Southern Theatre presents: Emily Carr
7:30 p.m., Tuesday-Saturday, Sept. 15-19, 2009
Bud Walton Theatre
Admission: free to students, faculty, staff;
$3 for adults;
$1 for senior citizens and high school students

By Herman Voaden
Directed by Dr. James Lile

For the Canada Semester, Southern Theatre presents a United States premiere. Herman Voaden was a playwright who dedicated his career to the quest for a dramatic voice that was distinctly Canadian. He was also deeply passionate about the power of theatre. He wrote, “In a world fraught with dissatisfaction and haunted with a sense of spiritual inadequacy the theatre remains a repository for great hope, vision and belief.” In famed Canadian author and painter Emily Carr, Voaden found a subject as passionate about art as he was. His play allows us to share her journey through the trials and triumphs, the sacrifices and successes, of a life lived in the service of art.