<div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">con<i>ver</i>gence-continu<i>um</i> will conclude its 2024 season with the
Ohio Premiere of <i>This Side of Crazy</i> by Del Shores. From the writer of
<i>Sordid Lives</i> and <i>Queer as Folk</i> comes a brand-new comedy about fame, family, and
finding your way back home.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Ditty Blaylock, the most prolific singer in gospel music
history, is being honored by Gospel Music Network. All the stars are aligning
to showcase Ditty’s songs on her TV special. But there is one glitch. A little
hiccup. Ditty has promised a reunion of The Blaylock Sisters, her three adult
daughters who were once national sensations – “little superstars for Jesus.”</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Rachel, the oldest sister, who lives with Ditty, is furious
when she finds out that her baby sister Bethany, an atheist and lesbian, and
Abigail, her middle sister who has “anger issues” and currently is confined to
a mental facility, are headed home. What the public doesn't know is that these
complicated sisters have been estranged for over twenty-five years – and
extreme past circumstances, including a husband left in a coma, have made
reconciliation impossible.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Once the sisters are reunited, secrets are revealed, tempers
flare and family wounds are exposed. But… the show must go on!</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></p><p style="margin-top:0px;box-sizing:border-box;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5rem;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:CircularXXWeb,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(251,251,251)">“Highly theatrical and highly natural... the story just rockets itself along, with revelations enough to surprise us for the entire running time.” – <em style="margin-top:0px;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:100%">Talkin' Broadway</em></p><p style="margin-top:0px;box-sizing:border-box;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5rem;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:CircularXXWeb,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(251,251,251)">“The play is written in multiple scenes that fit together like a jigsaw puzzle with a stunning but satisfying ending. The seriousness of the plotline is softened with classic zingers that bring spontaneous laughter throughout... so well written it verifies Alfred North Whitehead’s concept of relative time.” – <em style="margin-top:0px;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:100%">For All Events</em></p><p style="margin-top:0px;box-sizing:border-box;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5rem;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:CircularXXWeb,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(251,251,251)">“Each of the four ladies achieves some wonderful moments of pathos, passion, and welcome laughs throughout the show.” – <em style="margin-top:0px;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:100%">San Francisco Examiner</em></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Featuring Jason Romer as Ditty Blaylock, Katelyn Cornelius as
Rachel Blaylock, Susan Stein as Abigail Blaylock and Samantha Cocco as Bethany
Blaylock. Directed by Kate Smith.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><i>This
Side of Crazy </i>opens Friday,
December 6 and runs Thu-Sat at 8 p.m, Sunday at 3p.m. through December 21 at
con<i>ver</i>gence-continu<i>um</i>’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 <a href="http://www.convergence-continuum.org">www.convergence-continuum.org</a> and 216-687-0074.</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>