Abbey Players, Belmont Community Theatre Present Broadway Musical, The Dead at BAC

The 2000 Tony Award-winning musical, The Dead, will make its way to the Abbey stage on April 21-23 and April 28-30, 2005 at 8:00 PM in the Haid Theatre at Belmont Abbey College. Tickets are $10.

Belmont, NC (PRWEB) March 20, 2005 -- The 2000 Tony Award-winning musical, The Dead, will make its way to the Abbey stage on April 21-23 and April 28-30, 2005 at 8:00 PM in the Haid Theatre at Belmont Abbey College. Tickets are $10.

For more information, contact the Abbey Box Office at 704.825.6787 or for ticket discounts at APBCT@aol.com.

Joyces brilliant short story (first published in 1914) and Richard Nelsons musical adaptation, sheds light on the authors theory that seemingly insignificant incidents can be the source of profound insights.

The Dead, introduces a handful of characters, ordinary people celebrating at an annual Christmas party given by the sisters Morkan--Julia, who sings in the church choir, and Kate, a music teacher. Their guests include a favorite nephew, Gabriel Conroy, and his wife Gretta; a drunk, Freddy Malins, and his aging mother; Molly Ivors, an Irish nationalist; and Bartell D'Arcy, a young tenor from an opera company.

The group talks, flirts, drinks, sings and dance, and then they part. The ensemble, through a collection of small, telling incidents, reveals character and cumulatively creates a mood of gentle melancholy. There's a hint of politics, there's Aunt Julia being forcibly retired from the church choir, and there's Gretta's memory of a youthful love coming between her and her adoring husband.

The Abbey Players have been in continuous production since 1884, a proven asset to the cultural life of Gaston County and the greater-Charlotte area for more than 100 years. "The Players" have called the Haid Theatre on the campus of Belmont Abbey College home since 1979. Highly acclaimed theatre director, Simon Donoghue, is celebrating his 28th year with the Abbey Players.

Ranked one of the best liberal arts colleges in the South by U.S. News and World Report, Belmont Abbey College celebrates excellence and virtue steeped in its 128 year Catholic Benedictine heritage. It is home to students from over 34 states and 17 countries and welcome everyone from any background or tradition committed to this vision of excellence and virtue. The campus consists of the College, the Monastery and the Abbey Basilica, which can be found on its sprawling 650 acres of picturesque landscape.

Just minutes from Charlotte, NC, the nations second largest banking center, Belmont Abbey College offers students numerous internship opportunities and career placement.

The College believes in development of the whole person -- mind, body and spirit. By offering a wide array of clubs and activities including, Division II athletics, theatre, publications, and study abroad, Belmont Abbey College invests in the personal growth of its students.

Founded in 1876, the College celebrates its heritage and is inspired by the Benedictine monastic tradition. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the College and Abbey Basilica greet thousands of visitors each year.

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