NEOMFA Playwrights Festival at convergence-continuum

For the ninth year, convergence-continuum continues its successful collaboration with the Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts (NEOMFA) in Creative Writing Program. The Festival runs two weekends, Thursday-Saturday at 8 pm, with different plays each weekend. Week 1 (Feb 13-15) features the full-length play A Shape to This Ache by MFA candidate Morgan Elswick, directed by Jonah Roth, featuring actors Joan Janknowski, Joseph Milan, Claire Scott, and Kim Woodworth. Week 2 (Feb 20-22) features the one-act play The Purple Queen by Ralph Myers, directed by Tyson Douglas Rand, and two ten-minute plays: First to Die Wins by Justin Lazor, directed by Eva Nel Brettrager and Autopoiesis by Oana Leuce, directed by David Munnell. The Week 2 plays feature the following cast members in various roles: J.C. Cifranic, Samantha Cocco, Jamal Davidson, Mike Frye, Robert Lucchesi, Casey McCann, Grace Mitri, J.P. Peralta, Hanna Storch, Tim Tavcar and Monica Zach.