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For IMMEDIATE Release                                                                                                             November 3, 2009

 

Baldwin Players Production NOVEMBER 12 – 14 AT ABAC

 

TIFTONThe Baldwin Players at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College will perform “Two Rooms” on Nov. 12 – 14 at 7:30 p.m. in Conger Hall, Room 319 on the ABAC campus.   Admission is free to all ABAC faculty, staff, and students with ABAC I.D.   The cost is $5 per person for the general public.   

The play is directed by Dr. John Galyean.  Parents should be advised that “Two Rooms” contains mature themes and strong, potentially objectionable language.

The cast will include Katie Jones, an agriculture education major from Dallas; Michelle North, an early childhood education major from Tifton, Dr. Brian Ray, assistant professor in the School of Liberal Arts; and Tom Mark, an educator in the Tift County School System.

The premise of the play involves a man who is held hostage in the Middle East by terrorists. His wife waits traumatized at home. As homage to her husband, she creates a room in their house that she imagines being like the room in which the terrorists are holding him.

The wife is visited several times by an investigative reporter and a State Department emissary.  They attempt to comfort her, influence her thoughts and feelings, and prepare her for best-case and worst-case scenarios.  Ultimately, she deals with her own feelings about the value of hope, dedication, loss, and panic as well as her opinions of the media in America and U.S. diplomatic policies.

Galyean said “Two Rooms” is an intense investigation into the essence of both faith and cruelty.  It was written 13 years before 9/11.    The play serves as a powerful reminder of the past and a warning of things to come.

For more information on the production, interested persons can contact Galyean at (229) 391-4960 or via e-mail at jgalyean@abac.edu.

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