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Eastern Illinois University The Keep 1997 Press Releases 3-26-1997 03/26/1997 - University Board Presents Barefoot in the Park.pdf University Marketing and Communications Follow this and additional works at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/press_releases_1997 Recommended Citation University Marketing and Communications, "03/26/1997 - University Board Presents Barefoot in the Park.pdf" (1997). 1997. 103. http://thekeep.eiu.edu/press_releases_1997/103 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Press Releases at The Keep. It has been accepted for inclusion in 1997 by an authorized administrator of The Keep. For more information, please contact [email protected]. University Board ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY 201 University Union Charleston, IL 61920-3099 Office: 217-581-5117/3117 Email: [email protected] March 26, 1997 UNIVERSITY BOARD PRESENTS BAREFOOT IN THE PARK CHARLESTON-- University Board Performing Arts committee presents a dessert theater production, Barej()()f in the Park. The performance will be held at 8 p.m. April 1 in the Rathskeller in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. The classic Neil Simon play is put on by the Alpha Omega players, part <?f the Repertory Theater of America. A nationally acclaimed touring company, the RTA has performed over 13,000 times in various productions in the United States and Canada since its creation in 1968. The RTA players toUi for ten months at a time with three different units, each with four actors ready to perform one of any three to four other plays. Barefoot in the Park, a romantic comedy about a couple's first week of marriage, opened in I 963 and had a three year running on Broadway. After its success, a movie was adapted from the play, starring Robert Redford and Jane Fonda. Neil Simon has wrote other plays such as Biloxi Blues, Brighton Beach Memoirs, and The Odd Couple, all which have movie adaptations as well. The performance is sponsored by the UB Performing Arts committee. Admission is $4 for student with I.D. and $6 for general public. Dessert and flavored coffee is included in the price of admission. For more information contact Margaret Killacky at 581-5117. -30-.

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