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The cleaving of identity
Cleave – Elena Belyea’s latest play exploring the meaty questions of identity, self-acceptance, and acceptance of others – joins audiences and performers in the common experience of searching for an answer to the question ‘who am I?’, while recognizing that the answer to that question can only come from unique and separate journeys for each person.
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