Stellar Theater and Dance Performers to Visit APSU this Year as Acuff Chairs

Clarksville, TN – For more than 50 years, Chicago’s famed Second City Theater and School of Improvisation has produced some of the country’s most beloved comedic talents. Its alumni – consisting of luminaries like Bill Murray, John Belushi, Steve Carell and Tina Fey – have gone on to successful careers in movies and television shows such as Saturday Night Live and the Daily Show with Jon Stewart.

At 7:30pm on October 7th, the group’s touring company will visit Clarksville to perform its hilariously original works on the Austin Peay State University campus.

“They were here four years ago, and the students loved them,” Darren Michael, chair of the APSU Area of Theater and Dance, said. [Read more]

APSU hosts female version of famed Neil Simon Play

Clarksville, TN – The story of the two female friends might sound a little familiar. After 14 years of marriage, the obsessive-compulsive Florence leaves her husband and moves in with her laid-back, cleanliness-challenged friend Olive. It isn’t the ideal matching of personalities.

If you’re having a little difficulty wondering where you’ve heard this story before, just change the names of Florence and Olive to Felix and Oscar, from Neil Simon’s 1965 Broadway hit, “The Odd Couple.” The play went on to become a film and a popular 1970s television show. [Read more]