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Play Based on the Ancient Greek Myth of Orpheus Premieres in Columbus

On Feb. 23-25, one of the works of a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright is coming home. Not only to Mississippi, but to the town of Tennessee Williams’ birth, in 1911. Columbus is the opening host city for a state tour of “Orpheus Descending.”

The Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival in Massachusetts, the New York-based Infinite Theatre, and Columbus’ own Tennessee Williams Tribute Committee present this powerful story set in the Mississippi Delta. The play is the recipient of a performance grant arranged by the Massachusetts festival and The Infinite Theatre Co.

The play

“Orpheus Descending” is conceived as a morality play, to be performed in a house of worship. In Columbus, it takes place in the First United Methodist Church (FUMC) Artz Fellowship Hall at 602 College St.

The imagery in the text comes not only from the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus, but from Williams’ own Episcopal upbringing in small town Mississippi.

How To Go

All performances are at 7 p.m. in the FUMC Artz Fellowship Hall.

Tickets for a special preview performance Feb. 23 are $5. Tickets for Feb. 24-25 are $15 for adults, $10 for seniors and military personnel, and $5 for students.

On Friday night only, ticket holders are invited to a reception with the cast at the College Street home of Mississippi University for Women President Dr. Jim Borsig.

Purchase tickets at the Columbus Arts Council’s Rosenzweig Arts Center, 501 Main St. For additional ticket information, contact the CAC at 662-328-2787. For more about the play, visit muw.edu/tennesseewilliams.

(Source:http://www.cdispatch.com)

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