Tuesdays through Friday, or noon to 4 p.m. Saturdays. The central character, Miss Alma, has spent her lifetime pining for her neighbor, Dr. John Buchanan, but their personalities and points of view clash under the backdrop of deep Southern traditions, feigned gentility and pent-up sexuality. Williams' brilliant characterizations and poetic dialogue are steeped in Southern traditions. Les Hinderyckx, a professor of theater at Northwestern, directs the play. Dominic Missimi, associate professor of theater and director of the Music Theater Program at Northwestern, directs the world-renowned musical, which drew raves from critics and audiences in the 1980s during a spectacular Broadway run.
Facilities are accessible to the disabled.
Artistic director and Northwestern University Dance Program faculty member Brian Jeffrey, and artistic associates Peter Carpenter and Marianne Kim, both Northwestern alums, will lead a workshop which will focus on exploring and combining elements of dance, theater and Japanese Butoh. Undergraduate and graduate credit is available. A campus housing and meal plan is also available. The deadline for early registration is July 1. Jeffrey has toured internationally since 1988.