BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Angelo State University//NONSGML v1.0//EN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20171015T010000Z DTEND:20171015T020000Z LOCATION:ASU Auditorium\, Mayer Administration Building GEO:31.44261;-100.465474 SUMMARY:Theatre: "Not About Nightingales" DESCRIPTION:Performances will be at 8 p.m. Oct. 14 and 20-21\, with a mat inee performance at 2 p.m. on Sunday\, Oct. 15. Tickets are $10 for the g eneral public\, $5 for non-ASU students\, and free for ASU students\, Art s at ASU subscribers and ASU Activity Card holders. The ASU Auditorium is located in the Mayer Administration Building\, 2601 W. Ave. N. \; W ritten by Williams in the late 1930s\, "Not About Nightingales" was not d iscovered until the late 1990s\, making its world premiere at the Alley T heatre in Houston in 1998. It was then nominated for the 1999 Tony Award for Best Play. \; "Not About Nightingales" is a raw\, sprawling dram atization of real events at a Philadelphia prison in 1937. Convicts who l ed a hunger strike to protest conditions were locked in a scalding cell\, where four of them died. Williams gained inspiration for the play after reading newspaper accounts of the inmates who suffocated in the steamy ce ll. There is also a soft love story with the characters Eva\, the new sec retary at the prison\, and Jim\, a handsome inmate who works for the ward en and is trying to get out on parole.Audience Advisory: Contains strong language and violence. The ASU box office is open 2-6 p.m. weekdays in t he Carr Education-Fine Arts Building\, 2602 Dena Drive. For reservations and/or ticket information\, call 325-942-2000. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Performances will be at 8 p.m. Oct. 14 and 20-21\, with a matinee performance at 2 p.m. on Sunday\, Oct. 15. Tic kets are $10 for the general public\, $5 for non-ASU students\, and free for ASU students\, Arts at ASU subscribers and ASU Activity Card holders. The ASU Auditorium is located in the Mayer Administration Building\, 260 1 W. Ave. N. \;
Written by Williams in the late 1930s\, "Not About Nightingales" was not discovered until the late 1990s\, making its world premiere at the Alley Theatre in Houston in 1998. It was then nomin ated for the 1999 Tony Award for Best Play. \;
"Not About Nig htingales" is a raw\, sprawling dramatization of real events at a Philade lphia prison in 1937. Convicts who led a hunger strike to protest conditi ons were locked in a scalding cell\, where four of them died. Williams ga ined inspiration for the play after reading newspaper accounts of the inm ates who suffocated in the steamy cell. There is also a soft love story w ith the characters Eva\, the new secretary at the prison\, and Jim\, a ha ndsome inmate who works for the warden and is trying to get out on parole .
Audience Advisory: Contains strong language and violence.
The ASU box office is open 2-6 p.m. weekdays in the Car r Education-Fine Arts Building\, 2602 Dena Drive. For reservations and/or ticket information\, call 325-942-2000.
UID:20171015T010000Z-43792@www.angelo.edu DTSTAMP:20170928T102028Z URL:https://www.angelo.edu/live/events/43792-theatre-not-about-nightingales CATEGORIES:Open to the Public,Community Outreach,Entertainment,Performances LAST-MODIFIED:20170928T153100Z ATTACH:https://www.angelo.edu/live/image/gid/13/width/80/height/80/crop/1 /src_region/0,0,2100,1350/30526_Not_About_Nightingales.rev.1506610507.jpg X-LIVEWHALE-TYPE:events X-LIVEWHALE-ID:43792 X-LIVEWHALE-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago X-LIVEWHALE-IMAGE:https://www.angelo.edu/live/image/gid/13/width/80/heigh t/80/crop/1/src_region/0\,0\,2100\,1350/30526_Not_About_Nightingales.rev. 1506610507.jpg X-LIVEWHALE-IMAGE-CAPTION:Not About Nightingales Graphic X-LIVEWHALE-COST:$10 general public\n ASU University Theatre \;will present Tenn essee Williams' Tony Award-nominated historical drama "Not About Nighting ales" \;on Saturday\, Oct. 14\, in the ASU Auditorium.\n
X-LIVEWHALE-TAGS:Theatre|University Theatre|Visual and Performing Arts|xm l sitemap END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR