EXIT, PURSUED BY A BEAR OPENS FRIDAY, AUGUST 11TH, AT CONVERGENCE-CONTINUUM   Convergence-continuum continuesit’s 2023 season, with EXIT, PURSUED BY ABEAR by Lauren Gunderson. Nan has decided toteach her abusive husband Kyle a lesson. With the help of her friend Simon(acting as her emotional -- and actual -- cheerleader) and a stripper namedSweetheart, she tapes Kyle to a chair and forces him to watch as they reenactsscenes from their painful past. In the piece de resistance, they plan to coverthe room in meat and honey so Kyle will be mauled by a bear. Through this nightof emotional trials and ridiculous theatrics, Nan and Kyle are both freed fromtheir past in this smart, dark revenge comedy. This is the 1stplay in the Shakespeare Cycle, a series of contemporary comedies based onShakespeare's plays. See Toil and Trouble and The Taming for the other plays inthis series. "If the Coen Brothers decided to set afeminist 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 offriendship, domestic abuse, and performance-as-catharsis."- ArtsCritic Atlanta "It is a well-balanced mix of serioussubject matter and laughter. The play is real and highly unlikely, but it's thehighly unlikely parts that make the on-stage witnessing of the real-life,depressing, heart breaking horror of domestic violence possible... It wasperfect." - CommunityEducator for the Women's Resource Center to End Domestic Violence "Bear is rawand hilarious." - American Theatre Magazine Exit, Pursued by a Bear opens Friday, August 11  and runs Thu-Sat at 8 p.m, through September 2at convergence-continuum’s Liminis Theater, 2438 Scranton Rd., Cleveland, OH44113 in the historic Tremont neighborhood. Tickets are $23 general admission,$18 for seniors and $18 for students. Tickets and information are available atwww.convergence-continuum.org and 216-687-0074. Cory MolnerExecutive Artistic Director, convergence-continuum Theater(He/Him/His)