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Feb. 18: 20th-Century New York City: Interdisciplinary TPW Dialogues Features Playwright John Guare

February 18, 2010
Date: Thursday, February 18
Time: 7:15-8:45 p.m.
Location: TBD
Contact: Jill Stevenson at jstevenson@mmm.edu

The theatre arts department presents 20th-century New York City: Interdisciplinary Theatre Production Workshop Dialogues, a four-part dialogue series that gathers together faculty and students to explore MMC’s spring productions, the musical Bright Lights, Big City and John Guare’s The House of Blue Leaves. On February 18, the series features “Death in Farce: Literature, Drama, & The House of Blue Leaves.” Playwright John Guare and MMC faculty lead a conversation about representations of death and murder in farce, and specifically in The House of Blue Leaves. Participants include John Guare, author of The House of Blue Leaves; Cecilia Feilla, assistant professor of English; Mary Fleischer, professor of theatre arts; and Richard Niles, professor of theatre arts and director of the MMC production of The House of Blue Leaves. The event is free, first-come and first-seated, and open to the public.