THOUSAND OAKS, CA - California Lutheran University will present the first of two Tennessee Williams plays this season from Oct. 27 through Nov. 6.

Shows of the Fall Mainstage Production of “Summer and Smoke” are slated for 8 p.m. Oct. 27, 29 and 30 and Nov. 3, 4 and 5 in the Preus-Brandt Forum. A matinee will be presented at 2 p.m. Nov. 6.

Set in Glorious Hill, Miss., the play centers on the spiritual/sexual romance that nearly blossoms between a high-strung, unmarried minister’s daughter named Alma Winemiller and a wild, undisciplined young doctor named John Buchanan Jr. who grew up next door. She is refined and identifies with the Gothic cathedral “reaching up to something beyond attainment,” while Buchanan is a sensualist.

Susan Angelo, a lecturer in CLU’s Theatre Arts Department, directs the production. Angelo has also directed plays for the Kingsmen Shakespeare Company, the professional theater company of CLU.

CLU will present Williams’ “Suddenly Last Summer” from Nov. 10 through 20.

Preus-Brandt Forum is located south of Olsen Road near Mountclef Boulevard on the Thousand Oaks campus.

Admission is $10. For more information, call the Theatre Arts Department at 805-493-3415.