OPENING FRI, MAY 24 AT CONVERGENCE-CONTINUUM

STATEMENTS AFTER AN ARREST UNDER THE IMMORALITY ACT

by Athol Fugard, directed by Terrence Spivey

Convergence-continuum presents the Ohio premiere of Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act by legendary South African playwright Athol Fugard, running May 24 – June 15.  This intense and poetic drama is the second in con-con’s 2019 Star-Crossed Season, and is directed by Terrence Spivey, with actors Corin B. Self, Jill Kenderes and Keith Racey.

Set in apartheid South Africa, where relationships across the color bar were a criminal offence, two lovers - a black man and white woman meet secretly in the library where she works to make love and share their hopes and fears. An observant neighbor reports them to the police who secretly photographs them and eventually break in and arrest the couple under the heartless Immorality Act then in effect. The play is a compelling and deeply moving love story in which the physically and emotionally naked lovers expose their deepest longings for personal and emotional freedom.   [Note: this play contains nudity]

Statements opens Fri, May 24 and runs Thurs-Sat at 8 pm through June 15 at the Liminis Theater, 2438 Scranton Rd, Cleveland 44113 in the historic Tremont neighborhood. Tickets available at convergence-continuum.org and 216-687-0074: $20 general admission, $15 seniors (65+) and $10 students.  Thursday discount tickets are $15 gen. adm., $12 seniors and $8 students. 

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This production of Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act is supported in part by

the residents of Cuyahoga County  through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture.