On June 11, 2014, please join us at 5:30pm at Two River Theater’s Victoria J. Mastrobuono Library for a special TEDx talk titled Life in the Bubble: “The Curious Culture(s) of Academia” followed by a 7pm performance of Wendy Wasserstein’s “Third,” directed by Michael Cumpsty.
Cost: $30; includes one Section A ticket to Third with pre-show event. Must use code THIRDX30 for access to the pre-show event. Light fare will be provided by Sickles Market with beverages from Carton Brewing.
Please call Two River’s box office at 732.345.1400 for remaining tickets and provide THIRDX30 to get the discount, or go to the tworivertheater.org website and enter code THIRDX30 after selecting your seats.
TEDx Talk: Dr. Robert A. Saunders, Professor of History and Political Science at Farmingdale State College will lead a discussion on oddities of academia, reflecting on the curious cultures of the Ivory Tower. Having worked outside academe for years as a management consultant in the telecommunication industry, he is particularly well-suited to discuss the peculiar nature of life inside the university. Dr. Saunders will discuss how the process of creating PhDs breeds a unique form of insularity that often makes professors poor students of the human condition. In an effort to provide additional context to Third, he will also discuss his own experiences with student plagiarism and instructor-student conflicts.
THIRD: Set on the campus of a New England, liberal arts college, professor Laurie Jameson (played by Annette O’Toole), accuses one of her students—an outwardly stereotypical jock nicknamed, ‘Third’—of plagiarism, and as a result throws her own life into disarray. A masterpiece about the dangers of identity politics and stereotypes, Third is also a moving, witty and funny play written by one of the best loved writers of the modern theater.
