“˜Pains of Youth’ play depicts brutal coming-of-age of Austrian medical students in 1920s

A moment of violence occurs between two women who grow competitive over a man. Tensions soar and the situation results in a vicious brawl in which the character of Irene, played by fourth-year musical theater student Leah Bezozo, is tied by her auburn hair to the base of an ottoman.

Theater student adapts Latin American author Gabriel García Márquez’s novella “˜The Incredible and Sad Tale of Innocent Eréndira and Her Heartless Grandmother’ for the stage

Latin American author Gabriel García Márquez surprised Monica Payne in the last two pages of his novella “The Incredible and Sad Tale of Innocent Eréndira and Her Heartless Grandmother” with a hopeful ending.