AMERICAN COLLEGIATE THEATRE FESTIVAL

                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: FRIDAY, January 24, 1992                   TAG: 9201240102
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AMERICAN COLLEGIATE THEATRE FESTIVAL
Competition is Thursday through Feb. 1 at Radford University. Winning play advances to the national competition at the Kennedy Center in Washington. Tickets, $8; $4 students. 831-5324.
"NEW MOON IN GOLGOTHA": With dark humor and satire examines struggle and abuses of nursing-home patients. By George Mason University, Thursday, 1 p.m., Porterfield Theatre.
"SOUTHERN GIRLS": On the lives of six small-town women growing up outside Birmingham. By the University of Alabama, Thursday, 8 p.m., Preston Auditorium.
"SIZWE BANSI IS DEAD": Examines apartheid through eyes of a man forced to abandon his identity. By James Madison University, Jan. 31, 1 p.m., Porterfield Theatre.
"LARGO DESOLATO": Drama of an intellectual pressured by the government to renounce his writings and urged by friends to appeal. By the University of NorthCarolina at Greensboro, Jan. 31, 8:30 p.m., Preston Auditorium.
"THE HEIDI CHRONICLES": Pulitzer Prize play examines a generation from the socially and politically active '60s to the success-oriented '80s. By the University of Tennessee, Feb. 1, 1 p.m., Porterfield Theatre.
"ORESTES": Adapted from Euripides' work, explores ancient Greek myths. By Old Dominion University, Feb. 1, 8:30 p.m., Preston Auditorium.

by Archana Subramaniam by CNB