 Fourth Wall images courtesy David Granath |
Department of Fine
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Francis Marion University Theatre's 2010-11 season winter production
will be A. R. Gurney's The Fourth Wall. In this love letter to the theatre, Gurney uses the stage to explore, quite comically, our place in the world today. Set in the living room of a contemporary, upper-class, Buffalo, New York couple, the author sharpens his wit on such topics as cola wars, politics, and even the very audiences who attend plays. The play "…is filled with amusing literary references, sophisticated characters and moves along quickly with nary a wasted word…but the real fun…comes from watching Gurney play with the changing reality of the moment as his characters and audience respond to the fourth wall in front of them." —Variety. "It's a whimsical meditation on the theatre—its history and its conceits, its degradation in the video age, and its enduring potential for enabling people to connect. And, above all, it's a clever, playful prayer for its survival." —Chicago Sun-Times. THE CONCEIT: Peggy has redecorated the living room and her husband, Roger, can't stand it. Peggy's usual exquisite taste was overcome by a mysterious lapse which caused her to redo the room as if it were a stage set. Everything faces one wall, the "fourth wall," which she's left bare and which is really the audience. |
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The cast will be selected during
open auditions from the entire FMU student body. Acting
experience is not necessary. Scenic and Lighting Design - D. C. Granath Costume Design - K. Horney RESERVATIONS for The Fourth Wall may be made beginning February 7 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 2010-2011 season opened with Spoon River Anthology by E. L. Masters and directed by Glen Gourley. For the spring production, Keith Best will direct a series of International One Act Plays April 7-8, 2011 with a special showing on April 9 during the Arts International Festival. The Experimental Theatre of the FMU Theatre will produce a series of student directed one-act plays December 1 & 2, 2010. 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. |
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