Whittier native Jonathan Tupanjanin to take center stage

WHITTER — Whittier native Jonathan Tupanjanin will play the role of Egeon in the ongoing Whittier College production of William Shakespeare’s “Comedy of Errors.”

Associate Professor of Theater and Communication Arts Gil Gonzalez directs this all-student production. Each year the theater department produces up to four faculty-directed productions. These plays afford students the opportunity to engage in theater as a collaborative process.

One of Shakespeare’s earliest plays, “Comedy of Errors,” is also the shortest among them. It is an old tale of mistaken identity when two sets of identical twin boys are accidentally separated at birth during a shipwreck. After years of questions, one brother decides to search for the other and both are subsequently thrown into a world of confusion.

The humor of the play includes classic slapstick comedy, word play and the use of puns.

Performances will be at 8 p.m. Oct 16-19 and at 2 p.m. Oct. 20 at in the Ruth B. Shannon Center for the Performing Arts, 6760 Painter Ave.. General admission is $15, students/seniors are $9. For additional information, directions, or to buy tickets call 562-907-4203 or visit www.shannoncenter.org.

For more information contact Ana Lilia Barraza at 562-907-4912 or e-mail abarraza@whittier.edu