Greensboro College Theatre Presents “The Mystery Plays,” April 4-7
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College presents “The Mystery Plays,” two related one-act plays by Roberton Aguirre-Sacasa, April 4-7 in the Annie Sellars Jordan Parlor Theatre in Main Building on campus.
Performances are 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, April 4-6, and 2 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, April 6-7, and are open to the public. Free parking is available behind the college’s Admissions Welcome Center at West Market Street and College Place.
All tickets are $10 and can be reserved by emailing tickets@greensboro.edu.
In the first play, “The Filmmaker’s Mystery,” Joe Manning, a director of horror films, survives a terrible train wreck—only to be haunted by the ghost of Nathan West, one of the passengers who didn’t survive.
As the police investigate Joe, he investigates Nathan, desperate to understand why he survived and what Nathan’s specter could possibly want.
In the second play, “Ghost Children,” Joe’s attorney and friend, Abby Gilly, travels to a small town in rural Oregon to make peace with the man who brutally murdered her parents and younger sister 16 years earlier. The man—the murderer—is her older brother.
The term “mystery play” is derived from the Latin “ministerium,” or occupation, referring to the guilds that performed the works. But like the original medieval mystery plays, “The Mystery Plays” wrestles with the most profound of human ideas: the mysteries of death, the afterlife, religion, faith, and forgiveness—but in a uniquely American way.
The Greensboro College Department of Theatre seeks to provide a strong foundation in theatre while allowing the student to emphasize in a particular area of theatre.
The coursework is integrated with the production work to provide a better understanding of the many facets of the theatre. Required participation on stage or backstage on all theatre productions allows the techniques and theories that are examined in the classroom and the laboratory to be tested in a performance setting.
Depending upon their emphasis of choice, upon completion of the degree, students will be prepared to enter graduate school or a theatre conservatory, intern full-time with a theatre organization, teach theatre or seek careers in the profession.
For more information, visit https://www.greensboro.edu/academics/dept-the/ or contact David Schram, Jefferson Pilot Professor of Theatre and department chair, at 336-272-7102, ext. 5243, or email schramd@greensboro.edu.
Greensboro College provides a liberal arts education grounded in the traditions of the United Methodist Church and fosters the intellectual, social, and, spiritual development of all students while supporting their individual needs.
Founded in 1838 and located in downtown Greensboro, the college enrolls about 1,000 students from 29 states and territories, the District of Columbia, and seven foreign countries in its undergraduate liberal-arts program and six master’s degree programs. In addition to rigorous academics and a well-supported Honors program, the school features a 17-sport NCAA Division III athletic program and dozens of service and recreational opportunities. Learn more at www.greensboro.edu.
Think critically. Act justly. Live faithfully.
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