Perpetual Peace

Three dogs - Emmanuel, Odin, and John-John - awake to find themselves in a strange and dark holding pen. There, they will be invited by a dog in charge (Casius) to compete with one another for "the collar," a coveted job in the elite K-7 unit of the state anti-terrorism service. But what are they willing to do, how far are they willing to go, to get the job?

That is the scenario in Perpetual Peace, the award-winning play by Juan Mayorga, one of the Spain's most celebrated and provocative contemporary playwrights. Fairfield University's Department of Modern Languages, in collaboration with the University's Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts, will present the North American premiere ofPerpetual Peace in a new translation by Fairfield University's Dr. Jerelyn Johnson, assistant professor of Modern Languages and Literatures.

The production of Perpetual Peace is a collaboration between Fairfield University staff and faculty and the Bethlehem, Connecticut-based Actor's Nucleus theater company.

The cast includes Dr. Dennis Keenan (department of philosophy), Dr. Donald Gibson (Dean of the Charles F. Dolan School of Business), and Kelly Briney, Richard Rivas, Melora Mennesson, and Kevin Thornton (all from the Actor's Nucleus). It was translated by Dr. Jerelyn Johnson, professor of Spanish, directed by Alistair Highet, the University's director of communications, with production assistance from Martha Milcarek, assistant vice president for brand management and public relations.

Oct. 5-8 at 8pm in the Wien Experimental Theatre, Quick Center for the Arts