Contact: Allison Matthews
STARKVILLE, Miss.--The Mississippi State communication department's theatrical program this week presents a unique production limited to only 120 patrons per show.
From Wednesday to Friday [April 22-25], "The Caucasian Chalk Circle" features university students in performances to begin at 7:30 p.m. each day on the McComas Hall main stage.
General admission tickets are $10 and may be purchased at www.comm.msstate.edu/theatre or, if available, at the door.
Translated by playwright Alistair Beaton, the play is a rendering of Bertolt Brecht's satirical masterpiece about a servant girl who sacrifices everything to protect an abandoned child in the midst of a civil war. When peace is restored, the boy's mother comes to claim him but, calling on the ancient tradition of the chalk circle, a comical judge sets about resolving the dispute.
The play is directed by John Nara, visiting assistant professor of communication. The play's set up and audience experience is a first-of-its-kind venture for Theatre MSU, as the audience will be invited onto the stage for an "in-the-round."
For more about the play and for departmental information, visit www.comm.msstate.edu.
MSU, the Magnolia State's flagship research institution, is online at www.msstate.edu.