UW-Green Bay Theatre and Dance plays on dramatic power of imagination for ‘Play Nice’
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In Play Nice!, a production by playwright Robin Rice, the “Diamond siblings” use the dramatic role-play of their imaginations to cope with the abusive Dragon Queen — their mother. Siblings Isabel, Luce and Matilda embark on a mysterious journey within themselves to discover who poisoned her.
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Theatre and Dance presents Play Nice! in six performances at the Jean Weidner Theatre, Weidner Center, UW-Green Bay. Play Nice! will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 13-15 and Oct. 19-22. Admission is $20 for adults and $15 for students and seniors. Rice will be in attendance for the opening night performance.
In addition, Rice’s all-male version of Play Nice! titled Morsels Three! will be read publicly for the first time from 4 to 6 p.m., Monday, Oct. 10 in the University Theatre, Theater Hall, UW-Green Bay. The reading is free and open to the public. Rice will be in attendance for this performance, as well.
UW-Green Bay Prof. Laura Riddle (Theatre and Dance) is the director of Play Nice! UW-Green Bay students play the key roles: Cherran Dea Rasmovicz as Matilda Diamond, Emily Ahrens as Isabel Diamond, Daniel Taddy as Luce Diamond, and Kate Akerboom as Joanie Calliope. More on the play and tickets can be found here.
