FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 10, 2003
CONTACT: Roland Ruiz, St. Philip's College Director of Community and Public Relations
210.531.4851

ST. PHILIP'S COLLEGE THEATRE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES SEASON LINEUP FOR 2003-2004

The St. Philip's College Theatre Department's 2003-2004 season will get under way with a Sept. 19 twin-bill presentation featuring Langston Hughes' "Soul Gone Home" and the premier of "Tapestry," an original play by instructor and director Charles Jeffries. The complete St. Philip's College lineup also includes productions of Shakespeare's "Titus Andronicus," "Thirteen Clocks" by James Thurber and the Neil Simon musical "Sweet Charity," each of which will be presented by the department at scheduled times throughout the academic year.

Performances of "Soul Gone Home" and "Tapestry" will play Sept. 19, 20, 26 and 27 at 7:30 each evening in the Watson Theatre. Admission to the plays is $10 ($12 for musicals) for general public and $5 ($6 for musicals) for students, faculty and staff of the Alamo Community College District and members of the San Antonio Theatre Coalition (SATCO). More information is available by calling the box office at 531-3323.

"Soul Gone Home," by Langston Hughes, is a quirky, one-act play that examines the relationship between a mother and her recently deceased son. The cast will feature Dollie Hudspeth, St. Philip's College English faculty member, and student Jason Rivera in the two leading roles. Directing will be Vincent Hardy, an instructor and 20-year veteran of theatre in New York City. "Soul Gone Home" will be presented along with "Tapestry," written and directed by Jeffries. Set in the abbey of Fishbeck near Hamelin, Germany, the story of "Tapestry" unfolds as a five-member cast attempts to interpret the meaning of an old tapestry hanging telling the story of the foundation of the abbey in an ongoing exchange between the past and the present.

The rest of the St. Philip's College schedule of theatrical productions is as follows:

"Titus Andronicus": the most macabre of Shakespeare's plays is set among the decadent and disintegrating Roman Empire and portrays the tragic downward spiral of a society into the most profound immorality.
Auditions: Sept. 22 and 23
Performances: Oct. 31, Nov. 1, 2, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15.

"Titus Andronicus" also will serve as the St. Philip's College entry in the American College Theatre Festival at the University of Texas at Tyler, with performances scheduled there Nov. 6-8.

"Thirteen Clocks": Adapted from the novel by James Thurber, this play features a cast of stereotypical fairy tale characters, including a sweet princess, an evil Duke, a swashbuckling prince and an absent-minded magician in a plot sure to thrill audiences of all ages.
Auditions: Dec. 8
Performances: Evening presentations Feb. 6, 7, 8, 13 and 14; matinee shows Feb. 9, 10, 11 and 12.

"Sweet Charity": This musical tells the story of a young, optimistic woman jilted time and again by men only to find herself swept off her feet by a claustrophobic tax accountant she meets while trapped in an elevator.
Performances: March 26, 27 and 28 and April 2, 3 and 4.

St. Philip's College, one of the Alamo Community Colleges serving the greater Bexar County region, is a comprehensive community college designated as both a Historically Black College and a Hispanic Serving Institution. St. Philip's College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.