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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (6/05)
Contact: Lynn Stewart or Kelsey Johnson, Centenary News Service, 318-841-7265

Summer Shakespeare— Macbeth and Comedy of Errors— at Marjorie Lyons Playhouse

See The Times review of Macbeth, July 8, 2005.


Centenary alumna and guest director Heather Peak. (File Photo)

SHREVEPORT, LA — Centenary's Marjorie Lyons Playhouse announces its summer performance schedule featuring two Shakespearean favorites, Macbeth and Comedy of Errors.

Macbeth runs July 7, 8, 9, 21 and 23 at 8 p.m. Comedy of Errors runs July 14-16 and 22 at 8 p.m. with a 2 p.m. matinee on July 17 and 24.

Cost for tickets for all performances are: adults $12; senior citizens/military, $10; and non-Centenary students/Centenary alumni, $5. The box office opens Thursday June 30. Tickets may be purchased daily between the hours of 12 and 4 p.m.

Heather Peak, Class of 1995, will direct the two plays. Having graduated with a B.A. in theatre, Peak is a former member of the traveling theatre troupe, Shenandoah Shakespeare Express. She is now a local artist-in-residence and is teaching a course called "Shakespeare Through Performance and Acting" during the second session of Centenary's Summer Exploration Camp.

For further information, call the Marjorie Lyons Playhouse at 318-869-5242.

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