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Nov. 7, 2007/FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: productionpr@ncarts.edu, Kathryn Pugh, 336-734-2924 Thought-provoking "Dead Man Walking" To begin short run at NCSA Opens Nov. 14 at Performance Place
WINSTON-SALEM – Based on a true story, Dead Man Walking, the stage adaptation of the 1995 motion-picture, will open at the North Carolina School of the Arts with a limited run on Nov. 14. Dead Man Walking will be performed at 8 p.m. Nov. 14-17 and at 2 p.m. Nov. 17 in the Catawba Theatre of Performance Place on the NCSA campus, 1533 South Main St., Winston-Salem. Tickets are $12 for adults and $10 for students and seniors. For more information or to order tickets, call the NCSA Box Office at (336) 721-1945 or visit www.ncarts.edu/performances. Audience members are encouraged to stay for a post-show symposium in the theatre immediately following the performance on Wednesday, Nov. 14. This question-and-answer discussion, to be lead by Sister Maureen Fenlon from the Dead Man Walking School Theatre Project, is intended to open the doors of communication surrounding the issue of capital punishment.
Based on Sister Helen Prejean’s book of the same title, Dead Man Walking is an eyewitness account of the death penalty in the United States. Having recently gone through a spiritual transformation renewing her commitment to a life of social justice, Prejean befriends death row inmate Matt Poncelet (representing Sonnier and Willie of the book). This relationship leaves Prejean questioning her core beliefs. Director Matthew Bulluck is an award-winning playwright and director. In addition to working on Broadway as assistant director to now NCSA Drama Dean Gerald Freedman on “The Robber Bridegroom,” Bulluck has numerous regional credits including Arena Stage, New York City Opera, and The Mark Taper Forum. A graduate of The Juilliard School, Bulluck currently teaches in the School of Drama at NCSA. The playwright, Academy Award-winner Tim Robbins, has appeared in such films as Mystic River and The Shawshank Redemption. Robbins also has many producing, writing and directing credits, most notably Dead Man Walking, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award. The Dead Man Walking School Theatre Project, developed by Sister Helen Prejean and Robbins, allows his stage adaptation to be performed in colleges and universities across America. The North Carolina School of the Arts was the first state-supported, residential performing arts school in the nation. Today, it is a leading conservatory of international renown, offering professional training for careers in the performing, visual, and moving image arts. ###
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Nov. 7, 2007/FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media Contact: productionpr@ncarts.edu, Kathryn Pugh, 336-734-2924

Thought-provoking "Dead Man Walking"
To begin short run at NCSA
Opens Nov. 14 at Performance Place

WINSTON-SALEM – Based on a true story, Dead Man Walking, the stage adaptation of the 1995 motion-picture, will open at the North Carolina School of the Arts with a limited run on Nov. 14.

Dead Man Walking will be performed at 8 p.m. Nov. 14-17 and at 2 p.m. Nov. 17 in the Catawba Theatre of Performance Place on the NCSA campus, 1533 South Main St., Winston-Salem. Tickets are $12 for adults and $10 for students and seniors. For more information or to order tickets, call the NCSA Box Office at (336) 721-1945 or visit www.ncarts.edu/performances.

Audience members are encouraged to stay for a post-show symposium in the theatre immediately following the performance on Wednesday, Nov. 14. This question-and-answer discussion, to be lead by Sister Maureen Fenlon from the Dead Man Walking School Theatre Project, is intended to open the doors of communication surrounding the issue of capital punishment.

Based on Sister Helen Prejean’s book of the same title, Dead Man Walking is an eyewitness account of the death penalty in the United States. Having recently gone through a spiritual transformation renewing her commitment to a life of social justice, Prejean befriends death row inmate Matt Poncelet (representing Sonnier and Willie of the book). This relationship leaves Prejean questioning her core beliefs.

Director Matthew Bulluck is an award-winning playwright and director. In addition to working on Broadway as assistant director to now NCSA Drama Dean Gerald Freedman on “The Robber Bridegroom,” Bulluck has numerous regional credits including Arena Stage, New York City Opera, and The Mark Taper Forum. A graduate of The Juilliard School, Bulluck currently teaches in the School of Drama at NCSA.

The playwright, Academy Award-winner Tim Robbins, has appeared in such films as Mystic River and The Shawshank Redemption. Robbins also has many producing, writing and directing credits, most notably Dead Man Walking, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award. The Dead Man Walking School Theatre Project, developed by Sister Helen Prejean and Robbins, allows his stage adaptation to be performed in colleges and universities across America.

The North Carolina School of the Arts was the first state-supported, residential performing arts school in the nation. Today, it is a leading conservatory of international renown, offering professional training for careers in the performing, visual, and moving image arts.

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