However, the University of Minnesota said that, in a misunderstanding, "the project did not necessarily involve production or public performance" according to Donald Smith, Assistant Vice President for Academic Administration.
Directed by Michael Cacoyannis, the cast starred Susan Anspach (Lakme), Robert Drivas (Sigfrid), Eileen Heckart (Ruby), Clifton James (Fa), Ferdi Hoffman (Grandfa) and Marco St. John (Clarence).
Nevertheless, the production ran to sold-out houses for three weeks after the producer lowered the price of tickets to one and two dollars.
[10] The play depicts a vaguely apocalyptic and futuristic family transformed by fear, living in their basement, and treating each other with suspicion, threats, and contempt.
Thirteen-year-old daughter Lakme engages in malicious sibling rivalry with her brother Sigfrid, charming but unfeeling.