End Days

by Deborah Zoe Laufer

Directed by Fred Sternfeld

Featuring: Dan Folino*, Lara Knox*, Laura Perrotta*, George Roth*, Li Stebner and Dylan White

MONDAY, APRIL 28 at 7:00 PM

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30 at 7:00 PM
at DOBAMA THEATRE, 2340 Lee Road, Cleveland Heights

Sixteen-year-old Rachel Stein is having a bad year. Her father hasn’t changed out of his pajamas since 9/11. Her mother has begun a close, personal relationship with Jesus. Her new neighbor, a 16-year-old Elvis impersonator, has fallen for her, hard. And the Apocalypse is coming Wednesday. Her only hope is that Stephen Hawking and Jesus will save them all.

Deborah Zoe Laufer is winner of the Helen Merrill Playwriting Award, the Lilly Award and an ACTA Steinberg citation. END DAYS has received more than 50 productions worldwide and has been translated into German, Russian and Greek. Other titles include: Leveling Up, Sirens, Out of Sterno, and The Last Schwartz.

Be sure to see the world premiere production of her play Informed Consent, April 25-May 18, part of the 2014 New Ground Theatre Festival at Cleveland Play House.

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