November 1 , 2005

NSU’s New Theatre Program Presents Inaugural 2005-2006 Season

FT. LAUDERDALE-DAVIE , FL -- Nova Southeastern University’s new Theatre Program kicks off its premiere season with a production of The Burial at Thebes, by Seamus Heaney, November 3-5 at 8 p.m. and November 6 at 2 p.m. in the Miniaci Performing Arts Center on NSU’s main campus. Admission is free.

The Theatre Program is housed in the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences Division of Humanities. The Burial at Thebes was originally commissioned to mark the 100th anniversary of Dublin’s Abbey Theatre in 2004. Partly inspired by the war in Iraq, Heaney’s retelling of Sophocles’ tragedy Antigone gives the play a contemporary voice. For more information call (954) 262-8179.

The 2005-2006 season will also feature:

• Joan Holden’s stage version of Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America, journalist Barbara Ehrenreich’s New York Times best-selling book, is slated for February 24–26, 2006. Through the narration and actions of its main character, Barbara, Nickel & Dimed demonstrates the stark lives and times experienced by a third of working Americans today.
  

• World Theatre Project, a reading and lecture series that will focus on international playwrights. The World Theatre Project is scheduled for two evenings, April 10 and 11, 2006. On each night a different play will be read. Following each reading will be a “talk back” discussion with the audience facilitated by an expert on the play’s country of origin.