Biology master’s student Kara-Anne Ward won yesterday’s DailyNews trivia contest and earned two tickets to see the University Players world-premiere production of Chameleon, by drama professor William Pinnell.
Ward’s name was drawn from all entrants who correctly responded that chameleon’s change colour in response to light, temperature, and mood; Santa Fe, New Mexico is the highest US state capital; and the one-act drama The Bounty was Pinnell’s first play.
University Players is offering DailyNews readers a chance to win two tickets to see the thriller Chameleon by UWindsor drama professor William Pinnell. The play's run continues through Sunday at Essex Hall Theatre. Wednesday through Saturday performances are at 8 p.m.; Sunday matinees are at 2 p.m. For more information or tickets, call 519-253-3000, ext. 2808, or visit www.universityplayers.com.
The University Players production of Chameleon opened Thursday at Essex Hall Theatre.
The play – written, directed and designed by drama professor William Pinnell – is a thriller set in a souvenir emporium in the fictional town of Indian Cliffs, New Mexico.
University Players continues its 53nd season with Chameleon, a new play written, directed, and designed by School of Dramatic Art faculty member William Pinnell. The play runs October 20 to 23 and 26 to 30 at Essex Hall Theatre.
“This is another first for University Players,” says Lionel Walsh, director of the School of Dramatic Art. “In our 53-year history, this is the first time that we have produced a play written by one of our faculty members. This makes our production of Chameleon both unique and exciting.”
Phil Hall published his first book of poetry while still an undergraduate studying drama and English at the University of Windsor.
The 1973 collection, Eighteen Poems, was printed in Mexico City, he recalls: “typeset by people who didn’t speak English. It was full of typos.”
Drama professor William Pinnell will discuss his new play, Chameleon, to open a new series of luncheon lectures presented by Uni-Com in cooperation with University Players.
Carleton University student Nadia Kajouji was just 18 when she threw herself into Ottawa’s Rideau River in March 2008. In May this year, a Minnesota man was sentenced to jail for his role in encouraging her suicide after he struck up an online friendship posing as a young woman and proposed a suicide pact.
A group of UWindsor drama students will explore this tragedy in an original play to be staged October 15 and 16 in the Jackman Dramatic Art Centre’s Studio Theatre.
Computer science student Ludmil Gueorguiev won yesterday’s DailyNews trivia contest and earned two tickets to see the University Players production of Much Ado About Nothing.
Gueorguiev’s name was drawn from all respondents who correctly identified the speakers of each of these lines from the play:
