ATLANTA -- Oglethorpe University’s evening degree program presents the Atlanta premiere of Better Places To Go on October 25 and 26 at 8:30 p.m. in Lupton Auditorium. This provocative new play and winner of the 2003 Elly Award for best original script is written and directed by critically acclaimed playwright David-Mathew Barnes ’06.

Ten lives come to a crossroads on a stormy night in a Grand Island, Nebraska, diner. Better Places To Go explores the lives of a young waitress fighting impulses to murder her grandmother, a busboy who is in love with his gun-toting best friend, a self-absorbed woman en route to her own wedding and a pregnant teenager who has fled from the father of her unborn child. In the course of one night, confessions of emotional secrets are revealed, forever changing each character’s life.

"The characters and their lives are compelling and the dialogue is sharp,” writes The Sacramento News and Review.

Better Places To Go contains adult language and mature content and is not suitable for younger audiences. This production is presented by the evening degree program’s student activities committee. General admission tickets will be available at the door for $5. For additional information, please call 404.504.3379.