Convergence-Continuum Presents Regional Premiere of NEIGHBORS
Convergence-continuum presents the regional premiere of NEIGHBORS by MacArthur genius award winner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. In parts minstrel show, family drama and tragic farce, it takes racial rage head-on in our supposedly "post-racial" world with shocking, savage humor. This outrageously provocative and controversial play is directed by Terrence Spivey (director of last year's con-con production of Bootycandy).
Classics professor Richard Patterson is not happy. The family of black entertainers that has moved in next door is an embarrassment-loud, raucous, tacky, shameless and obscene. They're not just taking over the neighborhood-they're infiltrating his perfect, interracial family and his perfect, post-racial sanity. In its scathing exploration of denial and its satire of black entertainment from minstrelsy to hip-hop, NEIGHBORS is a shocking, explosive, hilarious and wildly theatrical play.
NEIGHBORS opens Fri, July 7 and runs Thurs-Sat at 8 pm through July 29 at the Liminis Theater, 2438 Scranton Rd, Cleveland 44113 in the historic Tremont neighborhood. Tickets are $20 general admission, $15 seniors (65+), $10 students.
Reservations and information at convergence-continuum.org and 216-687-0074.
This production is supported in part by the residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture.
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