OPAL
Book, Lyrics and Music by Robert Lindsey-Nassif
Directed by Darren Butler
This award winning off broadway hit is based on the true story of a seven-year-old aristocratic girl who is orphaned in a shipwreck and placed in an Oregon lumber camp in 1904. To survive, she creates a world of fantasy and enchantment.
Pre-performance Lectures:
Prior to the Oct. 5 and 6 performances, Dr. Lesley Peterson, UNA Department of English (retired), will give a pre-show lecture with Opal playwright Robert Lindsey-Nassif. Peterson will hold a pre-show lecture without Lindsey-Nassif on Oct. 7 and 8. The lecture, titled, Opal Whiteley and Other Little Women: The Gifted Child Writer, will start at:
6:30 p.m., Oct. 5 and 6
6:45 p.m. Oct. 7
1:45 p.m. Oct. 8