I am posting this on behalf of the Performing Arts Department of Hofstra
University. For more information, see contact information at the end of this
message. --K.B.

Press Release:

HOFSTRA USA PRODUCTIONS
WORLD PREMIERE!
HEAVEN-SENT
the after life of Mark Twain

by Drew Keil
directed by Ed Dennehy

Mark Twain and Samuel Clemens, both deceased, but not quite dead, find
themselves grappling for eternal salvation on the stage of a dimensionally
different theater, way  off-Broadway.  This play is food for any lost soul.

I think we never become really and genuinely our entire and honest selves
until we are dead.
     -  Mark Twain

Featuring Joe Danbusky, Virginia Green, Brian McKeon, Stephen Ryan and Brian
Smith.

January 10, 11, 17, 18, 24 and 25, 2003, at 8 p.m.
January 12, 19 and 26, 2003, at 2 p.m.
Emily and Jerry Spiegel Theater
South Campus

Tickets:
$17 general admission
$15 senior citizens (over 65) and
       matriculated non-Hofstra students with ID
Hofstra students - one free ticket with
                             current HofstraCard
Hofstra faculty/staff - maximum two tickets at $10 each
                        with current HofstraCard

Tickets on sale beginning December 17, 2002.  No refunds.

John Cranford Adams Playhouse Box Office
(516) 463-6644, M-F, 11 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.

For further information contact:

Robert T. Spiotto
Associate Director, Performing Arts Programs
Producer, Special Events
Hofstra Cultural Center

Associate Producer
Hofstra USA Productions

200 Hofstra University, Student Center, room 107
Hempstead,  NY  11549
tel:  516-463-5042
fax: 516-463-4793
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