1780 – The Official Blog of Transylvania University

1780 | The Official Blog of Transylvania University

Transylvania’s Theatre Guild presents “Brighton Beach Memoirs” April 1-3 at 7:30 p.m.

LEXINGTON, Ky.—Transylvania University’s student-run Theatre Guild will present Neil Simon’s classic coming-of-age play, “Brighton Beach Memoirs,” April 1-3 at 7:30 p.m. in the Lucille C. Little Theater. Tickets are $5 and will be available at the Little Theater box office prior to each show.

The play, with its mix of comedy and drama, is set in the Brighton Beach area of New York, in 1937 and tells the story of Eugene Morris Jerome, a Polish-Jewish teenager who experiences puberty, sexual awakening and a search for identity as he deals with his family, including brother Stanley, parents Kate and Jack, his aunt Blanche and his cousins Nora and Laurie.

For more information, contact the public relations office at (859) 233-8120.