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BY BIANCA MONTES The Shorthorn features editor The stage lights at the Studio Theatre are setting for a summer production to help raise money for the Theatre Arts Department’s scholarship fund. For a limited run, students, alumni, faculty and community... More

BY BIANCA MONTES The Shorthorn features editor The stage lights at the Studio Theatre are setting for a summer production to help raise money for the Theatre Arts Department’s scholarship fund. For a limited run, students, alumni, faculty and community members will take the stage to perform in the Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway play, Glengarry Glen Ross. The play follows a cast of quicktalking real estate agents who are desperate for the next great lead. After one of the company’s own men, Dave Moss (performed by alumnus David Wilson-Brown), plots to steal potential customer information, the characters begin to emotionally unravel. Senior lecturer Natalie Gaupp produced the play, along with Fort Worth SceneShop’s Steven McGaw. Gaupp said it’s great to work with her old friend, but she said the production’s goal is to raise money for the scholarship fund. “Now, more than ever, students are feeling the squeeze of the economy,” she said. The production runs Thursday through Saturd Less