Theater-by-the-Grove at Indiana University of Pennsylvania to Present THE HAIRY APE

The Department of Theater & Dance at Indiana University of Pennsylvania will present The Hairy Ape, written by Eugene O'Neill. The production will run February 18-20 and 24-27 at 8 p.m., and Sunday, February 21 at 2:00 p.m. Performances will be presented by Theater-by-the-Grove in the Waller Hall Theater.

The Hairy Ape is O'Neill's expressionistic examination of modern American life in the 1920s during the rise of corporations and machines. A brutish stoker on a luxury liner named Yank leads a happy, animal-like existence as long as he's working with the coal and fires below decks. When he has a chance encounter with an out-of-her-element rich girl, Yank is forced to question his identity and his life. He sets off to get revenge on the girl for the perceived insult, and at the same time he seeks to answer the question, "Where do I belong?" The answers Yank gets on his journey lead simultaneously to comedy and tragedy.

Tickets for The Hairy Ape are available at the Hadley Union Building, located on Pratt Drive of the IUP campus. Seats remaining will be sold at the door starting one hour before each performance. Tickets are priced at $15 for regular admission, $12 for senior citizens and groups of fifteen or more, and $10 with a university I-card. Tickets may also be purchased with a credit card, Monday through Thursday, by calling the HUB Box Office at 724-357-1313.

For more information, contact The Lively Arts at 724-357-2547 or e-mail us at lively-arts@iup.edu.Theater-by-the-Grove is produced by the Department of Theater and Dance and the College of Fine Arts.It is funded, in part, by the IUP Student Cooperative Association.