<div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Convergence-continuum <span style="font-size:11pt">announces auditions for the 14th annual NEOMFA Playwrights
Festival!</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Auditions to be held at the theatre located at</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">2438 Scranton Rd. Cleveland, Ohio 44113</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts (NEOMFA) is a unique
graduate program that offers a terminal degree in Creative Writing. Each year,
convergence-continuum hosts a 2-weekend festival featuring works by students of
the program. Each show is given a full production for the playwright to
experience their work on stage. Rehearsals will start the first week of
January. Those who have participated in the past can testify that the festival
is an intensive, busy and thoroughly fun experience! Shows can range from
10-minute shorts to full length.</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">This season will feature 1 full length play:</p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Executing Eve by Eric Mansfield</b></p>

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<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Synopsis</b>: It’s 2034 and Governor Kaiser has
returned Ohio to town square hangings as part of <span style="font-size:11pt">his new speedy-and-public execution policy for convicted
killers given death sentences. That </span><span style="font-size:11pt">means a midnight death in the Medina town square is  just
hours away for Eve, who was found </span><span style="font-size:11pt">guilty of poisoning the judge she believes is responsible
for her sister’s death after he rejected </span><span style="font-size:11pt">pleas from Eve and doctors hoping to intervene during a
high-risk pregnancy. With crowds </span><span style="font-size:11pt">gathering outside the jail and little hope of an11th hour
reprieve from the U.S. Supreme Court, </span><span style="font-size:11pt">Eve plays  the one card she has up her sleeve in hopes of
saving her life while also using what </span><span style="font-size:11pt">may be her final hours alive to face the choices that
have made her the face of futuristic </span><span style="font-size:11pt">American justice.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Cast</b></p>

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</span></span>Eve - W/F. Mid-30's. Convicted killer who has
been wasting away in the same jail cell for the last 30 days waiting to be
hanged in the town square.</p>

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</span></span>Agatha - B/F. Public defender who has taken up
Eve's case from the moment she was arrested. She is tired from working 24/7
hoping to find a reprieve to save Eve's life.</p>

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</span></span>Kaya - W/F Mid-30's. Eve's younger sister. The
two share the same biological parents and were adopted together as toddlers.
Outspoken and demonstrative, Kaya possesses a sharp tongue and quick temper.
She'd blow up the jail if she thought she could save Eve from her fate at the
rope.</p>

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</span></span>Fucker - Male. Voice behind the camera that
watches Eve's every movement in the jail cell.</p>

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</span></span>Marty - F 40-50's. Seasoned author whose made a
life telling others' stories.</p>

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</span></span>Grace - F 30-50. Wife of the judge killed by Eve</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Auditions will be Saturday December 7^th at Noon</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">and Sunday December 8th 7PM</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Please arrive early to fill out an audition form and bring
any conflicts which you may have.</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Auditions will consist of readings from the scripts.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Production Dates are Thursday December 13th - Saturday February 22nd (Shows Thursday through saturday at 7:30 PM).</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">For more information please contact <a href="mailto:info@convergence-continuum.org">info@convergence-continuum.org</a></span></p></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Cory Molner<div>Executive Artistic Director</div><div>convergence-continuum</div><div><a href="mailto:cmolner@convergence-continuum.org" target="_blank">cmolner@convergence-continuum.org</a></div><div>216-308-9375</div><div>He/him (<a href="https://pronouns.org/" target="_blank">what this?</a>)</div></div></div></div>