{"id":562,"date":"2011-10-22T11:17:32","date_gmt":"2011-10-22T16:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vandfam.net\/dev\/wordpressmu\/college\/?p=562"},"modified":"2011-10-22T11:17:32","modified_gmt":"2011-10-22T16:17:32","slug":"eating-animals-to-open-communication-studies-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/?p=562","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Eating Animals\u2019 to open communication studies\u2019 season"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer\u2019s book \u201cEating Animals\u201d will be performed Nov. 10-12 and Nov. 17-19 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.<\/p>\n

The play will kick off the 2011-2012 performance season in the communication studies department, part of UNC\u2019s College of Arts and Sciences.<\/p>\n

\u201cEating Animals\u201d was chosen by both UNC and Duke University as the 2011 summer reading book for incoming students. Assistant professor of communication studies Tony Perucci adapted the book for the stage and will direct the Performance Collective in the production, which will combine dance, music, video and puppets. The collective features local artists and UNC faculty, students and staff.<\/p>\n

Last year, the collective\u2019s production of \u201cThe Activist\u201d received a number of \u201cbest of the year\u201d awards from the Independent Weekly.<\/p>\n

\u201cEating Animals\u201d will be performed in Studio 6 of Swain Hall, near the corner of South Columbia Street and Cameron Avenue. Performances will be at 6 p.m. Thursdays and 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Tickets, $10 for the public and $5 for students, are available at the student union box office at (919) 962-1449.<\/p>\n

The season will continue with additional shows through March. Show dates and times will be posted as they become available at http:\/\/comm.unc.edu<\/a>. Those tickets also will be sold at the student union box office.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am thrilled by the ways in which our season reflects our commitment to performance as a mode of reinvention, engagement and creative possibility,\u201d Perucci said. \u201cContinuing in the vein of experimental theater, this season\u2019s well-balanced mix includes stories of political urgency, individual struggles of identity, the ethics and politics of eating meat and the nature of storytelling.\u201d<\/p>\n

The season also will include \u201cSolo Takes on Three,\u201d a festival of five performances based on the theme of \u201cremaking \u2013 of identity, desire and the nature of story itself,\u201d said director Joseph Megel, an artist-in-residence in the department. On stage Feb. 2-12, the festival will include four one-person performances:<\/p>\n