2024 NEOMFA Playwrights Festival

Show Description:

For the thirteenth year, convergence-continuum continues its successful collaboration with the Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing Program. 

Week One (2/15 - 2/17):
(Wo)Mansville by Laura Barbieri

The apocalypse is nigh, and in fact has been upon us for some time without anybody noticing. In the idyllic suburban town of Mansville, three 1960s housewives find themselves in a battle to the death when all the men of the town suddenly become the swarms of the undead.

Week Two (2/22 - 2/24):
Cemetery Calling by Eric Mansfield
Faith assumes her late, estranged father's role caring for the grounds of the town's oldest cemetery, where the dead from one of the country's most infamous tragedies help her learn about the dad she never knew.

and the 15-Minute Play:
Distant Stars by Heather R. Sutherin