"Miss Julie" by August Strindberg

"Miss Julie" by August Strindberg

Event Type

All

Location

Dreiser Theater

Date

Time

Phone

(812) 237-3334

Description

Virginia: 1799. It is around Christmas time, and the slaves are restless with the holiday spirit and the prospect for freedom in the new century. Julie, the white daughter of the plantation owner, has a complex and dangerous attraction to Jean, the house-servant slave. Miss Julie, in this new context, takes on added resonance, with the smoldering beat of African drums igniting into feverish drumming and dance, as the lovers provocatively transgress strict class and racial boundaries and then face the potential consequences.

This play is produced in collaboration with the Community School of the Arts and the Center for Global Engagement.

Miss Julie

by August Strindberg

Adapted and Directed by Arthur Feinsod

Dreiser Theater

March 5-7 at 7:30 p.m., March 8 at 4:00 p.m.