Arena Stage and Georgetown University Theatre Program To Present WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN, 12/7

Arena Stage and Georgetown University's Theatre and Performance Studies Program will present a special presentation of Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Death, Rebirth, and Hunger for a Faith, a performance honoring the life and work of life and work of Studs Terkel, on December 7, 2009 at Georgetown University's Gaston Hall.

Adapted from Studs Terkel's own writings by Artistic Director of Davis Performing Arts Center and Georgetown Associate Professor Derek Goldman, this production is a poignant evening of song, story and celebration that the Chicago Sun-Times hailed as "unforgettable."

This production will feature Theodore Bikel (Academy Award nominee for The Defiant Ones), Cheryl Lynn Bruce (Helen Hayes Award for From the Mississippi Delta at Arena Stage), Kathleen Chalfant (Tony Award Nominee for Angels in America: Millennium Approaches), Rick Foucheux (Helen Hayes Award for Edmond at Source Theatre Company), Keith Randolph Smith (Broadway's Come Back, Little Sheba) and David Strathairn (Academy Award Nominee for Good Night and Good Luck) who will be joined by other accomplished D.C. actors and Georgetown alumni.

Ticket Prices are $30 general admission, $25 for seniors (65 or older), $15 for Georgetown faculty and staff, and $5 for students. Tickets can be purchased with credit card on-line at http://performingarts.georgetown.edu/boxoffice or at Davis Center Box Office (202-687-ARTS). Faculty, staff, seniors, and students must present picture ID.

The Georgetown Theater & Performance Studies Program integrates creative and critical inquiry, emphasizing artistic excellence, interdisciplinary learning, socially-engaged performance, and the spirit of collaboration. Now offering a dynamic major in Theater & Performance Studies, the Program features a nationally recognized faculty, including a number of the field's leading scholar/artists, and many of the region's leading professional theater practitioners. One of the country's only undergraduate programs in Theater and Performance Studies, the fast-growing program has rapidly attracted significant national attention for its distinctive curriculum, reflecting the political and international character of Georgetown, as well as for its commitment to social justice, and its high-quality, cutting-edge student production seasons.

Under the leadership of Artistic Director Molly Smith and Managing Director Edgar Dobie, Washington, D.C.-based Arena Stage has become the largest theater in the country dedicated to American plays and playwrights. Founded in1950 by Zelda Fichandler, Thomas Fichandler and Edward Mangum, Arena Stage was one of the nation's original resident theaters and has a distinguished record of leadership and innovation in the field. With the opening of the new Mead Center for American Theater in 2010, Arena Stage will be a leading center for the production, presentation, development and study of American theater. Now in its sixth decade, Arena Stage serves a diverse annual audience of more than 200,000. For more information please visit www.arenastage.org.

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