NEWS RELEASE

* Please note corrected performance timesFor Immediate Release – November 10, 2014

Nassau Community College Presents

The Show-Off 

 

December 11-14 & 17-20

 

Garden City, NY – The Nassau Community College Department of Theatre and Dance is pleased to present the timeless comedy The Show-Off, which will be performed at the Mainstage Theatre December 11-14 and 17-20.

Living day-to-day in Philadelphia within the momentary historical lull of the twenties — the Great War done, and the Depression still to come — is the Fisher family, headed by Mr. Fisher and held together by Mrs. Fisher. Older daughter, Clara, is wed to Frank Hyland, and even if the two don't love each other a whole lot, at least he can comfortably provide for her and buy her pretty things.

Younger daughter, Amy, has her eyes set on the supremely irritating Aubrey Piper, and not only does she seem (against all odds) to love him, she doesn't even care whether he has enough money to support her. The increasingly deep waves of chagrin that pass across her mother's face from scene to scene are predictable and priceless.

The Show-Off tells the tale of how an annoying, near-con artist with delusions of competence somehow manages to help everything turn out all right for the very people he's been tormenting.

The success of The Show-Off put Philadelphia-born George Kelly in the running to receive the 1924 Pulitzer Prize for drama. The popular playwright did win the Pulitzer Prize in 1925 for Craig's Wife.

* Performances of The Show-Off are at 8:00 p.m. on December 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19 and 20. On Saturday, December 20, there will be a 2:00 p.m. matinee in addition to the 8:00 p.m. performance.  There will also be a 2:00 p.m. performance of the play on Sunday, December 14.  Tickets are priced at $9.00 per person ($7.00 for those aged 55 and over). While supplies last, rush tickets (tickets bought at the door at the time of performance) are free for college students with valid current ID. For more information, please call the theatre box office at 516.572.7676 from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Media ContactAlicia Steger:  516.572.9634alicia.steger@ncc.eduncc.edu/newsreleases

About Nassau Community College Nassau Community College, part of the State University of New York, is an institution where nearly 22,000 full- and part-time students and approximately 10,000 continuing and professional students start and continue their successful journey through higher education. More than 70 fields of study are offered on a 225-acre campus located in the center of Long Island. As the largest single-campus two-year college in New York State, Nassau Community College maintains a national reputation for excellence. For more information, visit www.ncc.edu.

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