{"id":2100,"date":"2009-12-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-04T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/blog\/news\/?p=2100"},"modified":"2009-12-04T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-04T05:00:00","slug":"emu-presenting-student-directed-epic-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2009\/emu-presenting-student-directed-epic-play\/","title":{"rendered":"EMU Presenting Student-Directed &#8216;Epic&#8217; Play"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/theater\/\"> Theater at EMU<\/a> is presenting a student-directed play, &#8220;ANON(ymous),&#8221; by Naomi Iizuka, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 4, 5 and 11 and 7:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. Dec. 12 in the Studio Theater of the University Commons. <\/p>\n<p> In the play, a contemporary take on the adventures of Odysseus from Homer&#8217;s epic tale, a young refugee called Anon enters the U.S. by being swept ashore, having survived a boat crash. Like a contemporary Odysseus from Homer&#8217;s epic tale, Anon must live by his wits, his instincts, fortitude and humor to survive. <\/p>\n<p \/>\n<div class=\"photo\" style=\"width: 400px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/weathervane.emu.edu\/archives\/56\/7\/style\/directors-journal-steve-kniss-tackles-anonymous\/anon.jpg\" \/> Junior Steve Kniss directs actors junior Brent Anders and sophomore Brandon Habron. (Photo: Erika Babikow)<\/div>\n<p \/>\n<p> Steve Kniss, an EMU junior vocal performance and digital media major from Chicago, Ill., is directing the 11-member cast with an original score and sound design by Michael Swartzendruber, a junior theology and philosophy major from Kalona, Iowa. (<a href=\"http:\/\/weathervane.emu.edu\/archives\/56\/7\/style\/directors-journal-steve-kniss-tackles-anonymous\/\">Read Steve&#8217;s article on directing<\/a> in The Weather Vane, EMU&#8217;s student newspaper.) <\/p>\n<p> This stunning lyrical saga is unflinching in its gritty determination to come at you with the absurdities of life. &#8220;Anon&#8221; ricochets off one chaotic situation, then slam bangs into another. It&#8217;s a dream. It&#8217;s a nightmare. It&#8217;s life. It&#8217;s the stuff of epic adventures &#8211; and real ones. <\/p>\n<h3>Tickets and other information<\/h3>\n<p> General admission to the one act, 90-minute play is $5 at the door. 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