For Immediate Release

Seminary Stages Two Performances of Horton Foote’s The Dancers April 8 and 9

Princeton, NJ, March 22, 2005– Princeton Theological Seminary’s Department of Speech Communication in Ministry will present Horton Foote’s one-act comedy The Dancers on Friday, April 8 and Saturday, April 9 at 8:00 p.m. in the auditorium of the Mackay Campus Center on the Seminary campus at 64 Mercer Street in Princeton. The play will be staged by Robert Lanchester, assistant in speech, who has cast Seminary students in the roles.

The play explores the transition that young people must make from following the dictates of sheltered family life to making their own independent choices. The anticipation of dancing with a partner in public promotes anxieties and embarrassments, and conflicting desires, which roar through a small town like tornadoes. Deceptively simple, and often ludicrous, the play offers us a graceful glimpse of growing up.

The production is open to the public and is free of charge. For more information or directions to the Seminary, contact Lois Haydu at 609-497-7963 or visit www.ptsem.edu.