[NEohioPAL] DEATH CRUISE 2020 By Christopher Johnston opens June 6th at convergence-continuum

[Cory Molner]

Death Cruise 2020
A World Premiere by Christopher Johnston
June 6th through June 28th

Passengers aboard the cruise ship Halcyon Daze find themselves trapped at
sea when the "unknown pneumonia" infecting the public is discovered to be a
new virus called COVID-19. As it rapidly spreads, survivors find themselves
either quarantined in their cabins, or free to roam the ship--at their own
risk. To ease the rising tension, the ship's Captain orders one of its
medical staff, Achebe, to form a grief group for passengers. Those who join
include Ghost, a Vietnam veteran; Lorena, a woman trying to recover from
personal trauma; Juanita, who wrestles with her faith; Ricky, a young man
who is obsessed with 70's rock music; and Nick, a stand-up comic who also
serves as the ship's Cruise Director. They don't know when they can escape
the shipboard corona chaos that ensues, when they will ever set foot on dry
land, and why they are all having intense dreams inhabited by scary
puppets. But as they say, "Bon Voyage!"


Christopher Johnston is a playwright, director, and independent journalist.
A filmed version of his play *The Ascension of Mary Mulligan* was released
in March 2023.His plays have appeared at BorderLight Fringe Festival,
Cleveland Public Theatre, convergence-continuum theatre, Dobama Theatre,
Notre Dame College, Playwright’s Local, Talespinner Children’s Theatre, and
West78th Street Theater in New York. In 2019, he received a Dramatists
Guild Foundation Writers Alliance Grant for his play Live Bodies for Sale.
Johnston completed his playwriting internship at the Cleveland Play House
during the 1989-90 season. He is a member or the Dramatists Guild and
serves on the boards of convergence-continuum theatre and the American
Society of Journalists and Authors. His book, *Shattering Silences:
Strategies to Prevent Sexual Assault, Heal Survivors, and Bring Assailants
to Justice*, was published by Skyhorse Publishers in May 2018.


Featuring Tamicka Scruggs, Katrice Monee Headd, Ben Blankenship, John
Lynch, Monica Zach, Matthew Zitelli. Directed by Alison Garrigan

Death Cruise 2020 by Christopher Johnston

Thu-Sat at 7:30 p.m.

Sunday June 15th at 3 p.m.

Tickets are $23 general admission, $18 seniors (65+), $18 students.

Season subscribers, please use your subscription code to reserve tickets.

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All performances are held at the Liminis Theater
2438 Scranton Rd. Cleveland 44113
in the Historic Tremont neighborhood.

-- 
Cory Molner
Executive Artistic Director
convergence-continuum
cmolner at convergence-continuum.org
216-308-9375
He/him (what this? <https://pronouns.org/>)
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