Cedric Lequeur as Clarence Darrow
a one-man play by David Rintels
FMU Artist Series
Performing Arts Center/Downtown Florence
7:30 pm Thursday, October 12, 2017
BLACK BOX THEATER – WORK IN PROGRESS – PERFORMANCE EVENT
CLARENCE DARROW: A ONE-MAN PLAY BY DAVID RINTELS
Independent actor and playwright Cedric Liqueur performs this two act work-in-progress performance based on Irving Stone’s 1941 biography “Clarence Darrow for the Defense.” The first performance was by actor Henry Fonda in the 1970’s.
Straying outside the boundaries of conventional, Liqueur’s eclectic one-man biopic of Clarence Darrow suffuses his passion for the solo performance and his homage to famous people in history by profession or attribute.
A champion of dissenters and underdogs, Clarence Darrow (1857-1936) was among the first attorneys to be called a “labor lawyer,” and he defended the teenage thrill killers Leopold and Loeb, and John T. Scopes in the famous Scopes “Monkey” Trial.
Cedric Liqueur is a former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon. Since 1997 Liqueur has presented historical biographies as one-man solo performances throughout the United States, Canada and Europe.
RESERVATIONS: Reservations may be made by calling the FMU Performing Arts Center at 843-661-4444 between 12:00 and 5:00 pm.
John Cariani’s Love/Sick
Glen Gourley, director
FMU University Theatre
Fine Arts Theatre, Hyman Fine Arts Center
7:30 pm Thursday-Saturday, October 19-21, 2017
The Francis Marion University Theatre will open its 2017-2018 season with John Cariani’s Love/Sick.
THE STORY: A darker cousin to Almost, Maine, John Cariani’s Love/Sick is a collection of nine slightly twisted and completely hilarious short plays. Set on a Friday night in an alternate suburban reality, this 80-minute romp explores the pain and the joy that comes with being in love. Full of imperfect lovers and dreamers, Love/Sick is an unromantic comedy for the romantic in everyone.
“Sometimes playwright John Cariani looks at the world—actually the worlds—of love and relationships through rose-colored glasses. Just as often he views those worlds through lenses tinted a middling-to-dark-gray or maybe a jaundiced yellow…While poking fun at the happily-ever-after notion by means of a strong dose of happily-never-after, Cariani shoots his cockeyed valentines with a quiver full of funny lines. He knows how to keep audiences laughing while passing along disappointing news.” —The Huffington Post. “…Whimsical romantic comedy. In the nine vignettes that make up [the] play, couples meet [or] break apart or learn to love each other more…the jokes here are easygoing and snark-free.” —The New York Times. “[Love/Sick brings] to light the complexity of communication and what it means to not only love someone else, but yourself as well…Truly beautiful.” —TheSource.com. “A dark, amusing look at romance…strikes just the right balance between wisdom and whimsy…light, bright, anti-romantic, and engaging.” —The Hartford Courant. “Entertaining and fun. A satisfyingly dark look at this thing we call love.” —BroadwayWorld.com.
RESERVATIONS: Reservations may be made by calling 843-661-1365 between 1:00 and 5:00 pm. Thanks to Department of Fine Arts sponsorship, admission is free.
FMU String Ensemble
Terry Roberts, director
FMU Department of Fine Arts
Performing Arts Center/Downtown Florence
7:30 pm October 19, 2017
Open to all university students and faculty interested in learning and performing chamber music, the University String Ensemble members meet for weekly rehearsals during Fall and Spring academic semesters, giving public recitals and accompanying other campus ensembles.
RESERVATIONS: Reservations may be made by calling the FMU Performing Arts Center at 843-661-4444 between 12:00 and 5:00 pm.
FMU Concert Band
Dr. Terry Roberts, conductor
FMU Department of Fine Arts
Performing Arts Center/Downtown Florence
7:30 pm Tuesday, October 31, 2017
The Francis Marion University Concert Band will be performing its fall concert of the 2017-18 season at the FMU Performing Arts Center in downtown Florence.
The Francis Marion University Concert Band is composed of FMU students as well as community members from Florence, Lake City, Darlington, Dillon, Hartsville, Columbia, Marion and surrounding areas. Community members include professional area music educators, band directors, choir directors, ministers of music, and FMU music faculty members. Due to the quality of the local talent of the band members, the group has been tagged the “Who’s Who of the Florence Instrumental Music Scene.” Membership is open to all FMU students and area residents who are experienced concert band instrumentalists. Performances include traditional concert band music as well as popular and show music. The program began as a way to give students of FMU a chance to perform music, earn academic credit for performance in the ensemble, and to become involved with other students in campus life.
Beginning in the spring of 2002, the FMU Concert Band rehearsals were scheduled on Tuesday evenings and adult musicians from the region were invited to participate. The band continues to rehearse every Tuesday evening.
We are always seeking additional participants; if you play a band instrument or know someone looking for a place to play, please contact us. Information can be found at Music – Instrumental Program or email Dr. Terry Roberts at troberts@fmarion.edu
RESERVATIONS: Reservations may be made by calling the FMU Performing Arts Center at 843-661-4444 between 12:00 and 5:00 pm.