Hendrix Players Present “Violet”
Hendrix Players Present “Violet”
Musical production to run Feb. 23-26
CONWAY, Ark. (February 14, 2011) — The Hendrix Players will present Violet in productions Wednesday, Feb. 23-Saturday, Feb. 26. Performances will be at 7:30 p.m. each day and an additional matinee will be offered on Saturday at 2 p.m. All performances will be in the Cabe Theatre on the Hendrix College campus.
Violet is a musical based on the short story “The Ugliest Pilgrim” by Doris Betts. It tells the story of a young disfigured woman who embarks on a journey by bus from her farm in Spruce Pine, N.C., to Tulsa, Okla., in order to be healed.
The production is free and open to the public, but reservations are recommended. Please contact Cabe Theatre Box Office at 501-450-1343 for more information.
Violet is sponsored by the Department of Theatre Arts and Dance and presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International. Ann Muse, associate professor of theatre arts, will direct the production.
Hendrix, founded in 1876, is a selective, residential, undergraduate liberal arts college emphasizing experiential learning in a demanding yet supportive environment. The college is featured in the 2010 edition of the Princeton Review as one of the country’s best 371 colleges, was identified as the nation’s top “Up and Coming” liberal arts college for 2011 by U.S. News and World Report, and is ranked among 45 “Best Buy” colleges by the 2011 Fiske Guide to Colleges. Hendrix has been affiliated with the United Methodist Church since 1884. For more information, visit www.hendrix.edu.
