{"id":17614,"date":"2014-04-04T06:00:55","date_gmt":"2014-04-04T11:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=17614"},"modified":"2014-04-04T01:17:05","modified_gmt":"2014-04-04T06:17:05","slug":"austin-peay-department-of-theatre-and-dance-closes-season-with-dark-of-the-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2014\/04\/04\/austin-peay-department-of-theatre-and-dance-closes-season-with-dark-of-the-moon\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin Peay Department of Theatre and Dance closes season with &#8220;Dark of the Moon&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-47306\" title=\"Austin Peay State University - APSU\" alt=\"Austin Peay State University - APSU\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/apsu-logo-200x123.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"123\" \/><strong>Clarksville, TN<\/strong> &#8211; Long before the \u201cTwilight\u201d saga or \u201cBuffy the Vampire Slayer\u201d examined the complicated relationships between mortals and monsters, there was the story of a young witch named John who fell in love with a human girl named Barbara.<\/p>\n<p>Their doomed affair, set in a superstitious community in the Smokey Mountains, is the focus of Howard Richardson and William Berney\u2019s 1945 play \u201cDark of the Moon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Dark-of-the-Moon-Poster.jpg\"  class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-214214\" title=\"&quot;Dark of the Moon&quot; at Austin Peay State University April 9th-12th.\" alt=\"&quot;Dark of the Moon&quot; at Austin Peay State University April 9th-12th.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Dark-of-the-Moon-Poster-480x360.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><!--more-->The popular drama opens at 7:30pm on April 9th, in the Austin Peay State University Trahern Theater and runs through April 12th, with a matinee at 2:00pm on April 13th.<\/p>\n<p>The play, directed by Dr. Sara Gotcher, associate professor of theatre, will bring to an end the APSU Department of Theatre and Dance\u2019s 2013-2014 season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDark of the Moon,\u201d with its supernatural elements, is considered a folk fantasy, with much of the dialogue incorporating an Appalachian dialect. It premiered on Broadway in 1945. The play is recommended for mature audiences.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are $5.00 for students\/military\/senior citizens and $10.00 for adults. To reserve tickets, please contact <a href=\"mailto:boxoffice@apsu.edu\">boxoffice@apsu.edu<\/a> or call 931.221.7379.<\/p>\n<p>To purchase online, visit <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.austinpeaytickets.com\" >www.austinpeaytickets.com<\/a> .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clarksville, TN &#8211; Long before the \u201cTwilight\u201d saga or \u201cBuffy the Vampire Slayer\u201d examined the complicated relationships between mortals and monsters, there was the story of a young witch named John who fell in love with a human girl named Barbara. 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