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Feb. 13, 2008/FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: productionpr@ncarts.edu, Patricia Masera, 336-734-2924 THE UPS AND DOWNS OF ROMANCE ARE BROUGHT TO LIFE IN THE GAME OF LOVE Feb. 21-24, 27-29, and March 1
WINSTON SALEM – A 19^th century playboy learns that “to love a great many is to love no one at all” when The Game of Love by Tom Jones opens at the North Carolina School of the Arts on Feb. 21. Performances will be at 8 p.m. February 21-23 & February 27-29 and at 2 p.m. February 24, as well as at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. on March 1 in the Agnes de Mille Theatre 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. Based on The Last Affairs of Anatol, lyricist Tom Jones provides a 19^th-century look into the ups and downs of love with The Game of Love. Anatol is a Viennese playboy who adores women. With the help of his longtime friend (and our narrator, Max) we watch as Anatol’s encounters with five special loves are played out on stage. From an amusing turn of events to a touching moment of “what might have been,” we watch as Anatol looks back on his life on a journey of self-discovery. As he is reminded of his successful and failed amorous conquests, he discovers that love truly is a game. The Game of Love is directed by Gerald Freedman, dean of the School of Drama. Freedman’s directorial credits range from Broadway to regional theatres to the international stage. He has served as the artistic director of the Great Lakes Theater Festival, the American Shakespeare Theatre, and Joseph Papp’s New York Shakespeare Festival. His Broadway directing credits include: The Robber Bridegroom, The Grand Tour, the revival of West Side Story (co-directed with Jerome Robbins), the premiere of Arthur Miller’s The Creation of the World and Other Business, and Mrs. Warren’s Profession. Successful author and lyricist Tom Jones has been nominated for three Tony Awards. He was awarded a Tony Honor Award in 1992 for The Fantasticks. Jones also co-authored such Broadway hits as I do! I do! and 110 in the Shade. 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 – A 19^th century playboy learns that “to love a great many is to love no one at all” when The Game of Love by Tom Jones opens at the North Carolina School of the Arts on Feb. 21.

Performances will be at 8 p.m. February 21-23 & February 27-29 and at 2 p.m. February 24, as well as at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. on March 1 in the Agnes de Mille Theatre 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.

Based on The Last Affairs of Anatol, lyricist Tom Jones provides a 19^th-century look into the ups and downs of love with The Game of Love. Anatol is a Viennese playboy who adores women. With the help of his longtime friend (and our narrator, Max) we watch as Anatol’s encounters with five special loves are played out on stage. From an amusing turn of events to a touching moment of “what might have been,” we watch as Anatol looks back on his life on a journey of self-discovery. As he is reminded of his successful and failed amorous conquests, he discovers that love truly is a game.

The Game of Love is directed by Gerald Freedman, dean of the School of Drama. Freedman’s directorial credits range from Broadway to regional theatres to the international stage. He has served as the artistic director of the Great Lakes Theater Festival, the American Shakespeare Theatre, and Joseph Papp’s New York Shakespeare Festival. His Broadway directing credits include: The Robber Bridegroom, The Grand Tour, the revival of West Side Story (co-directed with Jerome Robbins), the premiere of Arthur Miller’s The Creation of the World and Other Business, and Mrs. Warren’s Profession.

Successful author and lyricist Tom Jones has been nominated for three Tony Awards. He was awarded a Tony Honor Award in 1992 for The Fantasticks. Jones also co-authored such Broadway hits as I do! I do! and 110 in the Shade.

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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