{"id":57102,"date":"2019-03-29T14:06:47","date_gmt":"2019-03-29T18:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=57102"},"modified":"2019-04-03T14:52:15","modified_gmt":"2019-04-03T18:52:15","slug":"drama-students-to-tackle-tough-topics-in-sunday-on-the-rocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2019\/03\/drama-students-to-tackle-tough-topics-in-sunday-on-the-rocks\/","title":{"rendered":"Drama students to tackle tough topics in Sunday on the Rocks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brock Dramatic Arts students are bringing the work of Broadway heavyweight Theresa Rebeck to the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts (MIWSFPA) this April with their production of <\/span>Sunday on the Rocks<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The show is produced by students in the University\u2019s DART 4F56 class, under the company name Over Head Theatre, and is the follow-up to their successful first production <\/span>A History of Everything<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

It opens at the Marilyn I. Walker Theatre on Friday, April 12 and runs until Sunday, April 14.<\/span><\/p>\n

Set in 1994, Sunday on the Rocks<\/em> is a comedic drama about four roommates stepping into adulthood and struggling with issues of harassment, sexual assault and abortion.<\/span><\/p>\n

It features the talents of fourth-year Dramatic Arts students Adria Dearden, Kristina Ojaperv, Tsipporah Shendroff and Catherine Tait as the cast, and is being staged by the production team comprised of Alicia Bender, Whitney Braybrook-Byl, Leah Eichler, Juan-Carlos Figueroa, Heather Janser, Holly Kurelek, Ryan Mahon, Emma McCormick, Mae Smith and Geoff Turner.<\/span><\/p>\n

Director and course instructor Neil Silcox said he was drawn to this play because of the rich and complex characters.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cLiving in 1994, they are struggling with all the same issues that women face today, but without the short-hand to talk about it that we\u2019ve developed in the past 25 years with the rise of the #MeToo movement.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Assistant Director Colin Williams added: \u201cTheresa Rebeck\u2019s writing never shies away from difficult and sensitive subjects, is never preachy and is, above all, funny.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Rebeck, who has four plays under her belt, was presented the PEN\/Laura Pels Award in 2010 and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2013. Her other notable plays include <\/span>Seminar<\/span><\/em>, starring Alan Rickman, <\/span>Dead Accounts<\/span><\/em>, starring Katie Holmes, and most recently, the 2018 Broadway hit <\/span>Bernhardt\/Hamlet<\/span><\/em>, starring Janet McTeer.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sunday on the Rocks<\/em> runs from Friday, April 12 to Sunday, April 14 at the Marilyn I. Walker Theatre of the MIWSFPA, located at 15 Artists\u2019 Common in downtown St. Catharines. Tickets are $5 (plus taxes and fees) and are available for purchase through the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre <\/span>online box office<\/span><\/a> or by phone at 905-688-0722.<\/span><\/p>\n

For more information and showtimes visit the <\/span>DART web page<\/span><\/a>. Limited parking is available on site.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Brock Dramatic Arts students are bringing the work of Broadway heavyweight Theresa Rebeck to the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts (MIWSFPA) this April with their production of Sunday on the Rocks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":57138,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[37,1,4],"tags":[7740,6516,656,46,5903,2518,7739],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57102"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57102"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57216,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57102\/revisions\/57216"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}