September 16, 2003

Boise State Theatre Arts Opens Season Oct. 2 With Beckett's 'EndGame'

Boise State University’s theater arts department opens its 2003-04 season with Samuel Beckett’s absurdist play “Endgame.” Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 2-4 and 8-11 and at 2 p.m. Oct. 5 and 12 at the Morrison Center Stage II. Tickets are $9 general and $7 for students and seniors at Select-a-Seat. Boise State students, faculty and staff can receive free tickets at campus box offices. Other productions in the season include Noel Coward’s “Present Laughter” Nov. 13-16 and 19-23; and Henrik Ibsen’s “Hedda Gabler” March 10-14 and 17-21. In addition, the Theatre Majors Association will present a fall showcase Dec. 3-6 and dance students will present a fall dance concert Dec. 12 and 13. Both groups will also hold performances in the spring. One of the most highly respected examples of Theatre of the Absurd, “Endgame” is named for the final stage of a chess game where the outcome is already known. Beckett, an avid chess fan, saw a parallel between the chess endgame and the final stages of life. Set in a time and place somewhere on the brink of oblivion, the play revolves around four people. Two live in trash cans, another can’t sit down or leave and the fourth is blind and confined to a wheelchair. Death seems imminent, the world outside post-apocalyptic, yet life’s farcical nature takes up much of the chatter. The play is directed by Anne Hoste, a theatre arts professor who is also Boise State’s resident costume designer. Adam Harrell plays the role of Hamm, Luke Masengill plays Clov, Nick Stewart Sceirine plays Nagg and Bethany Adams plays the role of Nell. “Endgame” also features the work of student costume designer Robert Mulcock and student lighting designer Matt Curtis. -30- Contact                               Media Contact Ann Hoste                           Kathleen Craven Department of theatre arts     communications and marketing 208 426-4007                       208 426-3275 communications and marketing 426-3275