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FSC theater department
presents "Rumors"

LAKELAND, Fla. (Feb. 4, 2002) - Florida Southern's theater department presents Neil Simon's "Rumors" in the Buckner Theater on campus. Performances begin at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 14-16, and 21-23; matinees start at 2:30 p.m. Feb. 17 and 24.

"Rumors" is a fast-moving, door-slamming farce about a house party with a missing host and hostess. It premiered in San Francisco in 1988 and moved to Broadway later the same year.

Simon is considered by many to be America's most prolific and popular playwright. He has written 28 plays and has had more hits in the theater than any other American playwright. He has won four Tony Awards, two Emmys, a Screen Writers Guild Award and a Pulitzer Prize. His plays include "The Odd Couple" (1965), "Plaza Suite" (1968), "The Out of Towners" (1970), and The Goodbye Girl (1993).

Tickets are $12. 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
Florida Southern is a four-year, private, co-educational liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. The college offers more than 40 undergraduate majors and a master of business administration degree accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Located in Lakeland, Fla., the college is home to the largest, single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture in the world.

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