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UA Theatre Program Shifting Its Focus

From The Tuscaloosa News:

When “Hell” came to New York City, University of Alabama students rode it.

UA acting professor Seth Panitch wrote his comedy “Hell: Paradise Found” years ago, and staged it with success in Los Angeles, but rewrote it recently to lead students to professional, big-city acting experience.

The project featured recent graduate and undergrad students, some of whom earned degrees this spring, playing Gabriel, Eve, Adam, Lizzie Borden, Elvis Presley, Don Juan and more, in a two-week run at 59E59 Theatre, off-Broadway, in mid-July.

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