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    The Drama Department at Ferrum College is hosting the Tony Award winning play, “The Belle of Amherst,” performed by Mary Wadkins. She brings Emily Dickinson to life featuring her poems, letters, and life experiences. The only production of “The Belle of Amherst,” will be held on September 29, 2005 in the Sale Theatre of Schoolfield Hall on the Ferrum campus. The show is free although donations of non-perishable food items will be collected for the St. James Community Center.

     Mary Wadkins has been portraying Emily Dickinson’s life across the country for the past eleven years. She is also a co-founder of the Playwrights Premiere Theatre, a theatre company dedicated to bringing new works throughout the commonwealth. “I heard so many good reviews of The Belle of Amherst that I decided we had to include Mary Wadkins in the Ferrum College Cultural Arts series,” said Wayne Bowman professor of theatre at Ferrum College.

     For more information, contact H. Wayne Bowman at (540)365-4338 or wbowman@ferrum.edu.

     Ferrum College is a four-year, private, co-educational, liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Ferrum offers a choice of nationally recognized bachelor’s degree programs at a cost well below the national average for private colleges. For more information on Ferrum, visit www.ferrum.edu.

Ferrum Presents “The Belle of Amherst”
For immediate release: September 26, 2005	Contact: Dean Browell , (540) 365-4301, dbrowell@ferrum.edu
The Drama Department at Ferrum College is hosting the Tony Award winning play, “The Belle of Amherst,” performed by Mary Wadkins. She brings Emily Dickinson to life featuring her poems, letters, and life experiences. The only production of “The Belle of Amherst,” will be held on September 29, 2005 in the Sale Theatre of Schoolfield Hall on the Ferrum campus. The show is free although donations of non-perishable food items will be collected for the St. James Community Center. Mary Wadkins has been portraying Emily Dickinson’s life across the country for the past eleven years. She is also a co-founder of the Playwrights Premiere Theatre, a theatre company dedicated to bringing new works throughout the commonwealth. “I heard so many good reviews of The Belle of Amherst that I decided we had to include Mary Wadkins in the Ferrum College Cultural Arts series,” said Wayne Bowman professor of theatre at Ferrum College. For more information, contact H. Wayne Bowman at (540)365-4338 or wbowman@ferrum.edu. Ferrum College is a four-year, private, co-educational, liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Ferrum offers a choice of nationally recognized bachelor’s degree programs at a cost well below the national average for private colleges. For more information on Ferrum, visit www.ferrum.edu.
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