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April 11, 2008/FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: productionpr@ncarts.edu, Pato Masera, 336-354-8108 NCSA TO PRESENT GREEK TRAGEDY, THE TROJAN WOMEN, APRIL 18-20 AND 23-27 Alumnus John Langs To Direct
WINSTON-SALEM -- Director John Langs returns to his alma mater this spring, bringing a modern version of Euripides’ The Trojan Women to the North Carolina School of the Arts. The play will be performed at 8 p.m. April 18-19 and 23-26 and at 2 p.m. April 20 and 27. The performances will be held 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. A Greek tragedy, The Trojan Women focuses on the women of Troy as they await their fate upon the destruction of their city and the deaths of their men in war. It is a powerful play that speaks to issues of war and genocide. Within the bleakness and tragic consequence of war are the innocent victims. Euripides’ classic tale thrusts audiences into the pain and suffering of several heroic women and shows us their undying courage in the face of grief and adversity. John Langs received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the NCSA School of Drama in 1996. He is also a graduate of The Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts. He has served as artistic director for The Full Contact Shakespeare Company of Sacramento, Calif.; Dimensions Theater Project of Stockton, Calif.; the Golden Mean Theater Company of Los Angeles; and Maui Onstage in Hawaii. He created many original works, including the award winning musical “Up the Week Without a Paddle,” with the Neurotic Young Urbanites in Los Angeles. He received a Backstage West Garland Award for his direction of “The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World,” which moved on to the Lookingglass Theatre Company of Chicago, where it was nominated for a Joseph Jefferson Award. Brendan Kenelley is an internationally renowned poet with more than 30 books of poems to his credit, including “The Book of Judas,” published in 1991, which topped the Irish bestseller list. He was professor of Modern Literature at Trinity College, Dublin, for more than 30 years, and retired from that post in 2005. He has also authored a version of Euripides’ Medea. 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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WINSTON-SALEM -- Director John Langs returns to his alma mater this spring, bringing a modern version of Euripides’ The Trojan Women to the North Carolina School of the Arts.

The play will be performed at 8 p.m. April 18-19 and 23-26 and at 2 p.m. April 20 and 27. The performances will be held 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.

A Greek tragedy, The Trojan Women focuses on the women of Troy as they await their fate upon the destruction of their city and the deaths of their men in war. It is a powerful play that speaks to issues of war and genocide. Within the bleakness and tragic consequence of war are the innocent victims. Euripides’ classic tale thrusts audiences into the pain and suffering of several heroic women and shows us their undying courage in the face of grief and adversity.

John Langs received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the NCSA School of Drama in 1996. He is also a graduate of The Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts. He has served as artistic director for The Full Contact Shakespeare Company of Sacramento, Calif.; Dimensions Theater Project of Stockton, Calif.; the Golden Mean Theater Company of Los Angeles; and Maui Onstage in Hawaii. He created many original works, including the award winning musical “Up the Week Without a Paddle,” with the Neurotic Young Urbanites in Los Angeles. He received a Backstage West Garland Award for his direction of “The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World,” which moved on to the Lookingglass Theatre Company of Chicago, where it was nominated for a Joseph Jefferson Award.

Brendan Kenelley is an internationally renowned poet with more than 30 books of poems to his credit, including “The Book of Judas,” published in 1991, which topped the Irish bestseller list. He was professor of Modern Literature at Trinity College, Dublin, for more than 30 years, and retired from that post in 2005. He has also authored a version of Euripides’ Medea.

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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