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512-448-8483

Robert Schenkkan's THE KENTUCKY CYCLE traces three families from generation to generation through 200 years of history — beginning with the claiming of land in eastern Kentucky and continuing through the Civil War, the birth of coal mining, the unionization of miners and the War on Poverty. This powerful Pulitzer Prize-winning epic American play is presented in two parts.

• What:
  THE KENTUCKY CYCLE
  Written by Robert Schenkkan
  Directed by Melba Martinez
  
  
• When:
  Feb. 19–March 9, 2003
  PART ONE: Wed. and Fri. at 7:30 p.m., Sun. at 2 p.m.
  PART TWO: Thurs., Sat. and Sun. at 7:30 p.m.
  
  
• Where:
  Mary Moody Northen Theatre
  St. Edward's University
  3001 South Congress Avenue, Austin, TX 78704
  
  
• Tickets:
  $10 for one part, $18 for both parts
  Group rates available
  Box Office 512-448-8484
  

Melba Martinez (ALL MY SONS, PLAYING FOR TIME) directs Equity Actors Ev Lunning, Jr. (COPENHAGEN), Annie Suite (ROMEO & JULIET), Bhagirit Crow (MEDEA STORIES), Stephen Balgooyen (EDMUNDO), Jeffery Mills (ALL MY SONS) and Shannon Riley (MEDEA STORIES), alongside St. Edward's University students Brent Werzner (C/O THE GROVE, MEDEA STORIES), Robin Grace Thompson (ROMEO & JULIET, C/O THE GROVE), Gabriel McIver (ALL MY SONS, MEDEA STORIES), Gina Houston (C/O THE GROVE, MEDEA STORIES) and many others in this tale of the settling of a nation.

“…like stepping into the world of a gripping historical novel in which characters become as familiar as kinfolk, the story beckons like a beguiling mystery, and the final scene leaves you wishing it didn't have to end.”
Diane Zuckermann, The Denver Post

The Mary Moody Northen Theatre of St. Edward's University offers the only pre-professional undergraduate theater program of its kind in the United States. Designed for the student-artist, the program offers a rare combination of conservatory and academic training with a rigorous liberal arts curriculum.

Founded by the Congregation of Holy Cross in 1885, St. Edward's University is an independent, Catholic, liberal arts university of more than 4,200 students in Austin, Texas.

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