April 16, 2008
Surfacing
Oh, there are you are. Hi, Surfacing, you popped up kind of suddenly didn't you? Maybe it's my fault for not noticing you hanging around. But I'm not going to blame myself this time. I scour the bulletin boards, and you did not appear.
But that's okay. I found you, despite your crafty attempts to hide.
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Facebook, inform the lovely people of my discovery:
Surfacing: Emerging Playwrights Festival
Surfacing is an annual production of student works. The shows are, from start to finish, entirely done by students of Webster University.
Surfacing is free to all. The shows will be held in Nerinx's EAC Auditorium. The EAC is easily accessible through the school's back entrance, which is labeled by a wooden sign that says "ENTRANCE". The space is then to your left and on your left.
The show times are:
Friday, April 18 at 7:30p
Saturday, April 19 at 7:30p
Sunday, April 20 at 2:00p
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Last year "Surfacing" included a lot of comedy and a few serious things. I'm still saying the words "soul balloon" and "sweatpouch." Both words from a particularly funny short with a genie. Even my normally stoic other half laughed out loud at some of the productions, so that in itself is testimony to me that, hey, production quality is pretty damn good for a student run event. And it's free.
Free. Free!
In most cases, the students involved in the show are not in WU's conservatory program. It's neat to see the theatre enthusiasts of WU acting, writing and directing. (Okay, maybe I have some friends that are involved.) I don't know if I'll like this year more than last year, considering the superhero sketch, the Brauny man and Scorpion-Hands were present... but, eh, I'll give it a try.