ISAAC'S EYE Opens Today at convergence-continuum

convergence-continuum kicks off its 2015 Season with the Ohio premiere of Lucas Hnath's modern send-up of old-fashioned historical dramas, ISAAC'S EYE.

It's sex, drugs and science in the 17th century! Although the central characters represent actual figures, notably Isaac Newton and British scientist Sir Robert Hooke, their speech is distinctly contemporary -- a kind of funky, hipster idiom.

As a young man, Isaac Newton stuck a long needle through his tear duct all the way to the back of his eye. And then he moved it around. (For real!) No one now knows why or what he was trying to prove by this risky experiment. Lucas Hnath has used this weird factoid, along with lots of other actual historical facts, and a whole bunch of made-up stuff involving Isaac's sort-of fiancée Catherine and a startlingly lecherous (again, for real) Sir Robert Hooke, to create a highly original and truly quirky look at what drove the brilliant but troubled rural farm boy, Isaac, to become one of the world's greatest thinkers.

Isaac's Eye is directed by convergence-continuum's Artistic Director, Clyde Simon, and features company actors Amy Bistok Bunce, Bobby Coyne, Robert Branch and Jonathan Wilhelm.

Isaac's Eye opens today, March 20 and runs Thu-Sat at 8 pm through April 11 at the Liminis theater, 2438 Scranton Rd, Cleveland 44113. Tickets are $15 general admission, $12 seniors, $10 students. Reservations and information are available at convergence-continuum.org and 216-687-0074.

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