"PENTECOST" PERFORMANCE AND DISCUSSION AT MUHLENBERG COLLEGE
David Edgar's play "Pentecost" will be performed at Muhlenberg College, April 19-28, in Dorothy Hess Baker Theatre, Trexler Pavilion. The performances are Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m.; and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets are available through the box office, 484-664-3333, $14 adult, $12 senior, and $8 youth.Monday, April 8, 2002 02:13 PM
David Edgar's play "Pentecost" will be performed at Muhlenberg College, April 19-28, in Dorothy Hess Baker Theatre, Trexler Pavilion. The performances are Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m.; and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets are available through the box office, 484-664-3333, $14 adult, $12 senior, and $8 youth.
"Pentecost" highlights the journey of a Yugoslav art historian and an English museum curator who are working to restore a famous fresco in an abandoned village church in the Balkans. Their efforts raise specific questions of complicity and identity when confronted by a world of refugees, borders, hostage taking, and violence resulting from the breakup of Bosnia.
Featured cast members include Muhlenberg students Lance Bankerd '05, Nicholas Carriere '02, Kelly Howe '03, Jamie McKittrick '04, David Bish '03 and Tyler Ryan Ault '03. Characters in the play are from multiple places with a multitude of identities. The actors speak in eight languages and numerous dialects; in preparation, each has studied with fluent speakers as coaches for the production. The actors are asked to represent the experience of their character truthfully, requiring considerable research into geography and history as well as language.
Designing the Muhlenberg Theatre Association production is Timothy Averill, associate professor of design in the department of theatre and dance. Averill was this year's recipient of the Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival Medallion for service to Region II.
On Thursday, April 25, at 6 p.m. in the Recital Hall, participants in the production as well as other members of the Muhlenberg community will address the artistic, historical, and political themes of "Pentecost" in a panel discussion. The panel is sponsored by the Muhlenberg College Center for Ethics and Leadership as part of its yearlong series of programs, "Art, Artists and Responsibility." The discussion is free and open to the public.
