THE PILLOWMAN Opens 9/26 at convergence-continuum

convergence-continuum continues its 2014 Season with Martin McDonagh's viciously funny psychological thriller The Pillowman. The setting of this dark dramatic comedy is an unnamed totalitarian state where Katurian, a writer of short stories which often depict violence against children, has been arrested by two detectives, Ariel and Tupolski, because some of his stories resemble recent child murders. When he hears that his brother Michal has confessed to the murders and implicated Katurian, he resigns himself to his execution but attempts to save his stories from destruction. The play includes both narrations and reenactments of several of Katurian's stories, most notably the autobiographical "The Writer and the Writer's Brother", which tells how Katurian developed his disturbed imagination by hearing the sounds of Michal being tortured by their parents.

"...what The Pillowman is about, above all, is storytelling and the thrilling narrative potential of theater itself." (Ben Brantley, New York Times)

The Pillowman is directed by convergence-continuum's Geoffrey Hoffman and features company actors Robert Hawkes, Tom Kondilas and Stuart Hoffman, and newcomers to the Liminis stage Daniel McElhaney, Nicole McLaughlin and Melissa Freilich.

The Pillowman opens Fri, September 26 and runs Thu-Sat at 8 pm through October 18 at the Liminis theater, 2438 Scranton Rd, Cleveland 44113. Tickets are $15 general admission, $12 seniors, $10 students. Reservations and info are available at convergence-continuum.org, 216-687-0074, or info@convergence-continuum.org.

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