<html><head></head><body><div class="yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><p class="ydpb77194acMsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">convergence-continuum</span></p>
<p class="ydpb77194acMsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">in association
with the Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts consortium</span></p>
<p class="ydpb77194acMsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red">THE 2020 NEOMFA PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL</span></b></p>
<p class="ydpb77194acMsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">FEBRUARY 13 - 22</span></b></p>
<p class="ydpb77194acMsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Four world-premiere
plays by area graduate student playwrights</span></b></p>
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<p class="ydpb77194acMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Week 1 (Feb 13-15) features the full-length
play <b><i>A Shape to This Ache</i></b> by MFA candidate Morgan Elswick,
directed by Jonah Raider-Roth, featuring actors Joan Janknowski, Joseph Milan,
Claire Scott, and Kim Woodworth. <b>Drama, comedy and romance on a cruise ship.</b></span></p>
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<p class="ydpb77194acMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Week 2 (Feb 20-22) features the one-act
play, <i>T<b>he Purple Queen</b></i><b>, </b>a boardroom intrigue by Ralph
Myers, directed by Tyson<b> </b>Douglas Rand, and two ten-minute plays: <b><i>First
to Die Wins, </i></b>a comedy by Justin Lazor, directed by Eva Nel Brettrager and
the performance piece <b><i>Autopoesis</i></b> by Oana Leuce, directed by David
Munnell.<span> </span>Featuring the acting ensemble 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.</span></p>
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<p class="ydpb77194acMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Tickets:<font color="#9d1811" style="background-color: inherit;"> <b>$10 general admission, $5
students</b></font> at <a href="http://convergence-continuum.org" fg_scanned="1" class="">convergence-continuum.org</a> and 216-687-0074.</span></p><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Running
Thu-Sat at 8 pm thru Sept 22</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">
at Liminis Theater 2438 Scranton Rd, Cleveland 44113 in the historic Tremont
neighborhood.</span><br></div><p></p>
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<p class="ydpb77194acMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><b>SEE WHAT THE NEXT GENERATION OF
PLAYWRIGHTS IS UP TO!</b></span></p></div><br></div></div></body></html>