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Theater Picks: NCSU stages Naomi Iizuka’s ‘Anon(ymous)’

From left, Jeremy Wesonga as Pascal and Chris Duran as Anon in University Theatre’s production of “Anon(ymous).”
From left, Jeremy Wesonga as Pascal and Chris Duran as Anon in University Theatre’s production of “Anon(ymous).”

This weekend is a college and university theatre festival of sorts, with six productions playing around the Triangle. Of particular interest is NCSU’s University Theatre staging of Naomi Iizuka’s “Anon(ymous),” a contemporary adaptation of Homer’s “Odyssey.” A young refugee, separated from his mother, journeys around the U.S., encountering bewildering people and places (through Nov. 22).

Titmus Theatre, Thompson Hall. $20 (seniors $18, students $12). 919-515-1100 or ncsu.edu/theatre.

Other highlights

  • “The Music Man” by Meredith Wilson – William Peace University Theatre. Details at peace.edu/events.
  • “A Laura Ingalls Wilder Christmas” by Laurie Brooks – Meredith College Ensemble Theatre. Details at meredith.edu.
  • “A Chorus Line” by Marvin Hamlisch – UNC-Chapel Hill Pauper Players. Details at nando.com/2r8.
  • “Company,” by Stephen Sondheim – UNC-Chapel Hill Company Carolina. Details at artscenterlive.org.
  • “An Experiment with an Air Pump” by Jules Odendahl-James – Duke Theatre Studies Department. Details at theaterstudies.duke.edu.

This story was originally published November 11, 2015 at 9:00 AM with the headline "Theater Picks: NCSU stages Naomi Iizuka’s ‘Anon(ymous)’."

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