For Immediate Release

Contact: Barbara K. Laskin or Doug Stone
October 4, 2004
(651) 696-6203

Macalester College Theater and Dance Department Presents Elizabeth Swados' "Runaways - The Musical"
November 12 - 14 and 18 - 20, 2004

St. Paul, Minn. - Macalester College Theater and Dance Department presents Elizabeth Swados' "Runaways - The Musical," Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center, Main Stage Theater, 1600 Grand Avenue, St. Paul, Minn. Tickets are $10 general admission and $7 for seniors and groups. Performances are 7:30 p.m., Fri. and Sat., Nov. 12 and 13, and Thu. - Sat., Nov. 18 -20. There is also a
2 p.m. performance on Sun., Nov. 14. Theater and Dance Department Assistant Professor Harry Waters, Jr. directs.

Elizabeth Swados' book is based on interviews and workshops with homeless teenagers who tell what it's like to live on the streets of New York. Connecting to the current proliferation of homeless teens, Macalester's production is a 21st Century take on the still relevant stories of youth on the edge.

Waters is teaching "Acting Theory/Performance II" this fall and will teach "Community-Based Theatre" this spring.

Macalester is a private, national liberal arts college with a full-time enrollment of 1,845 students. Macalester is nationally recognized for its long-standing commitment to academic excellence, internationalism, diversity and civic engagement.

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