Debra Crawford to Travel to Scotland to Present "Birds on a Wire"

2012 Jun 27

Debra Crawford of Brady, Texas, will travel for a production of Birds on a Wire in Scotland as a part of the International Collegiate Theatre Festival in Edinburgh.

Crawford will play the role of Andrea Pearl Rositzky.

The dramatic play about the American dustbowl and the very personal loss it wreaked on those who endured it was presented on the HSU stage last February in what was the world premiere of the play.

Playwright Shauna Kanter was in-residence in Abilene to help develop her play with HSU student actors and the play's director, Ronald Dean Nolen, HSU assistant professor of theatre. Those same students along with Nolen and theatre department head, Larry Wheeler, will take Birds on a Wire to the United Kingdom August 1, 2012.

About Hardin-Simmons University:

HSU has an enrollment of approximately 2,300 undergraduate and graduate students from 28 states and 20 countries.

HSU sits on 220 acres and has a 13:1 student-to-faculty ratio. Eighty percent of HSU's faculty members hold the highest available degree in their fields.

Tuition rates for full-time students do not increase while they are enrolled in consecutive fall and spring semesters and make continuous, satisfactory progress toward a degree. (The tuition freeze does not apply to some programs.)

• Ranked in the Top Tier of U.S. News and World Report's Best Universities in the Western Region

• Cited by The Princeton Review as a Best in the West University

• Recognized by Colleges of Distinction for teaching, learning, and service

• Named to the 2011 Honor Roll by The Chronicle of Higher Education as a Great College to Work For

• Named to the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll

Through seven schools and colleges, HSU offers seven undergraduate degree programs encompassing more than 70 major fields of study. Eighteen graduate programs are offered, including doctoral programs in physical therapy, ministry, functional manual therapy, and education.

Special programs include Honors, International Studies, and Leadership Studies.

Hardin-Simmons University, founded in 1891, is a private Christian institution, affiliated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas (Texas Baptists) since 1941.