Craig Resendes to appear in St. Michael's College main-stage theater production of THE ART OF DINING

2010 Oct 25

Craig Resendes, son of Kelly and Sandra Resendes of Fall River, plays the role of assistant stage manager in the fall main-stage theater production at Saint Michael's College. The show runs Nov. 3-6 each evening at 7 p.m. in the McCarthy Arts Center on the campus of Saint Michael's of Burlington, Vt., one of the top college towns in the country.

Resendes, a first-year student theater major, graduated from Bishop Stang High School before coming to Saint Michael's, a liberal arts residential Catholic college, included in the 2011 Fiske Guide to Colleges, The Princeton Review's Guide to the Best 371 Colleges, and is a top 100 ranked national liberal arts college in the U.S.News rankings.

Dining in a restaurant can reveal more than expected, as in the The Art of Dining, a full scale production which features cuisine and psychology. The play, directed by Professor Cathy Hurst, takes place inside a restaurant called The Golden Carrousel in New Jersey. Owners Cal and Ellen risk their life savings and their marriage to create a quality experience for their guests. When the restaurant is filled with hungry people, the guests reveal that they are craving more than food to satisfy their appetites and desires.

Learn What Matters at Saint Michael's College, The Edmundite Catholic liberal arts college, www.smcvt.edu . Saint Michael's provides education with a social conscience, producing graduates with the intellectual tools to lead successful, purposeful lives that will contribute to peace and justice in our world. Founded in 1904 by the Society of St. Edmund and headed by President John J. Neuhauser, Saint Michael's College is located three miles from Burlington, Vermont, one of America's top college towns. It is identified by the Princeton Review as one of the nations Best 371 Colleges, and is included in the 2011 Fiske Guide to Colleges. Saint Michael's is one of only 280 colleges and universities nationwide, one of only 20 Catholic colleges, with a Phi Beta Kappa chapter. Saint Michael's has 1,900 undergraduate students, some 500 graduate students and 100 international students. Saint Michael's students and professors have received Rhodes, Woodrow Wilson, Pickering, Guggenheim, Fulbright, and other grants. The college is one of the nation's top-100, Best Liberal Arts Colleges as listed in the 2011 U.S. News & World Report rankings.

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