Post Theatre Company Opens New Season in October

The 2003-2004 season for the Post Theatre Company will begin in October with a variety of plays, forums and performances featuring students and faculty from the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University in Brookville.

Post Theatre Company, the not-for-profit resident theatre company of the Department of Theatre, Film and Dance of the C.W. Post Campus, provides theatre students with both traditional and non-traditional performance opportunities. The company is committed to creating new works, producing the classics, and broadening and deepening the production experience for students studying theatre arts. The company tours internationally and recent productions have traveled to Canada, Scotland, Greece and Cyprus.

Post Theatre Company has won national and international recognition. In 1997 Post Theatre Company was invited to perform its production of The Skriker at the National Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. The theatre company has also received numerous regional and national awards in the areas of direction, design, ensemble acting and playwriting.

Post Theatre Company has two major independent purposes: to provide students with a production laboratory which approaches as closely as possible the conditions of a working professional theatre, and to offer to audiences excellent live theatre. Training in the Theatre Program is intense, demanding, rigorous, and at the top of its field. Graduates are strong theatre artists who can meet the challenges of this rapidly changing and multi-faceted field. The Post Theatre Company is staffed by professional working artists as well as invited guest artists, all of whom work closely with the students.

The following productions are scheduled for the 2003-2004 season. Most productions are $10 general admission and $5 for students and seniors. All ticket revenue goes to a scholarship fund for theatre students at C.W. Post. Please note, seating arrangements vary and audience members may be required to climb stairs to enter the theatre. For additional information, contact the Post Theatre Company Box Office at 516-299-2356.

October 9-12 and 15-19

Play: "An Enemy of the People." Adapted by Arthur Miller from Henrik Ibsen’s play. Are honesty and truth idealistic luxuries in a world dominated by financial pressure and self-interest? 8 p.m. except Sunday at 3 p.m.; Little Theatre Mainstage.

November 13-16 and 19-23

Play: "Trojan Women." Adapted by the Company from Euripides and Seneca. The annihilation of a culture — if you have the power, should you use it? 8 p.m. except Sunday at 3 p.m.; Little Theatre Mainstage.

December 4-7

Play: "Damnee Manon, Sacree Sandra." By Michel Tremblay, translated by John Van Burek. The struggle to find and claim one’s self. 8 p.m. except Sunday at 3 p.m.; Little Theatre Rifle Range.

December 12-14

Dance: Winter Concert presented by the Post Concert Dance Company. Exciting new choreography by the students and faculty of the Dance Program. 8 p.m. with 3 p.m. matinees on Saturday and Sunday; Little Theatre Mainstage.