Posted by Mary Wimberley on 2008-10-28

Samford University Theatre will present Brian Friel's Tony award-winning Irish drama, "Dancing at Lughnasa," Nov. 6-9 in Bolding Studio, Swearingen Hall.

The play, set in 1936 Ireland, explores a month in the lives of five impoverished women who attempt to fight their fate with extraordinary resilience.

The cast includes student actors Cody Hays, Sevawn Foster, Sarah Chase Kee, Annie Hackney, Hannah Seymour, Chelsea Reynolds, Lisa Jane Wright and Jacob Simmons.

Birmingham attorney and community theatre actor John Falkenberry is cast in the role of the sisters' older brother, Jack, a former Catholic missionary who has encountered struggles with his faith.

Samford theatre department chair Dr. Don Sandley directs the production.

Show times are 7:30 p.m. Nov. 6-8 and 2:30 p.m. on Nov. 9. Tickets are $12 adult, $9 senior adult over age 55, and $6 student/child.

For information and tickets: (205) 726-2853 or www.samfordartstickets.com.

 
Samford is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, Samford is the 87th-oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. Samford enrolls 6,101 students from 45 states, Puerto Rico and 16 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. Samford fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and ranks 6th nationally for its Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.