence-continuum’s 2011 production of The Boys in the Band.
The acting ensemble includes Robert  Branch, Bobby Coyne, Joe Dunn,
Charles Hargrave, Jack Matuszewski, Michael Regnier, Eric Sever, Clyde
Simon and Dennis Sullivan.

Lilies opens Friday, October 11 and runs at 8 p.m. Thu-Sat through
November 2 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
http://www.convergence-continuum.org and 216-687-0074.