[NEohioPAL] NEOMFA Playwrights Festival opens Thu, Feb 6 at convergence-continuum

[convergence-continuum]

2014 NEOMFA PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL FEB. 6-15

convergence-continuum presents four new plays by local graduate-student
playwrights at the 2014 NEOMFA Playwrights Festival. The Festival features
four world-premiere plays: two full-length plays by final-year MFA
candidates, and two ten-minute plays by second-year grad students.  These
plays are part of a three-year intensive program of study and are
co-produced by convergence-continuum, Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts
(NEOMFA) in Creative Writing and Cleveland State University.  This will be
the third year convergence-continuum has mounted the Festival at its
performance space, the Liminis, 2438 Scranton Rd., Cleveland 44113 in the
historic Tremont neighborhood.

Feb 6, 7, 8:  The full-length play River Sky (Soapocalypse Now) by Claire
Robinson May, and 10-minute play Delta 32 by Keith Marcum.  Thu-Sat at 8
pm

Feb 13, 14, 15:  The full-length Warlords of Walderhaven by Michael
Laurenty, and the 10-minute Murphy’s Law Department by Monica Morgan.
Thu-Sat at 8 pm.

River Sky (Soapocalypse Now)  by Claire Robinson May is a dramedy set in
an environmentally, economically and socially calamitous future where
cave-dwelling is commonplace, yet some are still able to sail with
soap-opera celebrities on luxury cruises.  River Sky is directed by
convergence-continuum’s Tom Kondilas and features con-con actors Liz
Conway, Jack Matuszewski, Michael Regnier, Amy Bistok Bunce and Wes
Shofner.

Delta 32 by Keith Marcum is a ten-minute sci-fi, inter-species drama.
Directed by con-con’s Cory Molner and featuring Lisa Wiley, Rob Branch and
Amy Bistok Bunce.

Warlords of Walderhaven by Michael Laurenty is a comedy featuring four
geeky guys, who attempt to become heroes in a role-playing adventure game,
and their astonishing female “doubles.”  Directed by con-con Artistic
Director, Clyde Simon and featuring con-con’s Zac Hudak, Bobby Coyne, Eric
Sever, Beau Reinker, Jaclyn Cifranic, Lauren B. Smith, Denise Astorino,
Lisa Wiley, Laura Starnik and Rob Branch.

Murphy’s Law Department by Monica Morgan is a ten-minute comedy set in a
hitherto unknown region of the afterlife.  Directed by Cory Molner,
featuring Wes Shofner, Beau Reinker and Denise Astorino.

The 2014 NEOMFA Playwrights Festival opens Thursday, Feb. 6 and runs at 8
p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays through Feb. 15 at the Liminis, 2438
Scranton Rd., Cleveland, OH 44113.  Tickets are $10 general and $5 for
students.  For reservations and information visit
www.convergence-continuum.org or call 216-687-0074.