Event Fee

$8 general admission, $5 PLU community (with ID)

Event Information

Join the School of Arts and Communication and the Department of Communication and Theatre for a night of Theatre and thoughtful discussion during the SOAC Focus Series Compassion Event.

Assistant Professor of Theatre Brian Desmond and several PLU Theatre alumni host a panel discussion on compassion and theatre. Theatre, as a communal form of art, is an ideal forum in which to experience the kind of shared compassion that not only helps us persevere in difficult times but also brings us closer together.

Rabbit Hole, which won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize, is a “transcendent and deeply affecting new play” that “shifts perfectly from hilarity to grief” (Entertainment Weekly). It’s a story of loss, heartbreak, and forgiveness as a family attempts to move on after a life-shattering accident. David Rooney (Variety) writes, “David Lindsay-Abaire has crafted a drama that’s not just a departure but a revelation - an intensely emotional examination of grief, laced with wit, insightfulness, compassion, and searing honesty.” Howard Shapiro (Philadelphia Inquirer) describes the play as “a satisfyingly strange mix: a wrenching look into grief and healing, leavened with generous spoonfuls of humor. This is one smart play.”

Interested disciplines

Theater