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Annual Short Play Festival Held
At UW-Eau Claire 

MAILED: Nov. 15, 2001

         EAU CLAIRE — The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Fall Short Play Festival will take place in Kjer Theatre Friday, Nov. 16, and Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 19-20.
         The following plays will be performed from 4 to 6 p.m. Nov. 16 and from 8 to 10 p.m. Nov. 19:

• "Blind Date" by Horton Foote - Directed by senior Heather Cook, Eau Claire; and performed by senior Adam Keepman, Oconomowoc, junior Monica Raymond, Wausau, sophomore Sara Danke, Wales, and freshman Jacob Dougherty, Menomonee Falls.

• "A Betrothal" by Lanford Wilson - Directed by senior Brian Benson, Rhinelander; and performed by junior Mauricio Alessandro Urusquieta, North Prairie, and freshmen Sarah Brand, Great Britain.

• "Three Parsons" by Gerty Agoston - Directed by senior Laura Malischke, Wauwatosa; and performed by junior Steve Wilson, McFarland, and freshmen Dougherty and Corey Schneidewent, Oconomowoc.

         The following plays will be performed from 8 to 10 p.m. on Nov. 16 and from 4 to 6 p.m. Nov. 20.

• "Finger Food" by Nina Shengold - Directed by junior Colleen Giles, Eau Claire; and performed by sophomores Eric Traxler, Eau Claire, and Anna Figlesthaler, Fox Point.

• "Wildwood Park" by Doug Wright - Directed by junior Nicole Kittle, Mound Minn.; and performed by seniors Jane Plank, St. Louis Park, Minn., and Rob Vanderloop, Kaukauna.

• "Acorn" by David Graziano - Directed by junior Emily McPeck, Clayton; and performed by seniors Jody Gross, Gleason, and Tony Brown, Plymouth.

         The following plays will be performed from 4 to 6 p.m. Nov. 19 and from 8 to10 p.m. Nov. 20.

• "The American Century" by Murphy Guyer - Directed by senior Erin Conery, Beloit; and performed by senior Matt Simmons, Madison, junior Jared Pierce, Whitewater, and freshmen Leahkim Gannett, Stockholm.

• "Elegy for a Lady" by Arthur Miller - Directed by senior Anne Marie Weisensel, Green Bay; and performed by senior Amanda Schumacher, Peshtigo, and freshmen Paul Bleier, Wautoma.

• "A Life With No Joy in it" by David Mamet - Directed by senior David Harks, Plymouth; and performed by seniors Rob Susedik, Eau Claire, and Hannah Swanson, Washburn.

         Tickets, available at the University Service Center, (715) 836-3727, or at the door, are $2 per two-hour set.
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  News Bureau
Judy Berthiaume
UW-Eau Claire News Bureau
Schofield 201
(715) 836-4741
newsbur@uwec.edu

Updated: Nov. 15, 2001