LAKELAND, Fla. (Sept. 7, 2006) — Florida Southern College’s theatre department performs “The Cemetery Club” in the Loca Lee Buckner Theatre on the college campus, as part of FSC’s Festival of Fine Arts. Performances begin at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 28-30 and Oct. 5-7; matinees start at 2:30 p.m. Oct. 1 and Oct. 8. James F. Beck, associate director of theatre arts, directs the play. 

"The Cemetery Club" is a funny, sweet-tempered and moving story of three long-time friends and Jewish widows in Queens, N.Y., who are in different stages of healing. The play uses humor, irony, and heartfelt emotion to examine the issues of dying, re-kindling romance, and starting life anew. Ivan Menchell, the playwright, also wrote the screenplay for the 1993 film starring Ellen Burstyn, Olympia Dukakis and Diane Ladd, based on his play.

Tickets are $15. FSC students are admitted free. Non-FSC students pay half price. For ticket information, please contact the Branscomb Auditorium box office at (863) 680-4296. 

About Florida Southern College
Founded in 1885, Florida Southern College is a private, comprehensive, United Methodist college with a liberal arts core. The college maintains its commitment to academic excellence through 38 undergraduate majors and distinctive graduate programs in business administration, education, and nursing. Florida Southern has a 14:1 student/faculty ratio, provides strong student/faculty mentorship programs, boasts 25 NCAA Division II national championships, and is ranked by U. S. News and World Report as one of the top ten Southern Comprehensive Colleges-Bachelors and by the Princeton Review as a “Best Southeastern College.” Located on scenic Lake Hollingsworth, Florida Southern is the home of the world’s largest single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture.