Cal U students to present one-act plays
CALIFORNIA – Opening the 2005 fall season, California University’s Department of Theatre and Dance will present the student-directed one-act plays. Guests can enjoy an evening that includes two shows directed and performed by California University students.
Presented each evening will be “A Bird of Prey” by Jim Grimsley and directed by senior Natalia Dove of Lusby, Md., and “Nina in the Morning” by Christopher Durang and directed by senior Emma Mackey of Washington, Pa.
Cal U Theatre and Dance invites the public to attend what is sure to be an entertaining evening filled with the poignant and the preposterous.
The One Acts Festival runs Oct. 13-15 at 8 p.m. in the basement of Steele Auditorium. There is an admission charge for adults, children and seniors. Students are admitted free with a valid Cal Card. For more information, call the Box Office at 724-938-5943 or contact Elizabeth Pato via e-mail at pat5581@cup.edu.
“A Bird of Prey” is a mesmerizing drama embracing the good and evil young people face alone in their lives. When Monty’s family moves from Louisiana to a large city in Southern California, he and his siblings encounter a dangerous landscape where cruelty thrives among their peers, offering little comfort from their abusive home life.
“Nina in the Morning” presents Nina, a preposterously narcissistic wealthy woman, attended by her butler, a silent maid and her three children. The interwoven time-frame juxtaposes scenes from Nina’s past misbehaviors with the present morning when she can’t seem to get the butler to bring her a cruller.