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Thursday, November 14, 2002
Contact: Peter Bailley
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309-341-7715
GALESBURG -- Actress Caitlin Muelder will perform "Solitaire," her one-woman show about Amelia Earhart, at 7:30 p.m., Thursday and Friday, Nov. 21-22, in Studio Theatre, Ford Center for the Fine Arts, Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois. The performances are free and open to the public. Studio Theatre seating is limited to approximately 100 persons per performance.
Photo: Caitlin Muelder. Download for publication.
The first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, Earhart disappeared in 1937 while piloting her airplane across the Pacific. "Solitaire" is about Earhart's final flight. The play is Muelder's first performance in Galesburg since she graduated from Knox in 1996.
Muelder, a Galesburg native and Knox College graduate, has presented the play in New York, Los Angeles and the Edinburgh Theatre Festival in Scotland. After completing her bachelor's degree in theatre at Knox, Muelder earned a master of fine arts degree in theatre at the University of San Diego, where she wrote and performed "Solitaire" for her master's thesis. It was selected by the University of San Diego as one of four "showcase" productions that the university's graduate students presented at the Edinburgh Festival.
Professionally, Muelder has performed with James Whitmore in "Inherit the Wind" at Ford's Theatre in Washington, DC, winning praise from the Washington Post as "one of the standouts" in the production.
Muelder also has performed at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Cincinnati Playhouse, Charlotte Repertory Theatre, and Southern Theatre Festival. She was a guest cast member on the 2001-2002 CBS television series "The Education of Max Bickford," and was the understudy for the role of Katherine Housman in the 2001 Broadway production of "The Invention of Love," by Tom Stoppard.
The daughter of Owen and Laurie Muelder of Galesburg and a graduate of Galesburg High School, she also performed with Prairie Players Theatre and the Performing Arts Academy in Galesburg, and had a number of lead roles in theatrical productions at Knox.
Founded in 1837, Knox is a national liberal arts college in Galesburg, Illinois, with students from 48 states and 40 nations. Knox's "Old Main" is a National Historic Landmark and the only building remaining from the 1858 Lincoln-Douglas debates.
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