Dining Room Sept. 12-16

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sept 6, 2006
Dr. Jay Fields
(417) 625-3015

 

Mom & Daughter - Shocked about the news about the uncle, the daughter (Sara Jones) and the mother (Ann Lile) react to the father's rant.

 

JOPLIN, MO (SNS) - The Theatre Department will open its 2006-07 season with a production of A.R.Gurney’s The Dining Room at 7:30 p.m., Sept. 12-16 in Bud Walton Theatre at Missouri Southern State University.

Dr. Jay E. Fields, Head of the Theatre Department, directs.

 

The MSSU production is a cast of 18 actors (both faculty members and students) who will play over 50 different roles. The action of the play is comprised of a mosaic of interrelated scenes - some funny, some touching, which, taken together, create an in-depth portrait of a vanishing species: the upper-middle-class WASP.

 

Dovetailing swiftly and smoothly, the varied scenes coalesce, ultimately, into a theatrical experience of exceptional range, compassionate humor and abundant humanity.

 

Theatre faculty members, Sam and Pam Claussen, Lyle Burrow, Brenda Jackson, Gerrie-Ellen Johnston, Jim Lile and Ann Lile, and Bud Clark of the Missouri Southern Music Department will join 10 theatre students to make this an evening to remember.

 

Tickets will go on sale on Tuesday, Sept. 5. Box Office hours: 9 a.m.-3 p.m. daily.

 

Seating is limited. Call (417) 625-3190 for reservations.

 

Ticket prices are as follows: Adults $3; Senior Citizens and high school students $1, and MSSU faculty/staff and students free with ID.

 

Requests for accommodations related to a disability need to be made to Terri Spencer at (417) 625-9393 at least 72 hours before the program.

 

Student Cast of The Dining Room, Sept. 12-16, Missouri Southern State University:

 

MISSOURI
Carl Junction
Jade Leggott
Junior
Theatre

 

Carthage
Brandi Hoofnagle
Sophomore
Theatre

 

Todd Manley
Sophomore
Theatre

 

Joplin
Rachel Hickman
Sophomore
Secondary Education

 

Shannoun Martinous
Senior
Music

 

Rachel Roberts
Junior
Theatre

 

Neosho
Zack Self
Freshman
Theatre

 

O’Fallon
Kyle Maloney
Freshman
Theatre

 

St. Joseph
Sarah Ann Jones
Junior
Secondary Education

 

Springfield
Cassie Hardie
Junior
Theatre

 

 

 

 

 

 

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