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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

RACE TO THE ANTARCTIC: THEATRE WESLEYAN'S "TERRA NOVA" EXPLORES FATEFUL 1911 EXPEDITION

In 1911 British adventurer Robert Falcon Scott and Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen set out to be the first men to reach the South Pole. Braving a brutal, ice-choked and stormy sea to reach Antarctica, the two men set out - with separate expeditions - across the most unforgiving climate on the earth to claim the honor of being the first at the pole.

Drawn from letters and journals found on the frozen explorer's bodies, the play Terra Nova focuses on the doomed Antarctic expedition of Robert Falcon Scott. Texas Wesleyan University will present Terra Nova Feb. 19-21 and Feb. 26-March 1 in the Thad Smotherman Theatre. Told in flashbacks, the play gives us fateful glimpses of Amundsen, Scott’s young bride Kathleen and the build-up to Scott’s compulsive drive to reach the pole. Terra Nova is written by Ted Tally and will be directed by Jeanne Everton, associate professor of Theatre

The performance will be at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 19-21 and Feb. 26-28, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 1. Tickets are $8 for general admission, and $4 for all students with ID and seniors 65 and up. The Thad Smotherman Theatre is located in the Law Sone Fine Arts building at 1205 Binkley St., Fort Worth.

 The box office is open Tuesday-Friday from 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. and one hour before curtain on show days. For reservations, please call the box office at 817-531-4211 or visit Theatre Wesleyan on the web.