"The Baltimore Waltz" features Anna (Alex Newcomb-Weiland), as our femme fatale to be and her dashing brother Carl (Dan Frye) in an emotionally heaped and hilarious adventure around the globe. We first meet Anna and Carl when they decide to pack their bags and whisk off to Europe after Anna is diagnosed with ATD (Acquired Toilet Disease) and they are told of a mysterious doctor in Vienna who may have found a cure for this new and odd disease. Along the way they meet peculiar garçons, vivacious radicals and a myriad of memorable characters who stand in the way of them reaching Vienna and a cure. As they jaunt from country to country Anna starts to notice a mysterious Third Man (Louis Mehlhaff) tailing them from a distance who seems to have some connection to her brother and his sordid past. Who is the Third Man? Will Anna and Carl reach Vienna? And will Anna be cured? All is masterfully and beautifully answered in The Baltimore Waltz. This bitter-sweet tale of love, loss and life will weave in and out of Europe and Baltimore and into the hearts of everyone in the audience.

Vogel wrote the play in the early 1990s, partially in response to the loss of her brother in 1988 to the AIDS virus. Vogel’s work lives in the era she wrote the material, however, the themes of grief, adventure and missed opportunities are still socially prevalent today. Director and MFA graduate student Ryan Fortney has grounded his version of the show in the 1980s and is working alongside the production team and cast, which also includes a three person ensemble (Shekendra Morgan, Isaac Otterman and Becca Schuster), to transform the Arena Theatre into a fast paced and memorable experience for the audience. Funny, endearing, emotionally packed and unpredictable, "The Baltimore Waltz" is sure to engage the audience.

The play, which contains adult themes and content, performs March 17-19 and 21 at 7:30 p.m. and March 20 at 2 p.m. at the Arena Theatre on the USD campus. Tickets -- $15 Adults, $12 Senior Citizens (62+), $10 K-12 and non-USD students, and $5 USD students with ID -- can be purchased at the USD Theatre Box Office starting March 14 by calling the box office at 605-677-5400 or online at www.usd.edu/theatre. Box office hours are Monday thru Friday noon-5 p.m.

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