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Department of Fine Arts The University
Theatre Presents:
April 13-15, 2006
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The Francis Marion University Theatre will conclude its 2005-2006 season with Christopher Durang's The Actor's Nightmare. Having casually wandered onstage, George is informed that one of the actors, Eddie, has been in an auto accident and he must replace him immediately. apparently no one is sure of what play is being performed but George (costumed as Hamlet) seems to find himself in the middle of a scene from Private Lives, surrounded by such luminaries as Sarah Siddons, Dame Ellen Terry and Henry Irving. As he fumbles through one missed cue after another the other actors shift to Hamlet, then a play by Samuel Beckett (Endgame), and then a climactic scene from what might well be A Man for All Seasons - by which time the disconcerted George has lost all sense of contact with his fellow performers. Yet, in the closing moments of the play, he rises to the occasion and finally says the right lines - whereupon make-believe suddenly gives way to reality as the executioner's ax - (meant for Sir Thomas More) - instead sends poor George to oblivion, denying him a well-earned curtain call. The Francis Marion University Theatre's fall production was Romeo and Juliet. The winter mainstage production was The Hammerstone by FMU professor Jon Tuttle. Reservations for The Actor's Nightmare may be made beginning April 3 by calling the box office at 661-1365. The box office will be open to reserve seats Monday through Friday from 1 pm to 5 pm. All tickets are free to the public. Curtain is at 8:00. For additional information contact Mr. Gourley in FAC 110, 661-1545, agourley@fmarion.edu. Interested in working "behind the scenes"? Contact Mr. Granath in FAC 222, 661-1536, dgranath@fmarion.edu. |
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