Southeastern Louisiana University

Columbia season tickets on sale Aug. 10-31; three package options available

Contact: Christina Chapple

8/1/06

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(1) PETER AND THE WOLF AT THE COLUMBIA – WDSU-TV meteorologist Margaret Orr will narrate Prokofiev’s popular introduction to the orchestra, “Peter and the Wolf,” with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra as part of the 2006-07 season of Southeastern Louisiana University’s Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts. 

(2) CIRCUS FOR KIDS, BY KIDS – The Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts’s 2006-07 season will include the Russian American Kids Circus, a stunning production staged by children ages six to 18.

(3) LEGENDARY ROCKER – Eric Burdon and the Animals will be the final performance of the Southeastern Louisiana University Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts’s 2006-07 season. Season ticket packages are on sale Aug. 10-31.

(4) CAINE MUTINY COURT-MARTIAL – L.A. Theatre Works’s dramatization of “The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial” will open the Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts’s 2006-07 season. The production stars Eric Stoltz, above, and David Selby.

     HAMMOND – Patrons of Southeastern Louisiana University’s Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts will have three season ticket packages from which to choose for the 2006-2007 season.

     Tickets for the yearlong entertainment season at the university’s historic downtown Hammond theater will be available Aug. 10-31 at the box office, 220 E. Thomas St., 985-543-4371.

     Columbia Director Donna Gay Anderson said patrons can purchase tickets for the entire 10-production season or can choose one of two five-event packages that offer the option of including the popular Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra holiday concert.

     “We wanted to give options to those patrons whose budgets and schedules hinder them from attending the entire season of presentations,” Anderson said. “We still want them to attend, even if it is for fewer shows, so we designed two packages which will accommodate them as well as our full season ticket holder.”

     Option One – the complete season – includes 2006’s L.A. Theatre Works’ “The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial,” a dramatization of Herman Wouk’s classic war novel starring Eric Stoltz and David Selby, Oct. 24; “Children’s Letters to God,” a charming family-oriented production based on the best-seller, Nov. 17; and the LPO Holiday Concert, favorite carols and songs conducted by Keith Brion, Dec. 1.

     Season offerings in 2007 are vocal star Maureen McGovern, Jan. 26; “Winter Dance Party,” a tribute to Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper, Feb. 10; direct from New York, “Urban Cowboy: The Musical,” Feb. 24; LPO “March Madness,” classics conducted by Stuart Chafetz, March 2; the stunning Russian American Kids Circus, March 24; Prokofiev’s  “Peter and the Wolf,” performed by the LPO and narrated by WDSU-TV meteorologist Margaret Orr, April 28; and the legendary Eric Burdon and the Animals, June 29.

     Option One complete season prices, per seat, are $320, Orchestra I and Loge, and  $274, Orchestra II and Balcony I.

            Option Two includes “The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial,” “Children’s Letters to God” (Nov. 17, 7:30 p.m. performance), Maureen McGovern, “Urban and Cowboy: The Musical,” and LPO’s “March Madness.” Option Two prices are $163, Orchestra I and Loge, and  $139, Orchestra II and Balcony I.

            Option Three includes “Children’s Letters to God” (Nov. 18, 2 p.m. matinee), “Winter Dance Party,” Russian American Kids Circus, LPO’s “Peter and the Wolf,” and Eric Burdon and the Animals. Prices are $148, Orchestra I and Loge, and  $128, Orchestra II and Balcony I.

            Patrons who select Options Two and Three may add the LPO Holiday Concert to their package for $38, Orchestra I and Loge, and $32, Orchestra II and Balcony I.

            Individual event tickets for the Columbia season and for Fanfare 2006 will be available at the box office and online at http://www.columbiatheatre.org beginning Sept. 6.