Investigating the Psychology of Acting with UNCSA's Director of "Dying For It" Timothy Douglas

"It's a comedy that relays the pitiful story of Semyon, a man whose only choices are to learn to play the tuba or end it all. When he makes his choice, all of Russia weighs in on how to make his sad life have meaning”.

The under-known 20^th century comedy classic Dying for It by Moira Buffini is a free adaptation of Nikolai Erdman's classic, The Suicide which was banned by Stalin and neither read nor performed in the Soviet Union until 1982. The story comes to the Triad courtesy of UNC School of the Arts.

Dying for It opens Thursday, December 4^th at Patrons Theatre, Performance Place on the UNCSA campus where it'll remain through Sunday the 7^th. 

School of Drama faculty Timothy Douglas will direct a cast of talented UNCSA 4^th year students. Timothy is Associate Artist at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park and he's led productions at professional theater companies across the U.S. including The Guthrie, Steppenwolf and Milwaukee Rep. He shares insight on investigating roles and the "Rubik's cube of personal psychology" that describes both acting and directing.