Jack London’s ‘Call of the Wild’ will come to life on stage at Purdue on Feb. 24

Author, Jack London’s tale “Call of the Wild” comes to life at Loeb Playhouse in Stewart Center at 3 p.m. Feb. 24. (Courtesy photo) Download image

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Author, Jack London’s tale “Call of the Wild” comes to life at Stewart Center’s Loeb Playhouse at Purdue University at 3 p.m., Feb. 24.

This performance is presented by Purdue Convocations with support from the Michael and Loretta Piggott Fund.

Prior to the performance, at 2 p.m., join Purdue Convocations and the College of Veterinary Medicine’s Pets for People Club in the Stewart Center Lobby to learn more about the novel and to meet trained service dogs.

Jack London’s thrilling tale of courage and survival becomes a multimedia adventure of performance, storytelling, and projected images. Buck — the offspring of a St. Bernard and a Scottish Collie — is kidnapped and put to work as a sled dog in Canada’s Klondike Gold Rush of the 1800s. As the call of his ancestors courses through his blood, Buck discovers his own endurance and strength to become the most famous dog in the northland’s history.  

Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for children 18 years and younger, Purdue students and Ivy Tech Lafayette students. Tickets are available at the Stewart Center box office at 765-494-3933 or 800-914-SHOW. Group tickets are also available to groups of 10 more. Call 765-496-1977 for more details or visit https://purdue.edu/convocations/group-sales/.

Initiated in 1902, Purdue Convocations was one of the first professional performing arts presenters in the United States. Each year, Convocations offers the region 30-40 performances of widely varying genres: Broadway-style shows, theater, dance, children's theater, world music, jazz, and chamber music, along with rock, pop, country and comedy attractions. With a vision for connecting artists and audiences in artistic dialogue and for drawing in academic discourse, Purdue Convocations aims to promote frequent exposure to and familiarity with human cultural expression in a multitude of forms and media.

Source: Abby Eddy, Purdue Convocations director of marketing, (765)494-9712, aeeddy@purdue.edu

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