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CNR DRAMA GROUP PRESENTS METAMORPHOSES
CENTENNIAL THEATRICAL PRESENTATION


Eros (Dinh Doan) in CNR Drama's production of Metamorphoses.

NEW ROCHELLE, NY, February 5, 2004 -- The College of New Rochelle (CNR) has announced that it will present Mary Zimmerman’s celebrated adaptation of Ovid’s Metamorphoses from March 26-April 3.  The CNR Drama group will host performances in Romita Auditorium at The College’s Main Campus in New Rochelle on:

March 26         Friday               8:00 pm

March 27         Saturday          2:00 pm

March 27         Saturday          8:00 pm

March 28         Sunday              7:00 pm

April 1              Thursday          8:00 pm

April 2              Friday                8:00 pm

April 3              Saturday           2:00 pm

April 3              Saturday           8:00 pm

Tickets are $15 general admission, $12.50 for students and seniors.  Children under the age of 4 will not be admitted to the theatre.  For tickets, please call (914) 654-5373 or go to www.cnrdrama.org.  Seating is limited.

Based on ten of the transformation myths in Ovid’s 2000-year-old masterpiece, the play takes a surprisingly contemporary look at love in its various human forms, wrapping folly, anxiety and rapture in a gentle mix of pathos and humor.  “Myth as public dream and dream as private myth,” is often used to describe Ovid’s stories, and it is this world that Metamorphoses explores, where people speak directly to the gods, are transformed into birds and trees, and find peace in the journey.  

First produced at Northwestern University and then throughout the country, Metamorphoses found a home at Circle in the Square in New York City in March of 2002.  It has won multiple awards to date including the Tony (for Best Direction, Mary Zimmerman), Drama Desk (Best Play, Best Director), Outer Critics Circle (Best Direction), and the Drama League’s Distinguished Production of a Play.  


The first Catholic college for women in New York State, The College of New Rochelle was founded in 1904 by the Ursuline Order. Today, it comprises the all-women School of Arts & Sciences, and three schools which admit women and men: the School of New Resources (for adult learners), the School of Nursing and the Graduate School.  The main campus of the College is located in lower Westchester County, 16 miles north of New York City.  The College maintains six other campus locations in New York City. Visit the College’s website at www.cnr.edu.

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