JACKSON, Tenn. — Sept. 26, 2013 — The 51社区 Players will present 鈥淢agic,鈥� an early 20th century comedy written by G.K. Chesterton, Oct. 3-8.
Theater professor David Burke will direct the production. Nick Fleming will play the main character, the conjuror-magician.
The play opens Oct. 3 at 7:30 p.m. in the W. D. Powell Theatre in the Penick Academic Complex. Performances will continue until Oct. 8. There will be additional showings Oct. 4 at 11:30 p.m. and Oct. 6 at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $3 for Union students and $7 for the general public.
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The play tells the story of a duchess whose niece and nephew come to live with her. The nephew is an American atheist and the niece a spiritual fairy-speaker, Fleming said.
Other characters are an agnostic, an evolutionist and a preacher. The duchess brings in a magician who, according to Fleming, 鈥渢urns the tables on them and causes them to question everything.鈥�