Angelina LaBarre

State Hornet

With students returning from spring break, the level of mid-weeknight activities is again on the rise, including the first of thestudent directed one acts being presented in the coming weeks bythe advanced directing class in the theater and dancedepartment.

The first of the one acts is Nick Avdienko’s “FarAway” by Caryl Churchill, and opens Wednesday, April 14 andcontinues Thursday, April 15, and Friday, April 16, starting at 5p.m. The show is a free, brief three act play that runsapproximately one hour. Originally, the play concerned the civillabor riots in England in the 1970s, but has since been expanded,and in this particular case, into a larger theme of humanity andthe end of the world thanks to Avdienko’s vision.

The show also includes an interactive parade that takes thespectacular and happy nature of Disney and warps into a verydistorted look at the world in which this play lives. Therelatively small space of the studio theater fills with severalactors, clowns, dancers and charming characters during the parade,all which are eager to please the audience and celebration the darkmain event of the show.

Audience participation is greatly appreciated, and encouraged.The show runs for April 14-16 in the studio theater. No ticketsnecessary.