The Francis Marion University Theatre will open its 2006-2007 season with Howard Richardson and William Berney's Dark of the Moon. Just in time for Halloween, this supernatural romantic tragedy (set in the haunting atmosphere of the Smokey Mountains) deals with witches, humans, and the intersection of their worlds. Based on the legend of Barbara Allen, it recounts the story of an elfin witch boy who once beheld the beautiful Barbara Allen and immediately fell in love with her. He is given human form to woo and marry her on the condition that she remain true to him. The marriage is consummated and Barbara gives birth to a witch child whom the midwives burn. In a frenzy of religious revival Barbara is led to betray her witch boy husband, breaking the spell. She dies and he returns forever to the world of the mountain witches.
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Please join us for this classic Broadway hit directed
by Glen
Gourley. Reservations for Dark of the Moon may be made beginning October 9 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. The Francis Marion University Theatre's winter production will be Kenneth Lonergan's This Is Our Youth (Feb. 22-24, 2007) and the season will conclude with Neil Simon's Fools (April 12-14, 2007). The University Experimental Theatre will present a series of one-act plays directed by students in FMU directing classes November 29-30, 2006 -- curtain at 7:30 pm, no reservations needed. For additional information contact Mr. Gourley in FAC 224, 661-1538, agourley@fmarion.edu. Interested in working "behind the scenes"? Contact Mr. Granath in FAC 222, 661-1536, dgranath@fmarion.edu. |
