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R&J</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:16pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';"></span></b></p><p><b></b></p><b></b>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';">A wild
and unrestrained adaptation by Joe Calarco</span></b></p><p><b></b></p><b></b>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';color:#C00000;">NOW ONSTAGE AT CONVERGENCE-CONTINUUM</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';">In a
repressive Catholic boys' boarding school, four students discover the forbidden
text of Shakespeare’s play <i>Romeo and Juliet </i>and secretly enact the play,
taking turns reading the play aloud. The words and story are thrilling to the
boys, and they become swept away in an athletic deluge of adolescent agitation,
anxiety, and fierce desires that parallel their own lives. Although they had
been taking turns playing all the parts, two of the boys eventually emerge
playing Romeo and Juliet exclusively, bringing a whole new dimension to the
proceedings. </span></p><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><span style="font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';"> “Hot-blooded ... Wrenching ...
pulsates with an adolescent abandon and electricity of which Romeo himself
might approve” -The New York Times</span></p><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;margin-left:.5in;"><span style="font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';">“A superb adaptation that will open your eyes and
ears to the piece as if you were experiencing it with unjaded wonder for the
first time.” -The Independent (London)</span></p><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><i><span style="font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';">Shakespeare’s
R&J </span></i><span style="font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';">is directed
by convergence-continuum’s Executive Director Cory Molner. Members of the cast
are Zach Palumbo, Michael Emery Fox, Joe Soriano and John P. Cox.</span></p><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><i><span style="font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';">Shakespeare’s
R&J </span></i><span style="font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';"> runs Thu-Sat at 8 p.m. through Sept 21 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>Shakespeare’s R&J </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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