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Department of Fine Arts
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| The Francis Marion
University Theatre's 2011-12 season's spring production
will be Five Women Wearing the
Same Dress by Alan Ball, directed by
professor Dawn Larsen. It will be performed in the
Fine Arts Theater in Hyman Fine Arts Center on campus. Concept: “Here she is, the perfect woman, the ultimate do girl. She’s beautiful, she has a great body, she has a fancy career, and now she’s got herself a rich husband who worships the ground she walks on. But she doesn’t have any friends, does she?” Synopsis: During an ostentatious wedding reception at a Knoxville, Tennessee, estate, five reluctant, identically clad bridesmaids hide out in an upstairs bedroom, each with her own reason to avoid the proceedings below. They are Frances, a painfully sweet but sheltered fundamentalist; Mindy, the cheerful, wise-cracking lesbian sister of the groom; Georgeanne, whose heartbreak over her own failed marriage triggers outrageous behavior; Meredith, the bride's younger sister whose precocious rebelliousness masks a dark secret; and Trisha, a jaded beauty whose die-hard cynicism about men is called into question when she meets Tripp, a charming bad-boy usher to whom there is more than meets the eye. As the afternoon wears on, these five very different women joyously discover a common bond in this wickedly funny, irreverent and touching celebration of the women's spirit. Playwright Alan Ball is writer of the Academy Award-winning American Beauty and the hit HBO series Six Feet Under and True Blood. |
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"An irreverent and funny
look at the intricacies of friendship and the power of
similar dressing. "…[a] wonderfully entertaining play…"
—NY Post. "Five Women Wearing the Same Dress is a fresh-as-a-daisy comedy, funny as can be…" —NY Daily News. "Ball has the comic writer's requisite talent for dialogue that ricochets snappily around the stage." —TheaterWeek The cast was selected during open auditions from the FMU student body. Acting experience is not necessary. RESERVATIONS: Reservations for Five Women Wearing the Same Dress 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 7:30. The Francis Marion University Theatre's 2011-2012 season's fall production was Almost, Maine by John Cariani, followed by Itamar Moses' Back Back Back. 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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