Fri 3/18 – Sat 4/16
Valparaiso is a tale of 15 minutes of fame directed by Clyde Simon. Ohio premiere. First play of convergence-continuum’s 10th season.
Synopsis:
Valparaiso revolves around an otherwise ordinary guy who suddenly becomes a national media sensation (think “Joe the Plumber,” “The Homeless Guy with the Golden Voice,” etc.) and follows the meteoric rise and spectacular fall of a troubled man who makes a series of mistakes when starting off on a business trip to Valparaiso, Indiana, gets on a plane to Valparaiso, Florida, and in trying to correct this error, ends up in Valparaiso, Chile. Its characters tend to have needs and desires shaped by the forces of broadcast technology.
This is also a play that makes obsessive poetry out of the language of routine airline announcements and the flow of endless information. This is the way we talk to each other today. This is the way we tell each other things, in public, before listening millions, that we don’t dare to say privately. Nothing is allowed to be unseen. Nothing remains unsaid. And everything melts repeatedly into something else, as if driven by the finger on the TV remote.
The Liminis – 2438 Scranton Rd. – Cle
http://Convergence-Continuum.org
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