POTSDAM -- The SUNY Potsdam Department of Theatre and Dance will present the award-winning play "Marat/Sade" by Peter Weiss Wednesday through Sunday, March 28 to April 1.

"Marat/Sade" is set in the insane asylum at Charenton, France. The characters are the inmates in that asylum who also become the actors in the Marquis de Sade's play.

With music and mime, horror and laughter, the play portrays the story of Charlotte Corday, a fervent maiden compelled to assassinate Jean-Paul Marat, a leading revolutionary journalist in the French Revolution. "Marat/Sade" is not recommended for young children.

Performances will be held nightly March 28 to 31 at 7:30 p.m., with a matinee on April 1 at 2 p.m. in the College Theatre in Satterlee Hall.

Tickets are $12 for general admission, $10 for senior citizens and SUNY Potsdam faculty and staff and $5 for SUNY Potsdam students with ID.

Advanced sale and day of show ticketing services for this event are provided by the CPS Box Office, Snell Music Theater. Tickets are also available at 267-2277, www.cpspotsdam.org, or at Northern Music & Video in downtown Potsdam.