ACC Theatre Program Presents MUSEUM Nov. 19-22 (Nov. 09, 2009) -

QUEENSBURY - Adirondack Community College’s Theatre Program, in celebration with the Hyde Collection’s Degas and Music exhibit, will present “Museum,” a play by Tina Howe, November 19-22 in the ACC Theater on the Bay Road campus.

Curtain for the November 19, 20 and 21 performances is 7:30 p.m. Curtain for the November 22 matinee performance is 2:30 p.m.

General admission is $10. Tickets for senior citizens and non-ACC students are $6, and all ACC students, faculty and staff will be admitted free with ID. Members of the public with membership ID to any area museum, historical society or arts council receive $2 off the ticket price. Reservations are not required.

“Museum” takes place on the final day of a group show of three fictitious contemporary American artists at a major museum of modern art. In the course of the day, some forty people walk through the exhibit – art lovers, skeptics, foreigners, students, lost souls, fellow artists, and, of course, the museum guards.
The cast and crew of “Museum” are made up of both ACC students and members of the community.

ACC students include Mikaela Toleman of Gansevoort; A.J. Davidson and Kristen Spitzer of Glens Falls; Taylor Burke of Greenwich; Kate Bartow of Hadley; Kelsey Silburn and Justin Taylor of Lake Luzerne; Jake Navatka and Matt Phillips of Queensbury; Debbie Schoonmaker of Schaghticoke; Kristine Messing of Schroon Lake; and David Huff of South Glens Falls.

Community members include Tim Hanlon of Clifton Park; Lynn Powell of Glens Falls; John Gable of Lake George; Kate LeBoeuf, Sarah Orr, Patricia Smith and Nancy Vonic of Queensbury; and Matt DeMarco of Saratoga Springs.

Michael Hewitt of Hudson Falls serves as technical director; Darrell Perkins of Washington, D.C., serves as lighting and sound designer; and William H. Howard of Queensbury is the costume designer.

Melissa Maiorella of Saratoga Springs will serve as stage manager.

The play is directed by guest artist Filomena Riviello.

For ticket information, call 743-2200, extension 2475. No reservations are required.

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