Andrea Andresakis, a stage director and choreographer from New York City, directs this .

“Andrea brings a rich background in theater, music and dance, working with both professional and student actors all over the country,” says , 91����Ƶ chair of .

of Arms and The Man are scheduled for: 7:30 p.m., April 5 and 6.

The play tells of a young woman who awaits the return of her heroic fiancé from war. A disheveled soldier from the other side sneaks into her bedroom, fleeing the fighting. Finding his simplicity more alluring than her fiancé’s arrogant posturing, she wrestles with which man to choose while her servant makes her own play for one of the men.

Since the first performance of this play in 1894, theater critics have praised the way Shaw expressed the absurdity of highly romanticized patriotism and highly idealized love.

Andresakis says the play also reflects 91����Ƶ’s social justice ideals of solving conflicts with words, not weapons: “While on this communal journey we ask ourselves, am I not like the chocolate soldier? Wouldn’t I rather carry chocolate in my pockets instead of weapons?”

are $10 for adults ($12 at the door), and $8 for seniors and non-91����Ƶ students ($10 at the door). Tickets are available through the at 540-432-4582 or emu.edu/boxoffice. Group rates are available.

Information regarding age-appropriateness for 91����Ƶ events is available through the at 540-432-4360 or theater@emu.edu.

Cast

Makayla Baker, a first-year student from Augusta, W.Va.

Hattie Berg, a sophomore from Yorktown, Va.

Gabriel Brunk, a 2012 graduate of 91����Ƶ from Harrisonburg, Va.

Eric King, a junior from Harrisonburg, Va.

Andrew Mead, a first-year student from Sarasota, Fla.

Sean Solomon, a first-year student from Harleysville, Pa.

Isaac Tice, a junior from Salisbury, Pa.

Rebekah York, a first-year student from Bucharest, Romania

“I don’t want to paint cityscapes, I’m not interested in a lot of non-nature related things, so it really evolves out of the landscape,” said McCagg.

McCagg’s work, “Place. Prose. Protest.,” will open to the public on Saturday, Feb. 4, at 4 p.m. in 91����Ƶ’s (91����Ƶ) Margaret Martin Gehman Art Gallery. The show will feature paintings, drawings, stone carvings and media.

In an interview with Erica Garber, a student in Visual and Communication Arts (VaCA) at 91����Ƶ, McCagg said the natural landscape —woods, nature, water and wind— informs him.

“All the color we want is out there and that’s why a lot of my paintings are about color, I don’t want to paint in shades of gray,” McCagg said.

“As a painter, the excitement lies in the deeper level of observation,” said McCagg.

The show will run through Feb. 19.

For more information contact Paulette Moore at 540-432-4163 or email paulette.moore@emu.edu.

of the show edited by Garber and produced by VaCA students Gabriel Brunk, Joshua Mensah and Shandell Taylor.