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PRESENTS</span></b></p><p><b></b></p><b></b>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:4pt;line-height:normal;"><b><i><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';color:#C00000;">THE 2019 NEOMFA PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL</span></i></b></p><p><b><i></i></b></p><b><i></i></b>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin-top:6pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:4pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:normal;"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';">FEBRUARY 14 – 23 </span></b></p><p><b></b></p><b></b>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">Convergence-continuum presents <b>five world-premiere plays</b> by local graduate-student playwrights at
the 2019 NEOMFA Playwrights Festival, featuring two full-length plays and three
ten-minute plays by graduate student playwrights over two weekends. At the <b>Liminis Theater</b>, 2438 Scranton Rd,
Cleveland 44113 in the historic Tremont neighborhood.</span></p><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">Thurs-Sat,
Feb 14-16: </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"> The full-length play <i>Kafka in an Above
Ground Pool</i>, an absurdist play by Renee Schilling, directed by David
Munnell. This will be paired with two 10-minute plays: <i>We Think Differently </i>by
Ralph Meyers, directed by Beau Reinker and <i>Confirmation </i>by Jacob
Bremkamp, directed by Scott Zolkowski.</span></p><p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">Thurs-Sat, Feb 21-23: </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">The full-length play <i>Ghost Play</i> by
Morgan Elswick, directed by Amy Bistok, paired with <i>Bulls**t</i>, a ten-minute
play by Klae Bainter, directed by Jonah Roth.</span><br><br><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';color:#000000;">The plays are part of a three-year intensive
program of study under playwright and Cleveland State University professor Mike
Geither, and are co-produced by convergence-continuum and the Northeast Ohio
Master of Fine Arts (NEOMFA) in Creative Writing consortium. This will be the
eighth year convergence-continuum has mounted the Festival.</span></p><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';color:#000000;">Tickets are
only $10 general admission, $5 for students.</span></b></p><p><b></b></p><b></b>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';color:#000000;">Reservations
and information at <a href="http://convergence-continuum.org">convergence-continuum.org</a> and 216-687-0074</span></b></p><p><b></b></p><b></b><br></body></html>