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PRESENTS</b></p><p><b></b></p><b></b>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%;"><b>THE 2020 NEOMFA
PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL </b></p><p><b></b></p><b></b>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%;"><b>FEBRUARY 13 - 22</b></p><p><b></b></p><b></b>
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<p class="MsoNormal">(CLEVELAND, OHIO – JANUARY
2019). For the ninth year,
convergence-continuum continues its successful collaboration with the
Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts (<span style="text-transform:uppercase;">NEOMFA</span>)
in Creative Writing Program. The Festival runs two weekends,
Thursday-Saturday at 8 pm, with different plays each weekend.</p><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Week 1 features the
full-length play <b><i>A Shape to This Ache</i></b> by MFA candidate Morgan
Elswick, directed by Jonah Roth, featuring actors Joan Janknowski, Joseph
Milan, Claire Scott, and Kim Woodworth. </p><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Week 2 features the
one-act play <i>T<b>he Purple Queen</b></i><b> </b>by Ralph
Myers, directed by Tyson<b> </b>Douglas Rand, and two ten-minute plays: <b><i>First
to Die Wins</i></b> by Justin Lazor, directed by Eva Nel
Brettrager and <b><i>Autopoiesis</i></b> by Oana Leuce, directed
by David Munnell.</p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Week 2 plays
feature the following cast members in various roles: J.C. Cifranic,
Samantha Cocco, Jamal Davidson, Mike Frye, Robert Lucchesi, Casey McCann, Grace
Mitri, J.P. Peralta, Hanna Storch, Tim Tavcar and Monica Zach.</p><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:3pt;margin-left:0in;"><i>The 2020 NEOMFA Playwrights Festival </i>opens Thursday, Feb. 13 and runs at 8 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and
Saturdays through Feb. 22 at the Liminis Theater, 2438 Scranton Rd., Cleveland,
OH 44113 in the historic Tremont neighborhood.</p><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:3pt;margin-left:0in;">Tickets are $10
general admission and $5 for students. Tickets
and information are available at convergence-continuum.org or 216-687-0074.</p><p></p><br><br></body></html>