FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2005
Contact: Dave Wellman, Director of Communications (304) 696-7153;
               Cheryl King (304) 696-3329

 

Marshall University Theatre Department
and Sodexho Campus Services partner for Dinner Theatre

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Marshall University Theatre and Sodexho Campus Services are partnering to provide the community with a unique blend of entertainment beginning Wednesday, Nov. 9.

Dinner Theatre begins that day with the opening of Marian De Forest’s adaptation of the classic “Little Women.” Dinner begins at 6 p.m. with a served meal in the Francis-Booth Experimental Theatre, located inside the Joan C. Edwards Performing Arts Center.

Coffee with the director follows from 7 to 7:45 p.m., with the show beginning at 8 p.m. in the Joan C. Edwards Playhouse. The director of “Little Women” is Sandra Forman, a professor of theatre at Northern Kentucky University.

Tickets are on sale at the Marshall University Theatre Box Office in the Joan C. Edwards Performing Arts Center, located on 5^th Avenue across from the Memorial Student Center.  Season ticket holders may purchase tickets for $30 per person which includes dinner, coffee with the director and the show.  Non-season ticket holders may purchase tickets for $35 per person. Tickets may be ordered by calling (304) 696-ARTS (2787).

The remaining Dinner Theatre schedule includes the opening of Robert Harling’s “Steel Magnolias” on Feb. 22, 2006, followed by William Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar” on April 19, 2006.  The ticket prices and evening schedule will be the same for all Dinner Theatre events. 

More information is available by calling (304) 696-ARTS (2787) or by visiting www.marshall.edu/theatre.

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