The Gettysburg College Department of Theatre Arts and Sunderman Conservatory of Music will present Lerner and Lowe's My Fair Lady at the Majestic Theater Nov. 4 to 7.
Performances will be held Nov. 4 to 6 at 8 p.m. and Nov. 7 at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $20, $15, or $10, and a $5 discount applies to children and Gettysburg College students. Tickets are available at 717-337-8200 or www.gettysburgmajestic.org.
My Fair Lady is adapted from George Bernard Shaw's play, Pygmalion, and follows Professor Henry Higgins' efforts to refine Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle.
Theatre Arts Prof. Christopher Kauffman, working on his 14th production on campus, directs a cast of 36 members including junior Laura Bembridge who plays Eliza Doolittle; junior Adam Pelta-Pauls who plays Henry Higgins; senior Jacob Henkoff who plays Alfred Doolittle and junior Steve Krzyzanowski who plays Col. Pickering.
The set will be designed by visiting instructor Eric Dixon, with choreography by Julie Herber, musical direction by John "Buzz" Jones with vocal direction by Kathleen Sasnett, both professors at the Sunderman Conservatory, costume design by Kay Yaukey and lighting design by Jonathan Stiles.
Founded in 1832, Gettysburg College is a highly selective four-year residential college of liberal arts and sciences with a strong academic tradition that includes Rhodes Scholars, a Nobel laureate and other distinguished scholars among its alumni. The college enrolls 2,600 undergraduate students and is located on a 200-acre campus adjacent to the Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania.
Contact: Nikki Rhoads, assistant director of communications
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