<html><head></head><body><div class="ydpa8725477yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><i><span>EXIT, PURSUED BY A BEAR</span></i></b><b><span> OPENS FRIDAY, AUGUST 11TH, </span></b></div><div style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span>AT </span></b><b>CONVERGENCE-CONTINUUM</b></div>
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<p class="ydpf2d6fd55MsoNormal"><span>Convergence-continuum continues
it’s 2023 season, with <i>EXIT, PURSUED BY A
BEAR by Lauren Gunderson</i>.</span></p>
<p class="ydpf2d6fd55MsoNormal"><span>Nan has decided to
teach her abusive husband Kyle a lesson. With the help of her friend Simon
(acting as her emotional -- and actual -- cheerleader) and a stripper named
Sweetheart, she tapes Kyle to a chair and forces him to watch as they reenacts
scenes from their painful past. In the piece de resistance, they plan to cover
the room in meat and honey so Kyle will be mauled by a bear. Through this night
of emotional trials and ridiculous theatrics, Nan and Kyle are both freed from
their past in this smart, dark revenge comedy.</span></p>
<p class="ydpf2d6fd55MsoNormal"><span>This is the 1st
play in the Shakespeare Cycle, a series of contemporary comedies based on
Shakespeare's plays. See Toil and Trouble and The Taming for the other plays in
this series.</span></p>
<p class="ydpf2d6fd55MsoNormal"><i><span>"If the Coen Brothers decided to set a
feminist revenge tale in Atlanta and sprinkle it with Dixie Chicks pixie dust,
it might look something like Exit, Pursued by a Bear, a raucous comedy of
friendship, domestic abuse, and performance-as-catharsis."-</span></i><span> ArtsCritic Atlanta</span></p>
<p class="ydpf2d6fd55MsoNormal"><i><span>"It is a well-balanced mix of serious
subject matter and laughter. The play is real and highly unlikely, but it's the
highly unlikely parts that make the on-stage witnessing of the real-life,
depressing, heart breaking horror of domestic violence possible... It was
perfect."</span></i><span> - Community
Educator for the Women's Resource Center to End Domestic Violence</span></p>
<p class="ydpf2d6fd55MsoNormal"><span>"Bear is raw
and hilarious." - American Theatre Magazine</span></p>
<p class="ydpf2d6fd55MsoNormal"><i><span>Exit, Pursued by a Bear </span></i><span>opens Friday, August 11 <span> </span>and runs Thu-Sat at 8 p.m, through September 2
at convergence-continuum’s Liminis Theater, 2438 Scranton Rd., Cleveland, OH
44113 in the historic Tremont neighborhood. Tickets are $23 general admission,
$18 for seniors and $18 for students. Tickets and information are available at
www.convergence-continuum.org and 216-687-0074.</span></p></div><div><br></div><div class="ydpa8725477signature"><div style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Cory Molner<div>Executive Artistic Director, <span style="font-style:italic;">convergence-continuum Theater</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-style:italic;">(He/Him/His)</span></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></body></html>