田纳西·威廉姆斯的《夏日与烟雾》将于2月19日至25日在弗吉尼亚州立大学上演

瓦尔多斯塔州立大学剧院和舞蹈团将于2月19日至25日在实验室剧院的舞台上呈现田纳西·威廉姆斯的《夏天和烟雾》。

瓦尔多斯塔——瓦尔多斯塔州立大学剧院和舞蹈团将于2月19日星期四晚上7:30在实验室剧院开始田纳西·威廉姆斯的《夏天和烟雾》的七场演出。现在正在售票。

根据弗吉尼亚州立大学戏剧与舞蹈学院爱博体育提供的剧情简介，《夏与烟》讲述了一位牧师的女儿阿尔玛（Alma）的故事，她无法抗拒住在隔壁的放荡而鼓舞人心的年轻医生约翰（John）的吸引力。就像飞蛾扑火一样，当她的精神奉献与他对肉体欲望的感官需求相对抗时，他们的关系变成了一场情感上的意志之战。

“Stylistically, Summer and Smoke is Williams’s realistic compromise between the poetic expressionism of The Glass Menagerie and the violent theatricality of A Streetcar Named Desire. Although Summer and Smoke is more conventionally realistic than the other two, it is also his most allegorical statement on the conflict between the soul and the body, between innocence and experience, and between eternity and life — themes taking various forms in all of Williams’s plays.”

VSU’s production of Summer and Smoke contains adult language and themes and may not be appropriate for young audiences.

Additional performances are scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 20, and Saturday, Feb. 21; 3 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 22; and 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 23, Tuesday, Feb. 24, and Wednesday, Feb. 25.  

“Summer and Smoke holds a special place in the history of American Theatre as the play that began the Off-Broadway movement,” shared H. Duke Guthrie, director and VSU Theatre and Dance Area professor. He said that approaching a play like Summer and Smoke “is an exciting prospect for a young group of theatre artists.”

Individual tickets for Summer and Smoke are available and cost $15 for adults, $12 for senior citizens, and $10 for children and non-VSU students; they are free for all VSU students with a valid university identification card. Tickets for groups of 10 or more people at a single performance are $9 per person.

Patronages are welcome at a variety of levels, from a low of $150 to a high of $1,000 or more, and benefit student scholarships.

Tickets may be purchased at the VSU Theatre and Dance Box Office by visiting https://www.ticketreturn.com/prod2/team.asp?SponsorID=7166#.VOJmd0tDaie or by calling (229) 333-5973 between the hours of 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday.

The Lab Theatre is located on the second floor of the Fine Arts Building at the corner of Brookwood Drive and Oak Street.

Contact H. Duke Guthrie at (229) 333-5307 or dguthrie@valdosta.edu to learn more.

On the Web:

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Visit https://www.flickr.com/photos/valdostastate/sets/72157650866593451/ to view additional images and a list of the cast and production staff. 

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