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NO PlACE lIKE HOMEWOOD: UNC Asheville’s drama department launches its theater season in the local landmark. Photo courtesy of the UNC Asheville drama department
UnC ASheViLLe LAUnCheS fA L L T h e AT e R S e A S o n AT h o m e w o o D It’s hard not to pass by Homewood — the stone castlelike building in Montford — and not dream up elaborate parties, dances and dinners that would be perfect in that storied atmosphere. And why not? Homewood was constructed in 1927 as the home of Dr. Robert Carole, who founded Highland Hospital. Bela Bartok gave private concerts there, F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald attended parties, and Nina Simone studied piano within Homewood’s walls. Fittingly, UNC Asheville’s drama department is staging its season opener, the 1935-set play, Fefu and Her Friends, at Homewood. Performances take place Thursday and Friday, Oct. 8 and 9, and Wednesday to Friday, Oct. 14-16. The script is by Cuban-American playwright maria-irene fornes, who came to the U.S. in 1945. She was, according to a press release, “a leading figure in New York City’s off-off-Broadway movement of the 1960s.” Fefu and Her Friends is the story of “eight intelligent, witty and frustrated women who
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are attempting to navigate life in a male-dominated world.” During the show’s middle section, the audience will move in groups throughout Homewood to take in various parts of the drama. The staging is one of main reasons that scott walters, the show’s director and UNCA professor of drama, chose this particular production. Of the small scenes that play out in different rooms, glimpsed by different groups, Walters says, “It’s like a close-up in a movie and totally changes the relationship between the audience and the characters.” Fefu and Her Friends features casey clennon, emily crock, rosemary fischer, maggie Kennedy, joan owens, riley schatz, virginia shafer and grace siplon. Shows are at 7:30 p.m., and latecomers will not be seated. UNCA will provide a shuttle from Belk Theater on the university campus. Tickets are $12 general/$10 seniors/$7 students. drama. unca.edu — Alli Marshall
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