{"id":28939,"date":"2025-11-12T16:54:05","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T21:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/?p=28939"},"modified":"2025-11-12T16:54:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T21:54:05","slug":"marshall-to-present-steve-martins-picasso-at-the-lapin-agile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/2025\/11\/marshall-to-present-steve-martins-picasso-at-the-lapin-agile\/","title":{"rendered":"Marshall to present Steve Martin\u2019s \u2018Picasso at the Lapin Agile\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Marshall University\u2019s School of Theatre &amp; Dance will present Steve Martin&#8217;s \u201cPicasso at the Lapin Agile\u201d at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 19-22 in the Francis-Booth Experimental Theatre at the Joan C. Edwards Performing Arts Center.<\/p>\n<p>This clever comedy written by comedian and actor Steve Martin portrays what might occur if young Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso met in a Paris bar in 1904, before becoming world famous. As they talk and argue about science, art, love and the future, the bar fills with quirky characters and surprising ideas.<\/p>\n<p>The play is directed by T. Michael Murdock, artistic director of Alchemy Theatre in Huntington. The cast includes George Kinley, Thaddeus Stambaugh, Daniel Calwell, Eliza Aulick and Xaniya Gray.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAudiences enjoy Steve Martin\u2019s \u2018Picasso at the Lapin Agile\u2019 because it\u2019s the perfect blend of intellect and comedy \u2014 a smart play that never takes itself too seriously,\u201d said Sam Kincaid, project coordinator for the School of Theatre &amp; Dance. \u201cIt\u2019s funny, fast-paced and full of heart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Immediately following the opening night performance on Nov. 19, there will be a short discussion about Picasso\u2019s work with Maria Gindhart, dean of the College of Arts and Media and an art historian.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are $22 for general admission, $15 for seniors and Marshall employees, $5 for students and free for students who attend the opening night performance on Nov. 19, with an MU ID. For ticket information, call 304-696-ARTS.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marshall University\u2019s School of Theatre &amp; Dance will present Steve Martin&#8217;s \u201cPicasso at the Lapin Agile\u201d at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 19-22 in the Francis-Booth Experimental Theatre at the Joan C. Edwards Performing Arts Center. This clever comedy written by comedian and actor Steve Martin portrays what might occur if young Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":239,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cam","category-news-releases"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/239"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28939"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28939\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28940,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28939\/revisions\/28940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}