TUE 28 SEP 2004
Art Briefs
‘Pyretown’ will play at Kenworthy
John Belluso’s play “Pyretown” will be performed Oct. 6-9 and 13-14 at the Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre. Nightly showings are at 7:30 and there is a matinee at 2 on Oct. 9.The play, directed by Pam Palmer, is about a 22-year-old paraplegic man who falls in love with a single mother in the midst of her daughter’s health care crisis. The play also focuses on a pregnant physician’s struggles with the medical system.
Tickets are available at TicketsWest, BookPeople and the Kenworthy box office. Prices are $15 for adults and $10 for seniors and students.
Proceeds from the Oct. 14 show will help the Kenworthy fund a handicapped-accessible public restroom.
WSU holds auditions for ‘Death and the King’s Horseman’
Washington State University Theatre Programs will audition actors and dancers Wednesday and Thursday for the African play “Death and the King’s Horseman.”Auditions are open to the public and will be held in Daggy Hall’s Wadleigh Theatre. Auditions are at 7 p.m. Wednesday and 4:30 p.m. Thursday. Callbacks are set for 3 p.m. Sunday.
“Death and the King’s Horseman,” by Wole Soyinka, is based on events that took place in British-occupied Nigeria in 1946. It won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1986.
The play will be presented Feb. 3-5 and 10-12 at Jones Theatre in Daggy Hall. Soyinka and African drama expert Femi Euba will be on campus for opening night.
Josh Ritter performs Oct. 10 at the Kenworthy
Moscow musician Josh Ritter will perform Oct. 10 at the Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre.Tickets are on sale at BookPeople in Moscow. General admission is $15 for adults or $10 with student ID. Tickets may be charged to Visa or MasterCard by calling (208) 882-4172 between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. Monday through Friday.
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