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FSC theater troupe performs 
"Lend Me a Tenor"

LAKELAND, Fla. (Nov. 5, 2003) - Florida Southern's theatre department performs "Lend Me a Tenor" in the Loca Lee Buckner Theater on campus. Performances begin at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 20-22 and Dec. 4-6; matinees start at 2:30 p.m. Nov. 23 and Dec. 7. Paul Bawek, theatre arts department professor, directs the play. 

Ken Ludwig's farce, set in 1934, sends its characters on a wacky romp of mistaken identity, desperate measures, and compromising positions. A world-famous tenor, engaged to perform Verdi's "Otello" in a benefit for a struggling opera company, is taken for dead after an accidental overdose of sleeping pills. Frantic attempts to pass off a local amateur as the absentee star result in chaos. The 1989 Broadway production won two Tony Awards after earning seven nominations. 

Tickets are $15. FSC students are admitted free. Non-FSC students pay half price. For ticket information, please contact the Branscomb Auditorium box office at (863) 680-4296. 

About Florida Southern College
Florida Southern is a four-year, private, co-educational liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. The college offers more than 40 undergraduate majors and a master of business administration degree accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Located in Lakeland, Fla., the college is home to the largest, single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture in the world. 

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