{"id":4293,"date":"2016-01-25T18:51:07","date_gmt":"2016-01-25T18:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/2016\/02\/17\/furman-theatre-to-stage-simons-rumors\/"},"modified":"2022-09-07T14:50:20","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T18:50:20","slug":"furman-theatre-to-stage-simons-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/furman-theatre-to-stage-simons-rumors\/","title":{"rendered":"Furman Theatre to stage Simon’s “Rumors”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Neil Simon. Image courtesy of Shutterstock.com<\/p><\/div>\n

Furman University Theatre will present Rumors <\/em>by Neil Simon Feb. 17-20 and 25-27 at 8 p.m., with matinee showings Feb. 21 and 28 at 3 p.m. All performances take place in The Playhouse on campus.<\/p>\n

Directed by guest artist and Furman alumna Carol Sutton, the production is open to the public. Tickets are $16 for adults, $13 for seniors, and $8 for students.<\/p>\n

America\u2019s premier comic playwright, Simon delighted audiences with this out-and-out funny offering. Four couples find themselves at the townhouse of a deputy New York City mayor and his wife to celebrate their 10th<\/span>\u00a0wedding anniversary. The party never begins because the host has shot himself in the head (it\u2019s only a flesh wound) and his wife is missing. His lawyer\u2019s cover up gets progressively more difficult to sustain as the other guests arrive and nobody can remember who has been told what about whom.<\/p>\n

NBC TV has dubbed the play, \u201cNot only side splitting, but front and back splitting.\u201d<\/p>\n

Joanna Jacobs of The Tuscaloosa News <\/em>reports, \u201cRUMORS is something of a throwback for Simon to the screwball drawing room comedies of the 1930s… [it] also bears some similarities to another \u201cdrawing room” genre, the whodunit\u2014although any mystery element in it is used purely for comic effect.”<\/p>\n

Scenic and lighting designer is alan bryson. Will Lowry designs costumes, and Haley Brown is sound designer.<\/p>\n

Cast members are:<\/p>\n

Chris Gorman\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. Kenzie Wynne, Simpsonville
\nKen Gorman\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. Dakota Adams, Wellford
\nClaire Ganz\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026… Clare Ruble, Simpsonville
\nLenny Ganz\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. Sam Nelson, Boise, Idaho
\nErnie Cusack\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026… Sal Donzella, Greenville
\nCookie Cusack\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. Rachel Gifford, Travelers Rest
\nGlenn Cooper\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. Cody Evins, Franklin, Tenn.
\nCassie Cooper\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 Dayanari Umana, Spartanburg
\nOfficer Welch\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026… Regina Wells, Wellford
\nOfficer Pudney\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. Anne Morgan, Evans, Ga.<\/p>\n

For ticket information and reservations, call the Theatre Box Office at (864) 294-2125. Box Office opens Monday, Feb. 15 at 9 a.m. Tickets may be ordered online<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Furman University Theatre will present Rumors <\/em>by Neil Simon Feb. 17-20 and 25-27 at 8 p.m., with matinee showings Feb. 21 and 28 at 3 p.m. All performances take place in The Playhouse on campus.\u00a0Directed by guest artist and Furman alumna Carol Sutton, the production is open to the public. NBC TV dubs the play\u00a0\u201cNot only side splitting, but front and back splitting.\u201d\u00a0Tickets are $16 for adults, $13 for seniors, and $8 for students. Image courtesy of Shutterstock.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":257,"featured_media":15729,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-department-page","category-theatre-arts"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4293","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=4293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4293\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}