MOUNT VERNON -- The lives of two prostitutes, two cops and the artist girlfriend of one become entwined in surprising ways in "Blue Surge," a stage drama by University of Iowa graduate Rebecca Gilman that runs March 18 through 21 at Cornell College.
Performances are at 8 p.m. in Kimmel Theatre of Youngker Hall. Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for seniors and non-Cornell students. To reserve tickets, call 895-4293.
Gilman earned an M.F.A. at Iowa in 1992. In 1998 she won the American Theater Critics' Association Osborn Award for her play about serial killers, "The Glory of Living."
"Blue Surge" focuses on two police detectives who become romantically involved with women they meet while attempting to bust a prostitution ring. Gilman's story examines the role that class and background can play in shaping an individual's values and expectations.
"Rebecca Gilman has an unerring ear for the ways mismatched people relate, an open heart for the ways they louse things up," writes Peter Rainer in New York Magazine.
The Cornell production is directed by Ron Clark, artistic director at Riverside Theatre in Iowa City and artist in residence in Cornell's department of theatre and communications studies.
