91³Ō¹Ļ

91³Ō¹Ļ theater season to present Eric Coble’s "Natural Selection"

Author: Christine Sopczynski

Natural Selection

The University of 91³Ō¹Ļ’s Department of Film, Television, and Theatre will present ā€œNatural Selectionā€ by Eric Coble as part of its 2009-10 theater season.

Directed by Tim Hardy, this ironic comedy depicts a future where technology rules supreme: everything is cooked in a microwave, blogging has replaced conversation, school has become virtual and the Coca-Cola flavor of the week is vanilla-cherry-lime.

In ā€œNatural Selection,ā€ Henry Carson, a curator at Cultural Fiesta Theme Park is forced to travel the country in order to restock the Native American Pavilion. He soon finds that ā€œnativeā€ can no longer be strictly defined. Technology has a decided disadvantage against mythology and, after years spent making the world artificial, the world begins to fight.

Performances will be held Feb. 23 to 27 (Tuesday to Saturday) at 7:30 p.m. and Feb. 28 (Sunday) at 2:30 p.m., in the Philbin Studio Theatre of the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center.

Tickets are $15 for general admission, $12 for faculty, staff and seniors, and $10 for all students. Tickets are available by calling the ticket office at 574-631-2800, or on the Web at http://performingarts.nd.edu.

Contact: Tim Hardy, director, 574-631-0387, skilhardy@yahoo.co.uk