OPENING NEXT FRIDAY, AUG 14 AT CONVERGENCE-CONTINUUM: THE WORLD PREMIERE OF TEAR IT OFF BY CLEVELAND PLAYWRIGHT MIKE GEITHER Two sisters pass the time by writing a romance novel. But when their hunky handyman becomes their co-author, the line between reality and fiction blurs. Our heroine gets stranded on a lonely wooded island. A dashing pilot joins her when his small plane crashes. A bear attacks. Two star-crossed lovers dance, rising high above the tops of birches, as they whirl breathlessly toward unfettered realms. Inhibitions get left behind in a pile in the wilderness and on the living room floor, as the authors find themselves living the hot and steamy clichés of their book. TEAR IT OFF is being directed by guest director Karin Randoja, a founding member of Canada's Primus Theatre and recognized as among Toronto's most innovative and daring experimental theatre directors. Featuring con-con company members Lucy Bredeson-Smith, Beau Reinker and Lauren B. Smith, and newcomer to the Liminis stage, Terence Cranendonk. TEAR IT OFF opens next Fri, Aug 14 and runs Thu-Sat at 8 pm through Sept 5 at the Liminis theater, 2438 Scranton Rd, Cleveland 44113, in the historic Tremont neighborhood. Tickets are $15 general admission, $12 seniors (65+), $10 students. Tickets and information at http://www.convergence-continuum.org and 216-687-0074.