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Tuesday, September 19, 2017<\/p>\n
STEPHENVILLE, Texas—Theatre at Tarleton kicks off its new season Tuesday, Sept. 26, with Neil Simon’s Rumors,<\/em> a fast-paced, fun-filled farce that will leave even the grouchiest couch potato laughing out loud.<\/p>\n The play runs through Sept. 30, with curtain time at 7:30 nightly in the Clyde H. Wells Fine Arts Center on the Stephenville campus. Rated PG-13, the play contains adult language.<\/p>\n Tickets are available at Tarleton’s Fine Arts Center Box Office, open from 2 to 6 p.m. weekdays. Admission is $10 for adults; $8 for senior citizens, children under 18 and Tarleton faculty and staff; and $5 for students with a valid ID.<\/p>\n Rumors<\/em>, Simon’s first effort at farce, follows a group of wealthy New Yorkers at a soiree at the home of the deputy mayor and his wife.<\/p>\n The play features situational comedy staples—revolving doors, kitchen gags, bathroom mishaps, botched suicides, clueless police—to tell the outwardly goofy story of four couples trapped in a hilariously awkward social situation.<\/p>\n Performers and designers are Tarleton theater majors. Here’s a list: Mark Holtorf directs, and Carol Stavish designs the set. Both are associate professors in Tarleton’s Fine Arts Department.<\/p>\n For more information, contact Lori Larue at 254-968-9639 or larue@tarleton.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n To learn more about Tarleton’s Fine Arts Department, go to www.tarleton.edu\/finearts<\/a>.<\/p>\n Tarleton, celebrating 100 years as founding member of The Texas A&M University System, provides a student-focused, value-driven educational experience marked by academic innovation and exemplary service, and dedicated to transforming students into tomorrow’s professional leaders. As a member of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) with campuses in Stephenville, Fort Worth, Waco, Midlothian and online, Tarleton engages with its communities to provide real-world learning experiences and to address societal needs while maintaining its core values of tradition, integrity, civility, leadership, excellence and service.<\/p>\n #<\/p>\n Contact: Phil Riddle, News & Information Specialist Theatre at Tarleton kicks off its new season Tuesday, Sept. 26, with Neil Simon’s Rumors,<\/em> a fast-paced, fun-filled farce that will leave even the grouchiest couch potato laughing out loud.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":29219,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[423,424],"tags":[440,442,453],"class_list":["post-29218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics-research","category-arts-events","tag-college-of-liberal-fine-arts","tag-community-events","tag-performing-fine-arts"],"acf":{"image":null},"author_meta":{"display_name":"keegan","author_link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/author\/keegan-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2021\/11\/image-1590-300x200.jpg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["Academics & Research<\/a>","Arts & Events<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Academics & Research<\/span>","Arts & Events<\/span>"]},"tags":{"linked":["College of Liberal & Fine Arts<\/a>","Community Events<\/a>","Performing & Fine Arts<\/a>"],"unlinked":["College of Liberal & Fine Arts<\/span>","Community Events<\/span>","Performing & Fine Arts<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":0,"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 9 years ago","modified":"Updated 4 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on September 19, 2017","modified":"Updated on November 12, 2021"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on September 19, 2017 12:00 am","modified":"Updated on November 12, 2021 2:14 am"},"featured_img_caption":"Text: \"Rumors by Neil Simon\" with colorful letters.","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29218\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
• Caleb Badgley<\/strong> as Ken Gorman, a well-spoken, handsome attorney who’s a bit high-strung.
• Rachel Arrington<\/strong> as Chris Gorman, Ken’s elegant and attractive wife, also a bit high-strung.
• Willie Byrum<\/strong> as Lenny Ganz, an accountant who’s just wrecked his new BMW.
• Bailey Brewer<\/strong> as Claire Ganz, Lenny’s gossip-monger—a New York housewife type.
• Chris Baldock<\/strong> as Ernie Cuzak, a smug psychiatrist.
• Jazzmyne Marsha Jones<\/strong> as Cookie Cuzak, Ernie’s wife and a cook show host with a bad back.
• Tyson Zinsmeyer<\/strong> as Glenn Cooper, an ambitious, polished man preparing to run for state senate.
• Kay Higgins<\/strong> as Cassie Cooper, Glenn’s trophy wife—a jealous type.
• Devon Kleine<\/strong> as Officer Welch, a straight-talking veteran police officer.
• Laramie Gambrell<\/strong> as Officer Pudney, a rookie cop.
• Joy Serene Adams<\/strong>, lighting designer
• Cathryn D’Amore<\/strong>, costume designer
• Victoria DePaola<\/strong>, sound
• April Harlin<\/strong>, makeup and hair.<\/p>\n
817-484-4415
priddle@tarleton.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"