WU students assist in community-wide project
Due to the efforts of a number of volunteer organizations, including two groups from Washington University, University City’s Pershing Elementary School now has two new playgrounds. This past Saturday, students from both the Asian Christian Fellowship and the Ligget/ Koening Residential College assisted in the construction. The project was coordinated and funded by St. Louis Children’s Hospital, and also included volunteers from church groups, UMSL students, Alpha Phi Omega, Pershing Elementary faculty, and the University City fire and police departments. The funding from a $120,000 grant from the Danforth foundation in addition to other partners that are associated with the Cardinals Care Foundation. The project is part of the Children’s Hospital’s Healthy Kids at Play program.
PAD to perform All’s Well That Ends Well
For the next two weeks the Performing Arts Department will not only be presenting William Shakespeare’s All’s Well That Ends Well, but is also celebrating the 400th anniversary of this comedy, sometimes referred to as one of Shakespeare’s “problem plays.” Though the play is rarely produced in the United States, PAD’s senior artist in residence, director William Whitaker, is confident about the production. He chose to cut about one-fifth of the play. In addition to Whitaker’s talent, PAD’s production will also feature Tony-award winning actress Jane Lapotaire, who is a visiting artist in the department and a member of Britain’s Royal Shakespeare Company. The production also has a number of Washington University students in its cast. The play will be performed at Edison Theatre on March 28-29 at 8 p.m., March 30 at 2 p.m., April 4-5 at 8 p.m., and April 6 at 2 p.m.