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THE ACTING COMPANY BRINGS MUSICAL RENDITION OF SHAKESPEARE COMEDY TO WITTENBERG SERIES


Jan 23, 2001

Springfield, Ohio - The show must go on, and so does the 2000-2001 Wittenberg Series in the form of a presentation of Shakespeare's "The Comedy of Errors" by The Acting Company at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 7 at Kuss Auditorium, Clark State Community College Performing Arts Center. The event is co-sponsored by the International Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta, C.J. Richardson Fund.

There is no admission charge, but to assure seating, tickets may be obtained on Wittenberg's campus at the Benham-Pence Student Center Service Desk (937) 327-7443 or the Kuss Box Office (937) 328-3874.

The Acting Company, America's only national touring classical repertory theater, was founded in 1972 by current Producing Director Margot Harley and the late John Houseman and formed from the first graduating class of the Juilliard School's Drama Division that same year. Its mission is to reach smaller American communities, present superior productions to preserve cultural heritage, provide opportunities to young actors, commission and premier important new works by America's foremost playwrights, and make the language of the theater more accessible through a variety of outreach activities.

For its 2000-2001 season, The Acting Company presents a new musical version of Shakespeare's classic, "The Comedy of Errors," with music by Guy Woolfenden, lyrics by Trevor Nunn and direction by the acclaimed John Rando. The story of a pair of twin brothers searching for their long-lost siblings in ancient Ephesus, "The Comedy of Errors" is the 26th production of a Shakespeare play presented by The Acting Company.

"The Comedy of Errors" is the 11th Wittenberg Series event of the 2000-2001 school year. The two remaining events are the IBM Endowed Lecture in the Sciences with John Allen Paulos, mathematician on Monday, Feb. 19 and a presentation by author and journalist David K. Shipler on Monday, March 19.

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