UA’s COE Does Art Presents ‘Welcome to Bedside Manor’

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Discover how infectious laughter can be as The University of Alabama’s College of Engineering Does Amateur Radical Theatre hosts dessert and a show with “Welcome to Bedside Manor,” a toe-tapping performance filled with music that is contagious.

When you visit Bedside Manor, Dr. Huggems may be heading back to his job at the car wash because of his fear of blood. The Band Aides will have their eyes fixed on their favorite TV program, “Of Human Bandage,” while a film crew roams through the halls making the documentary, “This Was Your Life.”

COE Does ART will perform “Welcome to Bedside Manor” April 25-27, at 7 p.m. in 126 H.M. Comer. The cost of attending is $8. Tickets can be purchased at the CrimsonArts Box Office and at the door. The production lasts two hours and includes an interactive intermission between the cast and guests. It is open to the public.

Members of COE Does ART and the “Welcome to Bedside Manor” cast and crew include:

• Zach Burnett, a freshman majoring in mechanical engineering
• Kerri Hay Carr, a senior majoring in chemical engineering
• David Dozier, a freshman majoring in chemical and biological engineering
• Frances Green, a freshman majoring in civil engineering
• Victoria Grefer, a graduate student studying Spanish
• Jill Hoover, a freshman majoring in chemical and biological engineering
• Elizabeth Junkin, a freshman majoring in chemical and biological engineering
• Jon Lauer, a freshman majoring in chemical and biological engineering
• Mary Kathryn Sewell, a senior majoring in chemical and biological engineering
• Samantha Smyth, a senior majoring in chemical engineering

Samantha Smyth and Mary Kathryn Sewell, both seniors and founders of COE Does ART, have served as directors for all of the organization’s performances. This will be their last performance to direct, as both graduate in May.

“It is going to be hard to pass on the leadership because we have put so much work into this organization,” said Smyth. “However, it is great to know that COE Does ART will soon gain a new direction and fresh perspectives from the incoming directors.”

COE Does ART, a student-led organization established in January 2007 at The University of Alabama, aims at disproving the stereotype that engineers are not capable of producing creative works of art.

In 1837, The University of Alabama became one of the first five universities in the nation to offer engineering classes. Today, UA’s fully accredited College of Engineering has more than 2,300 students and more than 100 faculty. In the last seven years, students in the College have been named USA Today All-USA College Academic Team members, Goldwater scholars, Hollings scholars and Portz scholars.

NOTE: A media-only screening is scheduled Thursday, April 24, at 8 p.m.