The Furman University Theatre will present Rebecca Gilman\u2019s \u201cThe Sweetest Swing in Baseball\u201d Nov. 12-15 and 19-22 at 8 p.m., with a matinee performance Sunday, Nov. 16 at 3 p.m. in the Theatre Playhouse on campus.<\/p>\n
Intended for mature audiences, the play is open to the public. Tickets are $16 for adults, $13 for seniors and $8 for students.<\/p>\n
In a culture that always asks, \u2018what have you done for me lately?\u2019 \u201cThe Sweetest Swing in Baseball\u201d examines the vulnerabilities of rising-star painter Dana Fielding. After early success, Dana has a disastrous showing where her work is received with sharp criticism and her personal relationships implode. Dana soon finds herself in a mental institution after an attempted suicide. There she befriends two fellow residents: a sociopathic stalker and a recovering alcoholic. Informed that her health insurance will only pay for 10 days\u2019 residency, Dana concocts a plan to fool authorities into allowing her to stay longer\u2014she takes on the personality of Darryl Strawberry, a retired baseball player who has a history of both success and failure, and had the \u2018sweetest swing in baseball.\u2019<\/p>\n
Furman adjunct Theatre Professor Jason Adkins directs the play. Designing set and lights is alan bryson, and Kevin Frazier designs sound. Will Lowry is costume designer.<\/p>\n
Student cast members for \u201cSweetest Swing\u201d include:<\/p>\n
Caitlin Cain, Dana
\nSavannah Klosowski, Erica\/Dr.Stanton
\nCourtney Dorn, Rhonda\/Dr. Gilbert
\nSam Feigenbaum, Michael\/Ryan
\nSal Donzella, Gary\/Roy<\/p>\n
For ticket information and reservations, call the Theatre Box Office at (864) 294-2125.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Furman University Theatre will present Rebecca Gilman\u2019s \u201cThe Sweetest Swing in Baseball\u201d Nov. 12-15 and 19-22 at 8 p.m., with a matinee performance Sunday, Nov. 16 at 3 p.m. in the Playhouse on campus. Rising star painter Dana\u00a0Fielding finds herself in a mental institution after her work is met with sharp criticism and her personal relationships implode. Informed that her health insurance will only pay for 10 days\u2019 residency at the institution, Dana concocts a plan to dupe authorities into allowing her more time\u2014she takes on the personality of Darryl Strawberry, a retired baseball player with a history of both success and failure, and who had the \u2018sweetest swing in baseball.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":257,"featured_media":13964,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,45,41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-department-page","category-art","category-theatre-arts"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/257"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3264\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}