Keith Foster '14 of Stow, Ohio, to direct 'Pullman Car Hiawatha'

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Marietta College's Keith Foster ’14 will direct Thornton Wilder's "Pullman Car Hiawatha" starting on April 4.

MARIETTA, OH (03/29/2013)(readMedia)-- Marietta College's Keith Foster '14 (Stow, Ohio) will direct the performance of Thornton Wilder's "Pullman Car Hiawatha" as part of a double-bill of one-act plays that begin on Thursday, April 4, in the Hermann Fine Arts Center.

The four-show run begins at 8 p.m., Thursday, April 4. Performances continue at 8 p.m. on Friday, April 5 and Saturday 6, and will conclude with a 7 p.m. showing on Sunday, April 7.

"Much like Shakespeare and Chekhov, Thornton Wilder had the keen ability to dramatically encapsulate universal ideas while avoiding clichés and pedantry," Foster said. "In 'Pullman Car Hiawatha,' Wilder confronts himself and his audiences with the largest metaphysical questions through dynamic ingenuity and imagination, conjuring a ghost, angels, the hours, and even the planets. Despite the play's 1930s setting, Wilder constantly turns our minds to the timeless and transcendent. This production revels in its theatricality with live music, spectacle, and a stimulating outdoor performance location; as the play challenges us to apprehend the cosmos we will remember that Marietta's night sky is only one glance heavenward."

The first one-act in this double-bill is an American masterpiece by Wilder. "Pullman Car Hiawatha" explores how passengers aboard a typical train are connected to the cosmos. Wilder's experimental one-act is set in Ohio and premiered in 1932 at Antioch College.

Tickets may be reserved at www.marietta.edu/~thea.edu and clicking on the box office link. Tickets may also be purchased before the show at $8 for adults, $7 for seniors, and $6 for students. Tickets for Marietta College students and employees are free. Reservations are recommended. Reserved tickets may be picked up and paid for beginning one hour before the performance. Reserved tickets must be picked up by 10 minutes before the performance. At that time, any unclaimed tickets will be released. The box office for this performance will be located near the performance venue between Pioneer House and the Miller Building.'

For more information, contact Dorothy Leifheit at (740) 376-4688 or dwl001@marietta.edu.

Located in Marietta, Ohio, at the confluence of the Muskingum and Ohio rivers, Marietta College is a four-year liberal arts college. Tracing its roots to the Muskingum Academy begun in 1797, the College was officially chartered in 1835. Today Marietta College serves a body of 1,430 full-time students. The College offers 44 majors and has been listed among Barron's Best Buys in College Education and Peterson's Competitive Colleges, and has been recognized as one of the top regional comprehensive colleges by U.S. News & World Report and The Princeton Review, as well as one of the nation's best by Forbes.com.

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