April 6, 2010

Exit the King - PBA Theater Production

The Palm Beach Atlantic University Theatre Department will present the absurdist drama "Exit the King" by Eugene Ionesco April 15-17 at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday with a matinee at 2 p.m. on Saturday.

Performances will be held in the University's W.G. Lassiter Student Center, located at 900 South Olive Ave. in West Palm Beach. Tickets are $15 general admission or 2 for $25; $10 seniors; $5 students with I.D. For tickets, contact Ticket Central at 561-803-2970 or ticketcentral@pba.edu.

Premiering in 1962, Ionesco's absurdist drama "Exit the King" examines life and death through the unusual ways that ancient King Berenger deals with his own mortality. Palm Beach Atlantic University theatre student Trent Stephens plays the lead role of King Berenger and is pictured above.

This production is directed by Rob Homer-Drummond, professor of theatre at Palm Beach Atlantic. Homer-Drummond earned his bachelor of communications from Wheaton College and his master of fine arts in acting from the University of Louisville. He has studied Lecoq movement technique, Linklater voice technique, and participated in workshop studies with Actors Theatre of Louisville.

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