ATLANTA - Come get the story behind two of 7 Stages’ fall
productions as Oglethorpe University hosts
Conversations with
Directors: Caryl Churchill’s Futuristic Dramas on Monday,
October 24, at 7:00 p.m in the Emerson Student Center.
This fall 7 Stages presents the regional premieres of A
Number, directed by Joe Gfaller, and Far Away,
directed by Melissa Foulger. Both directors will be on hand, as
will 7 Stages’ Artistic Director Del Hamilton and actors from
the productions, to discuss Churchill’s themes in a conversation
facilitated by Deborah Merola, Oglethorpe’s Director of Theatre.
Churchill’s haunting themes are captured by the questions:
“Who are you to yourself if, to the rest of the world, all you
are is… A Number?” and “What if the cries you heard
Far Away in the night as a child were real?” The answers
reveal frightening scenarios involving cloning and
totalitarianism, which will be further explored in an audience
Q&A followed by an artists' reception.
This event, sponsored by Oglethorpe’s Theatre Department and
7 Stages, is part of Oglethorpe’s fall Arts & Ideas season.
Upcoming Arts & Ideas events include Focus on Realism: The
Permanent Collection, on display at the Oglethorpe
University Museum of Art; two harpsichord concerts by David
Buice; the University Singers and University Chorale Fall
Concert; and, to close the season, Oglethorpe’s annual Boar’s
Head Ceremony and Holiday Concert. For date, time and location
information, visit
www.oglethorpe.edu (keyword: calendar). For additional
information on the Arts & Ideas season or to sign up to receive
our twice-a-year newsletter, contact
Mark DeLong at 404.364.8447.
What: Conversations with Directors: Caryl
Churchill’s Futuristic Dramas, sponsored by Oglethorpe
University and 7 Stages Theatre
Who: Oglethorpe Director of Theatre Deborah Merola
facilitates a conversation among 7 Stages’ Joe Gfaller, Melissa
Foulger and Del Hamilton
When: October 24 at 7:00 p.m.
Where: Talmage Room, Emerson Student Center, Oglethorpe
University (4484 Peachtree Road NE, Atlanta)
Tickets: $7 general admission; free with Oglethorpe ID.
For ticket information, visit
www.7Stages.org or call 404.523.7647.
