Fri 6/6-Sat 6/28
It’s doubtful whether anyone wants to revisit the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic with its cascade of shutdowns, including cruise ships that became hives of contagion. But that’s what Cleveland playwright Christopher Johnston is doing in his new work, Death Cruise 2020, which opens at convergence-continuum’s Tremont venue the Liminis this week.
It literally springboards off those luckless passengers trapped aboard huge cruise ships as the virus began to spread, following the reactions of a diverse group of passengers including a Vietnam veteran, a woman with a background of personal trauma, a young classic rock fan, a woman undergoing a faith crisis and a stand-up comic who’s the ship’s cruise director. Scary puppets are involved too. Don’t go if you’re afraid of Covid flashbacks.
Cleveland theater legend, actor/director/costumer/puppet maker Alison Garrigan returns to direct the cast of six. It runs through Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:30 through Saturday June28, with a Sunday 3pm show on June 15. Go here for tickets.