Thu 2/13-Sat 2/15 @ 7:30PM
Thu 2/20-Sat 2/22 @ 7:30PM
For the 14th year, the playwrights from the Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts (NEOMFA) program will see their work performed onstage at convergence-continuum’s little theater in Tremont at the NEOMFA Playfest.
Its first offering is a timely, dystopian work by Eric Mansfield called Executing Eve. And it’s set just 10 years in the future with a tragically and infuriatingly believable scenario.
“It’s 2034 and Governor Kaiser has returned Ohio to town square hangings as part of his new speedy-and-public execution policy for convicted killers given death sentences,” we’re told. “That means a midnight death in the Medina town square is just hours away for Eve, who was found guilty of poisoning the judge she believes is responsible for her sister’s death after he rejected pleas from Eve and doctors hoping to intervene during a high-risk pregnancy. With crowds gathering outside the jail and little hope of an 11th hour reprieve from the U.S. Supreme Court, Eve plays the one card she has up her sleeve in hopes of saving her life while also using what may be her final hours alive to face the choices that have made her the face of futuristic American justice.”
Don’t go if you think this is too close to today’s reality and you’re freaking out about it. Otherwise, get tickets here.