Theatre Events Fall 2008

November 5th through 9th, 2008
Life is a Dream, by Pedro Calderon de la Barca, a new translation by Nilo Cruz
7:30 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday
2:30 p.m. Sunday
Hoag Student Center Auditorium
Tickets $5 and $2  

Pedro Calderon de la Barca's masterpiece from the Spanish Golden Age is re-imagined for a modern audience in this new translation by Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Nilo Cruz. Being born under the wrong star leads to a life of imprisonment for the young prince Sigismund. In an effort to determine whether his son will doom the crown, King Basilio decides to test the prophecy against his son's free will. His story intersects with that of Rosaura, a brilliantly confused young woman searching for both the father that abandoned her as a child and the man who dishonored her as an adult. Re-examining themes explored in both dramatic and spiritual texts over the centuries, Life is a Dream is a mixture of swordplay, humor, philosophy, and freedom... .sewn together by a prince's quest for redemption and a woman's adventure to restore her lost honor. Life is a Dream is presented by the NGCSU Student Theatre Guild through arrangement with Dramatists Play Service.

For more information, call the Fine Arts Department at 706-864-1423.