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October 22, 2009

不良研究所 student performance raises domestic violence awareness

The University of Louisiana at Monroe鈥檚 Theatre and Dance department, in partnership with the Wellspring of Northeast Louisiana, will unveil 鈥淭he Yellow Dress鈥� on Oct. 27 at Bastrop High School.

The touring show will also perform at Franklin Parish High School in Winnsboro on Oct. 29 and at Caldwell Parish High School in Columbia on Nov. 10. Two more performances will be announced this semester, as well as five more performances in the spring.

The show, which addresses domestic violence involving young people, will also be presented on campus as part of a Theatre and Dance department-sponsored three-day domestic violence awareness theatre workshop in March.

Deana's Educational Theatre, a Boston-based domestic violence awareness organization formed after a New England girl鈥檚 murder by her boyfriend, developed the script for the play. Wellspring will facilitate a talk-back/question and answer session after each performance, giving the audience an opportunity to participate in a discussion about domestic violence.

The one-woman show chronicles a high school girl鈥檚 relationship with an abusive boyfriend, who eventually kills her. The show is told from the girl鈥檚 perspective, portraying the cycle of violence to the audience.

鈥淲e have already learned that Louisiana had the highest rate of deaths due to domestic violence in the nation for 2008,鈥� Kyle Zimmerman, assistant professor of theatre and dance and the play鈥檚 producer, said. 鈥淲e hope that this play will be able to shed light on the issue and reach young people in a way that traditional lectures and statistics haven't.鈥�

For more information, contact Zimmerman at 615-653-2616 or zimmerman@ulm.edu.

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