Contact: Bruce Conley, Associate Director of College Relations
Phone: (605) 274-5526
Fax: (605) 274-4903
www.augie.edu

February 14, 2005

Augustana Theatre Presents ‘Afterdeath: A Journey Beyond'

SIOUX FALLS – Augustana Theatre presents a unique theatre experience titled “Afterdeath: A Journey Beyond,” March 3-5 and March 10-12. All performances begin at 7:30 p.m. in the main theatre of the Edith Mortenson Center .

“Afterdeath” is a collection of seven short plays that take the audience on an exploration of what might lie on the other side of death's threshold. The audience will also do some journeying, moving as “tour groups” through five different performance spaces during the course of the evening.

The plays being presented for “Afterdeath” include: Jean-Paul Sartre's famous exploration of hell, “No Exit;” Samuel Beckett's absurdist “Play;” Dennis Reardon's “Subterranean Homesick Blues Again;” Don Nigro's “The Sin-Eater;” Jane Martin's “Barefoot Woman Wearing a Red Dress;” Richard Strand's “The Way Down,” and Sterling Houston's “Message Sent.”

Tickets are $7 for adults, $5 for seniors and non Augustana students/children, and $1 with a valid Augustana ID. The box office opens February 21. Hours are 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Tickets can be reserved online at or by calling (605) 274-5320.

The production is directed by Ivan Fuller, associate professor of theatre at Augustana. Robbie Heegel, senior theatre major from Sioux Falls , is the director of “The Sin Eater.”

Actors filling the 25 roles are Jared Miller (Alexandria, MN), Kris Dahlen (Hinton, IA), Emily Lutt (Wayne, NE), Brianna Gearhart (Inwood, IA), Joseph Gentzler (Indianola, IA), Amanda Conrad (Sioux Falls), Kaeti Hinck (Bloomington, MN), Courtney Earll (Canton, SD), Paul Stillson (Spearfish, SD), Darren Jankord (Sioux Falls), Sarah Mason (Lincoln, NE), Sara Anderson (Yankton, SD), Matt Reifschneider (Spearfish, SD), Alicia Swalley (Sioux Falls), Kyra Berkness (Sioux Falls), Josh Schoenfelder (Iroquois, SD), Angie Hummel (Lakefield, MN), John Wilkening (Appleton, MN), Amanda Bon ander (Brandon, SD), David McCoy (Fort Collins, CO), Danielle Billing (Enderlin, ND), Ryan Hutchinson (Omaha, NE), Erica Jorde (Cando, ND), Tucker Kern (Windom, MN), and Janek Liebetruth (Berlin, Germany).

“Afterdeath” is recommended for mature audiences only.