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PRESENTS <i><span style="color:#FF0000;">THE OLDEST PROFESSION </span></i>BY PAULA
VOGEL</span></b></p><p><b></b></p><b></b>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';">OPENING
FRIDAY, MARCH 23 AT THE LIMINIS THEATER</span></b></p><p><b></b></p><b></b>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';">Convergence-continuum
presents the Cleveland premiere of <i>THE OLDEST PROFESSION </i>by Pulitzer
Prize winning playwright Paula Vogel. It’s
1981, the year in which Ronald Reagan is about to the White House, and five hookers
of advanced age (50’s-70’s) are faced with a diminishing clientele, increased
competition for their niche market, and aching joints. The motley crew of ladies
– who ply their trade on New York’s Upper West Side -- have been colleagues for
decades. With wit, compassion, humor, and
some pretty naughty songs, they struggle to find and learn new tricks as they
fight to stay in “the Life” in an era of trickle-down economics.</span></p><p></p>
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<b>“</b>endearing, gritty and witty<b>”<i> </i></b>(<i>DC Theatre Scene</i>)</span></p><p></p>
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“warm and funny, bitchy and bright” (<i>Talkin’
Broadway</i>)</span></p><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><i><span style="font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';">THE
OLDEST PROFESSION </span></i><span style="font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';">is
directed by Amy Bistok, with Moss Stanley, Music Director / </span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">pianist and Jonathan Wilhelm, Stage
Manager / Assistant Director.</span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">The cast
features actors Lucy Bredeson-Smith, Jeanne Madison, Marcia Mandell, Jeanne
Task and Valerie Young.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><i><span style="font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';">THE
OLDEST PROFESSION </span></i><span style="font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';">opens
Fri, Mar 23 and runs Thurs-Sat at 8 pm through Apr 14 at the Liminis Theater,
2438 Scranton Rd, Cleveland 44113 in the historic Tremont neighborhood. Fri & Sat tickets are $20 general
admission, $15 seniors (65+), $10 students; Thurs tickets are $15, $12 and $8 at <a href="http://convergence-continuum.org">convergence-continuum.org</a> and (216) 687-0074.</span></p><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';">This production<i> </i>is supported in part by the residents of
Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture.</span></p><p></p>
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