Rabbit Hole

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 7, 2009
Tim Klein
(417) 625-3023

Left to right: Brenda Jackson, Ashley Trotnic and Kelsey Amann

JOPLIN, MO (SNS)– Southern Theatre will present the play Rabbit Hole at 7:30 p.m. Oct 13 - 17 in the Bud Walton Theatre at MSSU. Tim Klein, Theatre, will direct the play written by David Lindsay-Abaire.

What is the appropriate response when a cataclysmic tragedy shatters a well-planned and organized suburban middle class life? Is there a correct way to grieve and move forward with a new life now that the old one is lost? Is it worth it to keep forging ahead, or would it be better to scrap the old paradigm and start a new life somewhere else away from anything familiar which could remind you of your former happiness?

These are the topics explored in Lindsay-Abaire's 2007 Pulitzer Prize winning drama. Soul -searching in nature, this play challenges everyone who comes into contact with it to evaluate these questions on a deeply personal level.

"Rabbit Hole presents a tragedy and its consequences with utter candor, and without sentimentality," said a writer in USA Today. "The dialogue is most impressive for capturing the awkwardness and pain of thinking people faced with an unthinkable situation-and eventually, their capacity for survival, and even hope."

Rabbit Hole is for mature audiences only. Students under the age of 17 will not be admitted. The Box Office is now open from 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. Monday through Friday. To make reservations, visit the Box Office or telephone (417) 625-3190.