The show, which originally ran from Nov. 21-Dec. 22, will be performed at 8 p.m. on Jan. 9, 10, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24, 29, 30 and 31. In addition, there will be matinee performances at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 25 and Sunday, Feb. 1.
General seating is $14.00 per person with group rates available. Additional
information is available from Carlin Metz at (773) 529-4458, ext. 13 or via
e-mail at emetz@knox.edu.
The cast and production crew includes eleven recent Knox graduates. Sets and costumes were designed in the Knox theatre department and assembled by Knox students. [Image available: theatre professor Craig Choma and student Jason Newcomb of Peoria, Arizona, discuss set construction.]
The play has won praise from theater critics in the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Reader and New City Arts Weekly. The Tribune called the production "wildly impassioned and imaginative." The Sun-Times "highly recommended" the play, which it praised for "tremendous artistry and vision... under the superb direction of Elizabeth Carlin Metz." Based on the novel by George Eliot, the play was adapted for the stage by Helen Edmundson.
Founded in 1837, Knox is an independent, four-year, liberal arts college, located in Galesburg, Illinois, with 1,100 students from 42 states and 33 nations. Knox's "Old Main," a National Historic Landmark, is the only building remaining from the 1858 Lincoln-Douglas debates.
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