Chicago native Angie Velasquez stars in Dominican University performance of "The Night of the Iguana"

RIVER FOREST, IL (04/11/2012)(readMedia)-- Chicago native Angie Velasquez will play the roles of Pancho and US Charlotte in the Dominican University Performing Arts Center's presentation of "The Night of the Iguana" April 13, 14 and 15.

Dominican will host three performances of Tennessee Williams' Tony Award-winning play. The performances will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, April 13, and Saturday, April 14, with a 3 p.m. matinee on Sunday, April 15, in the Martin Recital Hall on Dominican's Main Campus, 7900 Division Street, River Forest.

"The Night of the Iguana" is an intense drama, full of biting wit and sexual tension. Set against the steamy background of sub-tropical Mexico, it tells the story of a conflicted defrocked minister and the women who fight for his body and soul.

Scraping by as a two-bit tour guide, besieged by inner demons, he wrestles with the passions of the women around him-the wrath of a Texas school teacher, the advances of a lustful teenager and the jealousies of the widowed hotel owner-while he seeks solace with a new arrival, a gentle spinster traveling with her grandfather.

After its Broadway premiere in 1961, the play was adapted into an Academy Award-winning film starring Richard Burton, Ava Gardner and Deborah Kerr.

General Admission tickets are $15. Student tickets are $5. Free on-campus parking for the event is available.

For tickets and more information, contact the DUPAC box office at (708) 488-5000 or visit dom.edu/pac.