{"id":18898,"date":"2014-09-24T10:00:51","date_gmt":"2014-09-24T15:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=18898"},"modified":"2014-09-24T01:42:17","modified_gmt":"2014-09-24T06:42:17","slug":"apsu-theatre-and-dance-to-present-book-of-days-october-1st-5th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2014\/09\/24\/apsu-theatre-and-dance-to-present-book-of-days-october-1st-5th\/","title":{"rendered":"APSU Theatre and Dance to present &#8220;Book of Days&#8221; October 1st-5th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-47306\" title=\"Austin Peay State University - APSU\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/apsu-logo-200x123.jpg\" alt=\"Austin Peay State University - APSU\" width=\"200\" height=\"123\" \/><strong>Clarksville, TN<\/strong> &#8211; Walt Bates owned the local cheese factory in Dublin, Missouri, and before he died, he dreamed of producing a gourmet product, like Stilton or Brie.<\/p>\n<p>But that dream begins to reek following Bates\u2019 mysterious death in Pulitzer Prize-winner Lanford Wilson\u2019s hilarious 2000 play, \u201cBook of Days,\u201d which opens this October in the Austin Peay State University Trahern Theater.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_281505\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Book-of-Days-poster.jpg\"  class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-281505\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-281505\" title=\"&quot;Book of Days&quot; to be presented by APSU Theatre and Dance October 1st-5th\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Book-of-Days-poster-480x360.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Book of Days&quot; to be presented by APSU Theatre and Dance October 1st-5th\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-281505\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Book of Days&#8221; to be presented by APSU Theatre and Dance October 1st-5th<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more-->\u201cThe play moves like a tornado,\u201d Dr. Sara Gotcher, APSU associate professor of theater and the play\u2019s director, said. \u201cIt\u2019s evil and dark and funny and mysterious. We\u2019re all very excited because it\u2019s going to be a wild ride.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The APSU Department of Theatre and Dance will present the play at 7:30pm, October 1st-4th, and again at 2:00pm on October 5th.<\/p>\n<p>The cast includes APSU students Brittany Thompson, Will Silvers, Abby Elmore, Scotty Phillips, Amber Bowens, Lane Lewis, Maggie Jackson, Steven Howie, Briana Finley, Alex Maynard, Josh Webb, Terence Hilton and Jackson De Priest.<\/p>\n<p>Alvin Klein, a critic for the New York Times, praised the play when it premiered in 2000, writing, \u201cMr. Wilson\u2019s cosmic consciousness, intense moral concern, sense of human redemption and romantic effusion have climbed a new peak.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are $5.00 for students\/military\/senior citizens and $10.00 for general admissions. Tickets can be purchased at the Trahern Box Office, which opens one hour prior to the show, or online at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.apsu.edu\/theatre-dance\/box-office.\" >http:\/\/www.apsu.edu\/theatre-dance\/box-office.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Language in the play may not be appropriate for young children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clarksville, TN &#8211; Walt Bates owned the local cheese factory in Dublin, Missouri, and before he died, he dreamed of producing a gourmet product, like Stilton or Brie. 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