The Francis Marion
University Theatre's 2014-15 winter production will be The Fantasticks,
a musical by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt. Professor Keith Best will
direct and it will be performed in the downtown Performing Arts Center
February 18-22, 2015.
THE STORY:
The Fantasticks, by Tom Jones & Harvey Schmidt, is the
world's longest running musical - running for over 50 years in Manhattan
and entrancing generations of audiences the world over.
The Fantasticks is a funny and romantic musical about a boy, a girl, two fathers and a wall. The narrator, El Gallo,
asks the audience to use their imagination and follow him into a world
of moonlight and magic. The boy and the girl fall in love, grow apart,
and finally find their way back to each other after realizing the truth
in El Gallo's words that "without a hurt, the heart is hollow".
The famous score, which includes the classics Try To Remember, They Were You and Soon It's Gonna Rain, is as timeless as the story itself.
THE CAST
El Gallo..................Kevin Holloway
Matt........................Jamel Randle
Luisa..................Caroline Spearman
Hucklebee.................Malcolm Parker
Bellomy................Zachary Greenwood
Henry...................Treshawn Simmons
Mortimer...................Ilia Campbell
The Mute...................Jordan Watson
RESERVATIONS:
Reservations may
be made by calling 843-661-4444 between 12:00
and 5:00 pm.
The Francis Marion University Theatre's 2014-2015 season opened with Circle Mirror Transformation by Annie Baker, directed by Dr. Dawn Larsen. The season will close with 'night, Mother
by Marsha Norman, directed by professor Glen Gourley and performed
in the Hyman Fine Arts Center April 16-18, 2015.
For additional
information contact Director of Theatre
professor Glen
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.
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