[NEohioPAL] "chilling and elegant" GIDION'S KNOT opens Fri, Mar 20 at convergence-continuum

[convergence-continuum]

GIDION’S KNOT OPENS FRIDAY, MARCH 20

AT CONVERGENCE-CONTINUUM 
 

Gidion’s Knot opens Friday, March 20 and runs Thu-Sat at 8p.m. through April 11 at convergence-continuum’s Liminis Theater, 2438 ScrantonRd., Cleveland, OH 44113 in the historic Tremont neighborhood.

 Over the course of aparent/teacher conference, a grieving mother and an emotionally overwhelmedfifth-grade primary school teacher have a fraught conversation about the tragicsuicide of the mother's son, Gidion.  Gidion may have been bulliedseverely—or he may have been an abuser. As his story is slowly uncovered, thewomen try to reconstruct a satisfying explanation for Gidion's act and come toterms with excruciating feelings of culpability.

 Gidion’s Knot is a thought-provoking two-character play touchingupon bullying, teacher/parent responsibility, the local principal’s and board’sdecisions and policies, the school system’s failures and the issue of students’freedom of expression. The face-off escalates inexorably throughout as the twowomen confront the audience as much as one another with their characters’ pain,avoidance and degrees of guilt and regret.
 

“…resonant…[a]particularly eloquent study of people caught between the competing demands ofreason, morality and family…harrowing…a narrative that is as elegant as it ischilling.” —Washington Post.

“heart-stopping…the show has pathos and suspense in bucketloads…Within alean 80 minutes, the show raises profound questions about parenting andeducation and documents the gut-wrenching force of maternal loyalty.” —Washingtonian.

“GIDION’S KNOT is as sad as life itself, and as funny and startling aswell…a beautiful, disturbing story.” —DCTheatreScene.com.

Gidion’s Knot is directed by convergence-continuum’sAmy Bistok and features con-con actors Laurel Hoffman and Elaine Feagler.

 Tickets at $20general admission, $15 for seniors and $10 for students are available atconvergence-continuum.org and 216-687-0074.

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Convergence-continuum’s production of Gidion’sKnot is supported in part by the residents of Cuyahoga County through apublic grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture.

 

 

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