CNR DRAMA MARKS ITS
CENTENNIAL WITH “OLEANNA” AND “VANITIES”
NEW ROCHELLE, NY, March 9, 2006 -- To
mark its centennial year season, CNR Drama, the student run drama group
at The College of New Rochelle, will present two American plays in
repertory from March 30 through April 8. “Oleanna,” David Mamet’s seething
investigation of political correctness, pits a student and her
professor in a dangerous power struggle, while the comedy “Vanities” by Jack Heifner presents
the more traditional – but no less dangerous – conflict of three
friends as they grow older, wiser and apart. Performances are
slated for:
Thurs, March 30: Oleanna at 8 pm
Wed, April 5: Oleanna at 8 pm
Fri, March 31: Vanities at 8 pm
Thurs, April 6: Vanities
at 8 pm
Sat, April 1: Oleanna at 2 pm
Vanities
at 8 pm
Fri, April 7: Oleanna at 8 pm
Sun. April 2: Vanities
at 2 pm
Sat, April 8: Vanities at 2 pm
Oleanna
at 8 pm
All shows will take place in Romita
Auditorium on CNR’s Main Campus at 29 Castle Place in New Rochelle, NY,
10805. General admission $15; students and seniors with I.D.
$10. These plays may not be suitable for children under 12;
children under 4 will not be admitted. For tickets and group
sales, call (914) 654-5373 or go to www.cnrdrama.org. Directions are
at: www.cnr.edu/CNR/cnr-directions.html.
Director Laurie Castaldo has cast CNR
student Rochelle Thompson opposite James Grausam in “Oleanna.”
The three girl friends of “Vanities,”
viewed in three different time periods, are portrayed by nine students
at the College: Danielle Peets, Amanda Baum and Shyolanda James
as high school cheerleaders in 1963; Janine Napierkowski, Rebecca
Coates and Cynthia Onyema Echefu as sorority sisters in 1968; and
Kathryn Tyranski, JoAnna Marchetti and Shonda Gaylord as disconnected
friends in 1974. Set and costume design by Raffaele Castaldo;
lighting design by Anne Mitchell. CNR students Helen Gillies and
Saphira Celius have stage management credits for both plays.
CNR Drama’s first production as “The
Dramatic Society” was Tennyson’s The
Princess performed on June 12, 1906. Today, CNR Drama has the
distinction of being the campus club with the longest uninterrupted
tenure in the College’s history.
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The first Catholic
college for women in
New York
State, The College of New Rochelle was founded in 1904 by the Ursuline
Order.
Today, it comprises the all-women School of Arts & Sciences, and
three
schools which admit women and men: the School of New Resources (for
adult
learners), the School of Nursing and the Graduate School. The
main
campus of the College is located in lower Westchester County, 16 miles
north
of New York City. The
College maintains five other campus locations in New York City. Visit
the College’s website at www.cnr.edu.
