McDaniel College Presents THE POMEGRANATE SEED

McDaniel College presents "The Pomegranate Seed: An Exploration of Appetite, Body Image, and Myth in Modern Culture " 7 p.m. Feb. 22 in Baker Chapel.

Admission is a $10 donation to benefit local women's organizations. McDaniel students, faculty and staff are admitted for free.

The play, created and performed by Cosy Sheridan, comes to campus as the nation marks February as Eating Disorder Awareness Month and deals with women's generally negative image of their own bodies as shaped by our culture.

The Pomegranate Seed is a compelling, thought-provoking and humorous one-woman show that explores the challenges and triumphs of being a modern woman. From the impossible physique of Barbie dolls to fad diets to Eve and her apple - Sheridan takes them on. The result? Laughter, tears and empowerment!

In Act One, Sheridan muses about matters ranging the perils of being alone with a bathing suit in the dressing room to parallels between Iphigenia, sacrificed for a prevailing wind, and a young woman with anorexia sacrificed to the "religion of 500 calories a day."

In Act Two, a modern-day Persephone falls in love with a biker named Hades and discovers how to move beyond victimization to wisdom and triumph.

McDaniel's presentation of The Pomegranate Seed is sponsored by the Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs, the Departments of Social Work, Music, Communication, Sociology, Psychology and History, and the Women's Issues group and Active Minds.

For more information about Sheridan, visit www.cosysheridan.com/cosypomseed.htm.