Cross the threshold to Cleveland's up-close, and OUT there theatre.
Now on Stage:
NEOMFA Playwrights Festival
with plays by Laura Barbieri, Eric Mansfield and Heather R. Sutherin
February 15-24, 2024
Thursday-Saturday at 8PM
For the thirteenth year, convergence-continuum continues its successful collaboration with the Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing Program.
Week 1 (February 15,16,17 at 8PM) features the following full-length show:
(Wo)Mansville by Laura Barbieri
The apocalypse is nigh, and in fact has been upon us for some time without anybody noticing. In the idyllic suburban town of Mansville, three 1960s housewives find themselves in a battle to the death when all the men of the town suddenly become the swarms of the undead.
WEEK 1 IS SOLD OUT
Week 2 (February 22, 23, 24 at 8PM) features the following full-length show:
Cemetery Calling by Eric Mansfield
Faith assumes her late, estranged father's role caring for the grounds of the town's oldest cemetery, where the dead from one of the country's most infamous tragedies help her learn about the dad she never knew.
and the 15-Minute Play:
Distant Stars by Heather R. Sutherin
Talkbacks after Thursday and Friday shows.
About con-con:
What if theatre weren't a mirror reflecting the familiar, but an opening into unknown territory? What if there were no fourth wall?
What if, instead of going to the theatre to watch a play, you crossed the threshold into the world of the play to experience it?
Theatre that expands the imagination and extends the conventional boundaries of language, structure, space, and performance that challenges the conventional notions of what theatre is.
What sort of theatre would this be?
