SIUE’s Department of Theater and Dance Presents The End: an Apocalypse Anthology
How will the world end? Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Department of Theater and Dance offers several causes – including fire, ice and a zombie attack in its presentation of The End: An Apocalypse Anthology, which opens at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 1 in the Metcalf Theater on the Edwardsville campus.
The production of eight one-act plays will continue at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 2 and 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 3 and at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday, Dec. 6-9 and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 10.
“The play is a collaboration between five different playwrights with dissimilar views and does a wonderful job of making light of the end of days, while still giving it its due,” said director Wendy Renée Greenwood. “When life closes a door, it opens a window … and then zombies come in and eat you. Lock the windows folks, and lock them up good.”
The productions will showcase “This is How It Ends” by A. Rey Pamatmat, “La Reina de Los Angeles” by Jennifer Haley, “Apocalypse Apartments” by Allison Moore and “Promageddon” by Dan Dietz. The remaining four pieces, “The One About the Asteroid,” “The One That Ends Itself,” “La Muerte” and “The One They Call The Bloop” are written by Marco Ramirez.
Tickets are general admission of $12 for those 18 and older and $10 for seniors and non-SIUE students with a valid school I.D. SIUE students with valid identification are admitted free. Due to the theater’s design, there will be no late seating for performances.
To purchase tickets and for more information, contact the Theater and Dance Box Office at 618-650-2774, toll free at 888-328-5168, extension 2774 or email theater-tickets@siue.edu. Also visit the SIUE website home page and click on “Calendar of Events.”
SIUE’s Department of Theater and Dance presents four plays and one dance concert during its October through April season. All productions are open to the community at large. The Department of Theater and Dance is part of the College of Arts and Sciences.
College of Arts and Sciences: Central to SIUE’s exceptional and comprehensive education, the College of Arts and Sciences has 19 departments and 85 areas of study. More than 300 full-time faculty/instructors deliver classes to more than 8,000 undergraduate and graduate students. Faculty help students explore diverse ideas and experiences, while learning to think and live as fulfilled, productive members of the global community. Study abroad, service-learning, internships, and other experiential learning opportunities better prepare SIUE students not only to succeed in our region's workplaces, but also to become valuable leaders who make important contributions to our communities.
Photo Courtesy of Valerie Goldston: (From left to right on back row) CAS students Margaret Sommerhof, Ryan Burns and Dylan Arnold and (center) Sarah Lantsberger.
