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March 20, 2007

POMPEY: The Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Department of Theatre and Dance

University of Michigan - Flint

303 E. Kearsley St.

Flint, MI 48502

Box Office: (810) 237-6520

UM-Flint to Stage POMPEY

The University of Michigan - Flint Department of Theatre and Dance will stage the premiere of POMPEY, a new play based on Measure for Measure by UM-Flint alumnus Sean Michael Welch (Flint author of the award-winning play, Earl the Vampire) and William Shakespeare.

Directed by Janet Haley (Flushing), UM-Flint alumna.

An eye for an eye, a trick for a trick....never underestimate the power of a pimp.

Shakespeare's minor character Pompey the pimp, intervenes in the plot of Measure for Measure, and ends up as an unconventional hero as he takes the fight for freedom and justice into his own hands.

This comic and thought-provoking production contains mature content and sexual situations (intended for audiences ages 16 and up).

CAST INCLUDES: Bret Beaudry (Fenton) as Pompey, Josh Carrizales (Flint) as Mistress Overdone, Jason Briggs (Grand Blanc) as the Duke, Don Hillaker (Flint) as Officer Elbow, Kody C. Jones (Clio) as Claudio and Jennifer Amble (Davison) as Isabella. Also features the talents of UM-Flint dance students Justine Burks (Flint), Ashley Mikulenas (Fenton), and Vanessa Napolitan (Grand Blanc).

Scenic Design by Stephen D. Landon, Costume Design by Seunghye Cho, and Lighting Design by Doug Mueller.

PERFORMANCE DATES: UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN-FLINT THEATRE

Friday March 30, Saturday March 31 and Thursday April 5, Friday April 6 and Saturday April 7 at 8:00pm.

One Sunday matinee, April 1st at 2:00 features a post-show talk-back with the playwright, Sean Michael Welch.

For tickets, directions to the theatre, and other information please call 810.237.6520.

UM-Flint Department of Theatre and Dance website at: http://www.umflint.edu/departments/theater-dance/

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1 Comments:

  • At 12:38 PM , Blogger Master of None said...

    I hope Pompey is so popular that it summons forth the spirit of Shakespeare himself, who will promptly visit Flint, find the ghettos of Elizabethan England not as bad as he had previously considered them, surreptitiously avoid the performance (for fear someone would recognize him and trick him into betraying his true identity and station), and return to the grave satisfied, his pointy beard gummed with a hastily imbibed Boston Cooler. And safe travels, sir...

     

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