Professors combine talents in play's world premiere

A playwright, composer, and actor from Virginia Tech have collaborated for a world premiere event in Edinburgh, Scotland. Patricia Raun, head of the Department of Theatre Arts, is the lone performer in "Eurydice," a one-woman play by internationally-acclaimed Virginia Tech English professor Thomas Gardner. Alan Weinstein, also a Virginia Tech professor and noted cellist, has composed the original score and will accompany the production at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. "Eurydice" runs August 8-10 in the Greyfriars Kirk House.