An Adult Evening of Shel Silverstein Comes to LVC

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ANNVILLE, PA (11/19/2010)(readMedia)-- Lebanon Valley College's Wig and Buckle Theater Company will present An Adult Evening of Shel Silverstein Dec. 2–4 in Leedy Theater of the Mund College Center. Show times are at 8 p.m. on Dec. 2 and 4, and Midnight on Dec. 3. Tickets are $12 for adults, $7 for students, and $5 for seniors (60 and up). LVC student tickets are free. Please note that the content is intended for mature audiences.

The play, a special event to coincide with Wig and Buckle's 75th Anniversary at LVC, is directed by student Brian Stefaniak, a senior biochemistry and molecular biology major from Alburtis, Pa. The cast includes Nathan Campbell '11, Jenna Dutton '13, Carrie Becker '14, Matt Smith '12, Rosemary Bucher '14, Andrew Ferrie '14, Laura Gingerich '13, Anthony Feudale '14, Jamie Latshaw '11, Adam Abruzzo '12, and Kayla Capone '14.

An Adult Evening of Shel Silverstein provides a look into the gleeful and often ghoulish humor of one of the most successful children's authors, illustrators, and song writers that the world has known. The play itself is comprised of 10 of Silverstein's short plays written throughout his career.

The shorts cover a variety of adult topics. Buy One, Get One Free involves prostitutes offering a "golden opportunity." Bus Stop is a short portraying a man standing on a corner with a "bust stop" sign. In The Lifeboat is Sinking, two characters play a game of "Who would you save if the family was drowning."

The play debuted two years after Silverstein's death at New York's Atlantic Theater Company in 2001 and was directed by Karen Kohlhaas.