Theatre Season Opens with Zany June Moon
For release: September 29, 2003

Theatre patrons are in for a swinging good time as June Moon hits the U of M Mainstage October 9-11 and 15-18. Packed with zany one liners, sassy wisecracks, light romance and slight dramatic tension, June Moon is a delightful screwball romantic comedy set in the 1920s. The play centers around small-town boy Fred Stevens and his experiences as an aspiring Tin Pan Alley lyricist.

In a chance meeting on a train, small town boy Stevens sets his sights on Edna Baker, a salubrious saucer-eyed
girl next door. Then his partner's sister-in-law Eileen, a swindling siren, pops into the picture. We've all heard the story before, but that does not dismiss the fact that Ring Lardner and George S. Kaufman wrote an irresistibly charming little
piece of theatre.

Director Pamela Poletti, a third-year candidate for the Master of Fine Arts in Theatre Directing at the University of Memphis, is a native Memphian with a long history in Memphis theatre beginning in 1982 when she appeared
opposite legendary actor Jim Ostrander as Anne Boleyn in Anne of a Thousand Days at Theatre Memphis. She has since directed plays at Germantown Community Theatre and Theatre Memphis, appeared in numerous productions in Memphis, and currently serves as a member of Theatre Memphis' Playfinding Committee. The October 2003 opening of June Moon marks her directing debut at the University of Memphis.

Each performance will begin at 8 p.m. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students and senior citizens. All University of Memphis students will receive one free ticket with a valid I.D. The box office is open Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 1-4 p.m. with additional hours on Tuesday and Thursday from 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. Please call 678-2576 to reserve your tickets today.

For further information about June Moon or the Department of Theatre & Dance, call Alice Berry, Director of Publicity and Promotion, at 678-3184.

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