| |
|
|
from the issue of February 24, 2005
|
| |
|
|
| |
Theatrix staging The Baby Dance
Theatrix, the student theatrical producing organization at UNL, opens its spring season with Jane Anderson's The Baby Dance. Directed by undergraduate Brittany Leffler, performances are at 7:30 p.m. March 3, 4 and 5 with an additional performance at 10:30 p.m. on March 4 in the Studio Theatre, third floor Temple Building. Admission is $5 at the door only. Doors open one-half hour prior to curtain.
| |
| | | Nathan Lange (left), Gregory Peters (right), Courtney Pearson (center), Caitlin Brandes (lower center) are two couples, biological parents and hoping-to-adopt parents in UNL Theatrix's production of The Baby Dance.
|
The Baby Dance is a moving drama revolving around Rachel (played by Caitlin Brandes) who has everything in life but a child. She and her husband Richard (Gregory Peters) locate a poor couple, Wanda and Al (Courtney Pearson and Nathan Lange), who agree to let their next child be adopted. Will Wanda take good care of herself and have a healthy baby? Will Wanda and Al have a change of heart? Ron, Rachel and Richard's lawyer, (John Paul Wilson) arrives to seal the deal, or will he?
Director Leffler explains that, "This story of two families trying to plan the best life for an unborn baby is witty, disturbing, and emotional. It allows its audience a true glimpse into the complexities of the adoption process. Some people say the play is about the environment, or this baby, or just money. I like this play because it captures so much -racism, poverty, family dispute, abuse, as well as love, compromise, and family ties. I was compelled by the fact that this one baby could bring these strangers together and force them to face their differences. This play made me question my own sense of right and wrong, and I hope that audiences feel the same way when they walk out of the theatre."
The 2004-2005 Theatrix artistic director is Brianne Bassler, and the technical director is Matt Miller.
GO TO: ISSUE OF FEBRUARY 24
ARTS HEADLINES FOR FEBRUARY 24
Theatrix staging The Baby Dance
Amish quilts at new exhibition draw comparisons to modern art
Girls' HS Basketball Tourney Airs on NETV
Hillestad, Weiss exhibiting at Uni Place Gallery
Statewide examines children's obesity
UNL Symphonic Band Performances
732001S34330X
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|