<html><body style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';">CONVERGENCE-CONTINUUM
PRESENTS THE OHIO PREMIERE OF</span></p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';color:#C00000;">TOM AT THE FARM</span></b></p><p><b></b></p><b></b>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';">by Michel
Marc Bouchard, translated by Linda Gaboriau</span></p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';">OPENING FRI,
JULY 12</span></p><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';">Convergence-continuum presents Ohio
premiere of <i>Tom at the Farm </i>by Michel
Marc Bouchard, translated by Linda Gaboriau, opening Friday, July 12. This
psycho-sexual thriller is the third play in con-con’s 2019 Season: Star-Crossed.</span></p><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';">Following
the accidental death of his lover, urban junior ad executive, Tom, travels from
the city to a remote farm in rural Ontario for the funeral. There he finds a
religious family who knows nothing of his existence, and is blindsided by his
lost boyfriend’s legacy of untruth. The mother is expecting a girlfriend, and
his dead boyfriend’s brother is hell-bent on preserving a facade of “normalcy.”
This causes some pretty humorous moments
when Tom’s gal-pal shows up; however, the brother’s obsession also brings him
to draw Tom into a twisted and brutal sexually-charged game to coerce Tom into
joining the lies, until Tom finally confronts the torment that drove his lover
to live in the shadows of deceit.</span><i><span style="font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';"></span></i></p><p><i></i></p><i></i>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><i><span style="font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';">Tom
at the Farm </span></i><span style="font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';">is
directed by convergence-continuum’s Tom Kondilas. Members of the acting
ensemble are Mike Frye, Daniel McElhany, Laura Starnik and Madelyn Voltz.</span></p><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><i><span style="font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';">Tom
at the Farm </span></i><span style="font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';">opens
Friday, July 12 and runs Thu-Sat at 8 p.m. through August 3 at the Liminis
Theater, 2438 Scranton Rd., Cleveland 44113 in the historic Tremont
neighborhood. Fri and Sat tickets are
$20 general admission, $15 for seniors and $10 for students. Thurs tickets are $15 gen. admission, $12
seniors and $8 students. Tickets and information are available 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';">Convergence-continuum’s production of <i>Tom at the Farm </i>is supported in part </span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">by</span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"> the residents of Cuyahoga County</span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts
& Culture.</span></p>
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