{"id":1972,"date":"2014-02-07T15:25:01","date_gmt":"2014-02-07T21:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lamp1.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/?p=1972"},"modified":"2019-06-04T16:19:35","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T21:19:35","slug":"missouri-western-presents-steve-martins-picasso-at-the-lapin-agile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2014\/02\/07\/missouri-western-presents-steve-martins-picasso-at-the-lapin-agile\/","title":{"rendered":"Missouri Western Presents Steve Martin&#8217;s &#8216;Picasso at the Lapin Agile&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Theatre and Cinema and the School of Fine Arts at Missouri Western State University present Steve Martin\u2019s \u201cPicasso at the Lapin Agile,\u201d Feb. 13-16. The show begins at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday and 3 p.m. on Sunday in the Potter Hall Theater at Missouri Western. Tickets are $12 for adults, $8 for faculty, staff and military, and $6 for students. Tickets may be purchased online at mwsutix.com, in person at the Potter Hall Box Office, or by phone at 816-271-4452.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cPicasso at the Lapin Agile\u201d is the third production in Missouri Western\u2019s 2013-2014 theatre season, \u201cA Season of Laughter.\u201d The absurdly amusing comedy is the first full-length play written by Martin, the actor, comedian and musician. It tells of a fictional meeting in a Paris bar between Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso, each on the verge of their greatest accomplishments. They and other bar patrons discuss and debate the relationship between art, science, talent and genius.<\/p>\n<p>The play is directed by Tee Quillin, assistant professor of theatre and cinema. Cast members include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Freddie: Erik Burns-Sprung<\/li>\n<li>Gaston: Brian Duskey<\/li>\n<li>Germaine: Katie Brekalo<\/li>\n<li>Albert Einstein: Gabriel Barton<\/li>\n<li>Suzanne: Nerissa Lee<\/li>\n<li>Sagot: Sebastian Smith<\/li>\n<li>Pablo Picasso: Thomas Delgado<\/li>\n<li>Charles Dabernow Schmendiman: Steve Catron<\/li>\n<li>The Countess: Amber Anaya<\/li>\n<li>A Female Admirer: Shelby House<\/li>\n<li>A Visitor: Truman Vasko<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Missouri Western State University is a comprehensive regional university providing a blend of traditional liberal arts and professional degree programs. The university offers student-centered, high quality instruction that focuses on experience-based learning, community service, and state-of-the-art technology. Missouri Western is located in St. Joseph, Mo., and is committed to the educational, economic, cultural and social development of the region it serves. Visit <\/em><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\">www.missouriwestern.edu<\/a><\/em><em>. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Theatre and Cinema and the School of Fine Arts at Missouri Western State University present Steve Martin\u2019s \u201cPicasso at the Lapin Agile,\u201d Feb. 13-16. The show begins at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday and 3 p.m. on Sunday in the Potter Hall Theater at Missouri Western. Tickets are $12 for adults, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[48],"tags":[747,748],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1972"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1972"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8499,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1972\/revisions\/8499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}