The Post Theatre Company Opens Its 1998/1999 Season with
Judith Thompson's Sled
September 3, 1998 -- The Post Theatre Company of the C.W. Post Campus
of Long Island University will kick off its 42nd season this fall with
the Canadian play Sled written by Judith Thompson, a resident of Toronto
and drama professor at the University of Guelph.
Sled, a disturbing expose of male violence and its horrifying implications,
begins and ends in the Canadian North, a world of unforgiving isolation
and mystical change. "The bold, and perhaps unpalatable, suggestion
in Sled is that violence doesn't shatter a community, but is incorporated
into it's identity," said Ann Wilson, drama professor, University
of Guelph in her article "Crowding Round Her: Violence and Female
Subjectivity."
Irwin Appel of Staten Island is directing the play and the cast members
include: Melissa Arleth, Massapequa; Joe Berlangero, Glen Cove; Fred Gunsch,
Staten Island; Alisha Khoury, Granby, Massachussetts; David Maulbeck, Summit,
N.J.; Lauren Milberger, Westfield, N.J.; Susan Snyder, York, Pennsylvania;
Peter Stoll, Troy, N.Y.; Gina Rickicki, Montgomery, A.L.; and Antonio Rodriguez,
Lynbrook.
Sled is being presented at the Little Theatre on the C.W. Post Campus
of Long Island University on October 9, 10 and 14 - 17 at 8 p.m. and October
11 and 18 at 3 p.m. Seating is by general admission and tickets are $10
for adults and $6 for students and senior citizens. The Little Theatre
is not wheelchair accessible. Due to mature subject matter, this play is
not recommended for young audiences.
For additional information please contact the Post Theatre Company Box
Office at (516) 299-2356, Monday through Friday, 2 to 5 p.m. C.W. Post
is located on Northern Boulevard (Route 25A) in Brookville.
**Post Theatre Company**
Winner of the 1998 Kennedy Center -- American College Theatre Festival
Award
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For more information call the C.W. Post Public
Relations Office at (516) 299-2333 or e-mail cwpostpr@aurora.liunet.edu
or send mail to: Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus, 720 Northern
Blvd., Brookville, New York 11548-1300.
