The Gift of Darkness: 2024 Cleveland Humanities Festival

During an eclipse, the moon obscures the sun, casting the earth in darkness but revealing new insights in the process. The poems, monologues, and short dramatic pieces that make up this performance will reflect on the eclipse, awe, and what can be revealed, both literally and metaphorically, in darkness. The words in reading are crafted by local writers and performed by professional actors under the direction of poet, playwright, and former Literary Cleveland Executive Director Christine Howey. Individually, the voices of the writers bring to life light and darkness, humor and horror, love and loss, the heavens and the earth.