May 18 - 19 - UNA To Host Second-Annual Storytelling Festival
World-class storytellers will be present at the University of North Alabama May 18 to 19 to entertain crowds with tales of heart, humor and heritage as part of the UNA Front Porch Storytelling Festival. The festival is the newest addition to similar festivals in the North Alabama region. In addition to the storytelling at the Memorial Amphitheatre, organizers have other events planned, including spooky ghost stories by torchlight on Saturday night and a lunch time cruise May 17 on the Tennessee River aboard “Pickwick Belle." Tickets for the storytelling festival are available now. Admission is $25 per day for adults and $5 per day for students. Discounted tickets are available for those who wish to attend both days. The tickets for the two-hour “Pickwick Belle” cruise, which includes a light meal and entertainment, are $25 each. For more information, visit www.una.edu/storytelling . To speak with Debbie Chaffin, call Lorrie Woods at 256-765-4208 or email at dkchaffin@una.edu.
June 28 - July. 8 - UNA SUMMER THEATER TO PRESENT 'A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE'
The University of North Alabama’s 2012 Summer Theater program is already in full swing as participants prepare for the presentation of the Canon of American Theater Classics, which will be showcased at the newly constructed George S. Lindsey Theatre on UNA’s campus. This year, officials with the UNA Summer Theater program have chosen a work that is considered to be one of the greatest plays of all time. Written by American playwright Tennessee Williams, “A Streetcar Named Desire” is a tale about the fragile, delusional southern belle Blanche DuBois who moves to New Orleans to live with her sister, Stella, and her brutish brother-in-law, Stanley Kowalski, in a dingy apartment. Temperaments clash, fireworks fly and secrets are revealed in this Pulitzer Prize-winning drama. “A Streetcar Named Desire” will run from June 28 until July 8. Evening show times are scheduled for June 28 to 30 and July 6 to 7 at 7:30 p.m. Afternoon show times are scheduled for June 30 and July 1, 7, and 8 at 2 p.m. For more information, contact UNA’s Department of Music and Theatre at 256-765-5122 or visit on the web at www.una.edu/music-theatre .
