FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE:  27 February 2003
CONTACT: David Limbach, University Theatre Publicity
706-583-0045

University Graduate Acting Company presents children s theatre
production

ATHENS  The Graduate Acting Company of UGA will bring the
community its second production of the year, Wiley and the Hairy
Man. A children s theatre piece written by Susan Zeder, Wiley and
the Hairy Man is a pleasantly  skeery  swamp tale for the child in
all of us and plays March 8 at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. as well as March
9 at noon in the Arena Theatre (room 151) located in the
University s Fine Arts Building on the corner of Baldwin and
Lumpkin. Tickets are $4 per  big person  and $2 per  little person
(children 12 and under).

 I think it is a great story about facing fear and overcoming it,  said

director and graduate performance student Kara Cantrell.  When
you believe in yourself, or go ahead when you might be frightened,
you conquer your fears and find your own strength like Wiley does.

Cantrell has chosen to approach the production as a play within a
play.  I wanted imagination to be the center of the production,  said
Cantrell. In this added twist, the actors serve as a company that
originally planned to put on a different performance but upon
discovering that their audience is composed of primarily children,
the troupe decides to perform a show better suited to children.

For more information regarding the production or parking options,
contact the Department of Drama main office at 542-2836 or visit
the department website at www.drama.uga.edu.