From: Mark Cato (mdcato@andrew.cmu.edu)
Date: Mon Jan 19 2004 - 22:22:50 EST
Friends,
As you may know, all of the plays and musical theatre works produced by the
School of Drama this season explore socio-economic relationships in today's
post Enron world. As part of this, we have planned an event around the
recent bestseller, Barbara Ehrenreich's "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting
By In America". The event was inspired by Liz Bradley's idea worked
around a reading of the dramatic version of the book.
We will give away 100 copies of the book to students on January 21 and 22,
along with reduced rate tickets ($5) for Barbara Ehrenreich's March 29 Drue
Heinz Lecture at the Carnegie Music Hall and have a reading of the dramatic
version on February 23.
(DETAILS BELOW)
Barbara Ehrenreich's Nickel and Dimed, a New York Times Notable Book and a
fixture on the best seller list, documents Ehrenreich's stints earning
minimum wage as a waitress, house cleaner and health care aid in three
American cities.
Praised as a "tour de force" of undercover journalism, and a "brilliant
on-the-job report from the dark side of the boom", piercing social
criticism is given a profoundly human face in Joan Holden's dramatic
adaptation of the book. The play has been professionally staged in Seattle
and at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles last spring.
==============PROGRAM =====================
Wed & Thurs January 21st and 22nd 11 am - 2 pm: Wean Commons, University
Center
FREE copies of Barbara Ehrenreich's "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By
In America" will be available w/student ID to the first 100 STUDENTS
Tickets to Barbara Ehrenreich's lecture on March 29th will also be
available w/student ID at a discounted price of $5.00. The lecture is
part of the Drue Heinz Lecture Series on Monday March 29th at 7:30 pm at
the Carnegie Music Hall.
Monday February 23rd
8:30 pm - Chosky Theatre
Staged reading of 'Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By In America'
presented by the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama Acting students and
faculty from the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama will come together in a
reading of this compelling, engaging and thought provoking new play.
Tickets to the reading are free and will be available beginning February
16th, at the School of Drama Box Office in the lobby of the Purnell Center
for the Arts. The Box Office is open 12 noon to 5:00pm Monday through
Friday and 12 noon to 5:00pm and 6:00pm to 8:00pm on Saturday. Box Office
telephone is: 412-268-2407
Monday March 29th
7:30 pm - Carnegie Music Hall
Social critic and author of best-selling 'Nickel and Dimed: On (Not)
Getting by in America'
Outspoken and influential journalist Barbara Ehrenreich addresses political
and humanitarian issues. For Nickel and Dimed, Ehrenreich traveled across
the country, taking a variety of minimum wage jobs to experience how people
survive on $6 to $7 and hour. A contributor to Time, Harpers Magazine, The
New Republic and The Nation, her other books include The Worst Years of Our
Lives and The Snarling Citizen. Discounted student tickets available on
Jan 21 and 22 at Wean Commons in the UC.
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Questions? Contact:
Niloo Sobhani
Office of the Assistant Dean
Carnegie Mellon University
412.268.9510
412.268.8346 Fax
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