
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, November 12, 1995                   TAG: 9511130079
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV-28   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
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THEATER WORKSHOP AT TECH LOOKS AT FREUD'S THEORIES

Tell me about your father. Did you have a happy childhood?

The Virginia Tech Theatre Arts-University Theatre will present a workshop production of "Dora: A Case of Hysteria," Monday through Wednesday, Nov. 13-15.

The free performances will be given in Room 204 of Virginia Tech's Performing Arts Building at 8 p.m.

Branching out from the untouchable image of Sigmund Freud, Canadian playwright Kim Morrissey has created a new perspective of the "Father of Psychoanalysis." Her black comedy is based upon the case study that Freud published in 1905 about a woman he named "Dora," who he was treating for hysteria.

In the play, Dora is given a voice to defend herself against the accusations and assumptions that Freud makes in dealing with her "over-active imagination."

Poetry readings, a panel discussion on Freud and feminism and support to local women's shelters will accompany the production.

For more information, please call the Virginia Tech Performing Arts Line at (540) 231- 5200.

by CNB