Department of Theatre presenting ‘The America Play’
Auburn University's Department of Theatre will present "The America Play," by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks, April 1-5 in the Telfair Peet Theatre. Show times are 7:30 p.m. April 1-4, and 2:30 p.m. on April 5. The Thursday, April 2, performance will be preceded by a panel discussion titled "'He Hoped He'd Be of Interest to Posterity: Defining Greatness in American History" at 6 p.m. in the Theatre Upstairs, and followed by a post-show discussion with actors and other members of the creative team in the Telfair Peet Theatre. The Auburn production of "The America Play" features A.K. Murtadha, a guest artist from Los Angeles in the role of the Foundling Father. Murtadha has numerous stage, television and film credits to his name, including a Best Actor award from the Big Easy Shorts Festival for his role in the short film "In the Wind." For more information about the production, contact Director Heather May at 844-6614 or hemay@auburn.edu, or download the podcast series of interviews with members of the creative and production team, found under the College of Liberal Arts at http://itunes.auburn.edu/.