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St. Olaf College presents Six Characters in Search of an Author, Nov.

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October 31, 2001

Six Character in Search of an Author, a light comedy by Luigi Pirandello, will be presented at St. Olaf College, opening Nov. 8 and running through Sunday, Nov. 17.

The play, presented by the St. Olaf Theater Department, will be at 7:30 p.m., Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 8­10 and at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 11. There will also be performances Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 15­17. All performances will be in Kelsey Theater. Tickets can be purchased for $6 and may be reserved by calling the theater box office at (507) 646-8987, or picked up in the Communication-Theater Building Monday through Friday from 1 to 4 p.m.

The comedy is directed by St. Olaf communication and theater faculty member Bill Sonnega. Sonnega earned a bachelor?s degree in drama from Colorado College, a master of fine arts in dramatic writing from New York University and a Ph.D. in theater history/theory, and criticism, from the University of Minnesota.

A clever and intriguing play, Six Characters in Search of an Author explores the delicate balance of illusion and reality in a stage setting. The play begins as a company of actors has gathered to rehearse a play. As the rehearsal gets underway, a family of six characters, who have been abandoned by their author, invade the theater and demand that the director and his company stage their life story. As the director and his company listen to the family?s story to decide whether or not a play can be fashioned out of it, astonishing and unpredictable events emerge as illusion and reality are blurred.

St. Olaf College prepares students to become responsible citizens of the world, fostering development of mind, body and spirit. A four-year, coeducational liberal arts college of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), St. Olaf has a student enrollment of 2,950 and a full-time faculty complement of approximately 300. It is one of Money Guide?s top 100 "elite values in college education today," and it leads the nation?s colleges in percentage of students who study abroad.

Contact Carole Leigh Engblom at 507-786-3315 or leigh@stolaf.edu.