Elizabethtown College Theatre hosts Three Comic Shorts Feb. 25-26 in Tempest Theatre

ELIZABETHTOWN, PA (02/09/2012)(readMedia)-- Elizabethtown College Theatre presents three comic shorts at 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25, and Sunday, Feb. 26, in the College's Tempest Theatre. The sketches by William Borden, Elaine May and Shel Silverstein are directed by Elizabethtown College senior Laura Robbins.

In Silverstein's ''The Best Daddy'' the audience watches as a father torments his daughter on her 13th birthday by giving her bizarre gifts -- a dead pony is only the beginning. This dark comedy has underlying themes of abuse.

A pair of losers meets life's challenges in their own crazy manner in Bordon's "Jumping." The play follows along as Jerry, who's trying to commit suicide, finds himself on a bridge where he meets neurotic Denise, who has the perfect cure for his problems.

"The Way of All Fish," written by May, centers on an evening shared between a successful business woman and her taciturn secretary. The play takes a surprising turn, and deadly secrets are revealed.

Student performers are seniors Jaclyn Light and Danie Fishman. First-year student Taylor Luckenbill is stage manager.

Tickets, $4, are available by calling 717-361-1170 or emailing boxoffice@etown.edu.

Contact: Michael Swanson at swansonm@etown.edu or 717-361-1160

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Elizabethtown College, in south-central Pennsylvania, is a private coed institution offering more than four dozen liberal arts, fine and performing arts, science and engineering, business, communications and education degrees. Through personal attention, creative inspiration and academic challenge, Elizabethtown College students are encouraged to expand their intellectual curiosity and are given the opportunity to become a bigger part of the world through experiential learning-research, internships and study abroad. Elizabethtown College's overall commitment to Educate for Service is fulfilled as students are taught intellectually, socially, aesthetically and ethically for lives of service and leadership.

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Posted Thursday February 09, 2012 at 06:00 am by Elizabethtown College
Last Updated Monday February 13, 2012 at 08:53 am