Hartsville, SC — Coker College Musical Theater presents the contemporary “Songs for a New World” in the Watson Theater of the Elizabeth Boatwright Coker Performing Arts Center for two consecutive weekends in February. Performances are at 8 p.m. on Friday, February 11, Saturday, February 12, Thursday, February 17, Friday, February 18, and Saturday, February 19. There will also be a matinee performance at 2 p.m. on Sunday, February 13.

Admission at the door is $12 for adults, $5 for children and non-Coker students, and free with Coker College ID.

With music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown, “Songs for the New World” was originally staged at the WPA Theater Off-Broadway in 1996. A blend of showmanship and exciting sound, the play is a variety of stories dealing with expectations of love, money and the American Dream, including a young man using basketball as a way out of the ghetto, a woman who dreams of marrying rich, and a jailed man questioning his actions.

“Songs for a New World” stars Coker students Wesley Atkinson, Bryant Belin, Jessica Brill, Michelle Caulder, Eric Decker, Jennifer Jackson, Ben Johnson, Gillian Mulligan, Angela Price, and Katie Reynolds. Graham Wood, assistant professor of music, is the musical director and the Angela M. Gallo, assistant professor of dance, is the choreographer.

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Febraury 1, 2005