Hunter Gatherers Plays Convergence-Continuum, 7/16-8/14

convergence-continuum continues its 2010 Season at the Liminis theatre with the Ohio premiere of Hunter Gatherers, an outrageous knock-about comedy, by Peter Sinn Nachtrieb. With Hunter Gatherers, Peter Sinn Nachtrieb (playwright of boom) has concocted a combination of zany farce and wicked social satire. Pam and Richard are hosting their best friends, Wendy and Tom, for their annual dinner get-together. An animal sacrifice kicks off the evening, followed by a little more sex, violence, deception, revelations, wrestling and dancing than in previous years. A darkly comic evening where the line between civilized and primal human is blurred, and where not everyone will survive long enough to enjoy the brownies for dessert.

Hunter Gatherers is directed by convergence-continuum's Artistic Director Clyde Simon and features company actors Geoffrey Hoffman, Laurel Johnson, Tom Kondilas and Lauren B. Smith. Designers include Terrii Zernechel (lights), Daniel Taylor (sound), Sade Wolfkitten (costumes) and Jim Valore (set). The Stage Manager is Scott Gorbach. Hunter Gatherers opens Friday, July 16 and runs at 8 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays through August 14 at the Liminis, 2438 Scranton Rd., Cleveland, OH 44113. Tickets are $15 general admission, $12 for students and seniors (65+). For reservations and information call 216-687-0074 or visit www.convergence-continuum.org on the web.

Peter Sinn Nachtrieb is a San Francisco-based playwright whose works include boom (TCG's most produced play 2009-10), T.I.C. (Trenchcoat In Common), Hunter Gatherers (2007 ATCA/Steinberg New Play Award, 2007 Will Glickman Prize), Colorado, and Multiplex. His work has been seen off-Broadway and across the country including at Ars Nova, SPF, Woolly Mammoth Theatre, Seattle Repertory, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Cleveland Public Theatre, Brown/Trinity Playwrights Rep, Wellfleet Harbor Actor's Theatre, Dad's Garage, and in the Bay Area at Encore Theatre, Killing My Lobster, Marin Theatre Company, Impact Theatre, and The Bay Area Playwrights Festival. His newest plays are BOB, a South Coast Rep commission, and Litter, a commission for A.C.T. Peter holds a degree in Theater and Biology from Brown and an MFA in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University. Peter is a brand new member of New Dramatists and a Resident Playwright at the Playwrights Foundation, San Francisco. He likes to promote himself online at www.peternachtrieb.com.