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The following press release was issued by Michigan Tech.
HOUGHTON, MI, Tuesday, February 19, 2019 – Questions of faith, motherhood and determination arise as three women with vastly different ideologies are faced with a supposed virgin birth. The investigation of the nun who was found to have given birth, and ensuing controversies and debates over the possible miracle – then subsequent death of the infant – are explored as Tech Theatre presents John Pielmeier’s 1979 play Agnes of God.
Please join Michigan Tech’s Department of Visual and Performing Arts, presenting six performances of Agnes of God, for two weeks, Thursday – Saturday, Feb. 21 – 23 and Feb. 28 – March 2, 7:30 PM in the McArdle Theatre in the Walker Arts and Humanities Center.
Pielmeier’s dramatic script poses challenging questions for its three characters of Dr. Livingstone, an atheistic psychiatrist; the pius Mother Superior; and young Sister Agnes, mother of the deceased child she claims to have immaculately conceived.
The cast of three experienced performers is directed by Patricia Helsel, Associate Professor, Visual and Performing Arts (VPA). Tickets are on sale now, $15 for adults, $5 for youth and no charge for Michigan Tech students with the Experience Tech fee. Tickets are available by phone at (906) 487-2073, online, in person at the Central Ticketing Office in the Student Development Complex or on the night of each performance at the McArdle Theatre beginning one hour prior to show time.
Michigan Technological University is an Equal Opportunity Educational Institution/Equal Opportunity Employer, which includes providing equal opportunity for protected veterans and individuals with disability.
