WAUKESHA – Director Jeff Smerz has selected a cast of five students and one former student for the University of Wisconsin-Waukesha production of James Sherman’s Beau Jest this fall.

Jake Bowen, West Allis, plays Chris Kringle, Sarah’s non-Jewish boyfriend.

Jonathan Hollister, North Prairie, is Bob Schroeder, whom Sarah hires to pose as her Jewish boyfriend to meet her parents.

Bill Eckart, Eagle, plays Joel Goldman, Sarah’s brother.

Andrew Klauck, Waukesha, is Abe Goldman, Sarah’s father.

Molly Neumann, Oconomowoc, is Miriam, Sarah’s mother.

Karen Haynes, Elm Grove, plays Sarah, the young school teacher trying to satisfy her parents’ wishes for a proper romance in spite of her own preferences.

Performances are scheduled for Fridays and Saturdays, November 2, 3, 9, and 10, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, November 4, at 2:00 p.m. in the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, located in the Fine Arts Center on campus at 1500 N. University Dr., Waukesha.

All seating is general admission, and tickets cost $8 each; $7 for students and senior citizens (62+), and free for students with a UW-Waukesha ID. For ticket information, phone (262) 521-5212.

UW-Waukesha has the largest enrollment among the 13 freshman-sophomore University of Wisconsin Colleges campuses. For information about UW-Waukesha admission, financial aid, programs, or policies, contact the Student Services office 888 2UW-WAUK (289-9285) or visit the Web at waukesha.uwc.edu.

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