Getting Real At A Fifties Diner: “Bus Stop” From UTC Theatre Co.

(UTC Theatre Co.)( Aired Thu 11/14/24)Imagine a diner.It’s in rural Kansas - the heart of the heartland - about twenty-five miles west of Kansas City.The diner is a refuge for bus passengers waiting out a snowstorm in the 1950’s - the setting for “Bus Stop,” the play by William Inge.It’s also the latest production from the students of UTC Theatre Co. opens Tuesday, November 19th at 7:30 PM in the Dorothy Hackett Ward Theater in the Fine Arts Center on our campus, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga - and runs through Saturday, November 23rd.Three members of the cast - all of them, UTC students - are: Ellen Rich, a junior; Cody Robinson, also a junior; and Katie Forrester, a senior.(UTC Theatre Co.)