KINGSTON, R.I. — April 13, 2004 — Following the Wednesday, April 28 performance of Oscar Wilde’s witty, romantic and probing play, An Ideal Husband, the äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBվ’s Theatre Department will host a special post-performance panel discussion called “The Modern Mania for Morality, 1895/2004.” Within the play are human dilemmas emerging from an act of insider trading that resonates with today’s headlines.
Panelists for this discussion include äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾ College of Arts & Sciences faculty members Stephen M. Barber and Valerie A. Karno, both of the English Department and William J. Bartels of the Philosophy Department.
Bryna Wortman, äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾ Theatre Department and director of An Ideal Husband, will moderate. A question and answer session with the audience regarding ethics and morals among other matters will be encouraged.
The play will be performed at äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾’s Robert E. Will Theatre on April 22 through 24 and April 28 through May 1 at 8 p.m. and April 25 at 5 p.m. Tickets are $12 for general and $10 for students, senior citizens and children.
