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Fall 2012
The Children's Hour
By Lillian Hellman
Sept 26-30 and Oct 3-7
7:30 p.m., Sundays at 2:00 p.m.
Emerson Studio Theatre
"One of the great successes of this distinguished writer. A serious and adult play
about two women who run a school for girls. After a malicious youngster starts a rumor
about the two women, the rumor soon turns to scandal. As the young girl comes to understand
the power she wields, she sticks by her story, which precipitates tragedy for the
women. It is later discovered that the gossip was pure invention, but it is too late.
Irreparable damage has been done." Dramatists Play Service
A Midsummer Night's Dream
By WIlliam Shakespeare
Nov 14-18
7:30 p.m., Sunday at 2:00 p.m.
Browning Mainstage Theatre
"This drama is one of the great comedy plays by William Shakespeare. The play revolves
around the adventures of four young lovers, a group of amateur actors and their interactions
with the fairies who inhabit a moonlit forest. The story takes place in Midsummer
and is a complex farce featuring Hermia & Lysander and Helena & Demetrius. Their romantic
intrigues are confused and complicated still further by entering the forest where
Oberon, the King of the Fairies and his Queen, Titania, preside. Puck (or Robin Goodfellow)
is a major character who is full of mischief and tricks. Other visitors to the enchanted
forest include Bottom the weaver and his friends Snug, Snout, Quince and Flute the
amateur dramatists who want to rehearse their terrible but hilarious version of the
play Pyramus and Thisbe." The Globe Theatre, UK
Yours, Anne
By Enid Futterman & Michael Cohen
Based on "Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl" by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett
Nov 28-Dec 2 and Dec 5-9
7:30 p.m., Sundays at 2:00 p.m.
Stage III
"The renowned chronicle of two Jewish families hidden in a cramped garret in Amsterdam
during the Nazi occupation is now a loving and haunting musical. While remaining faithful
to its deservedly acclaimed source, with all of its suspense and warmth and eternal
optimism, the timeless story is enhanced by a most moving and lyrical score. Propelled
by the undying faith of a young girl on tiptoes before life, Anne Frank's heartbreaking
and ultimately uplifting diary still stirs our deepest emotions in a reminder of the
innate goodness within us all." The Guide to Musical Theatre
Spring 2013
Uncommon Women and Others
By Wendy Wasserstein
Feb 20-24 and Feb 27-Mar. 3
7:30 p.m., Sundays at 2:00 p.m.
Stage III
"This striking and exceptional play was presented by New York's renowned Phoenix Theatre,
and then selected for the PBS "Theatre in America" series on nationwide television.
Affecting, funny and perceptive, the play delves into the lives, loves and aspirations
of a group of seniors at a prestigious eastern women's college. "...funny, ironic,
and affectionate comedy...Miss Wasserstein is an uncommon young woman if ever there
was one." —The New Yorker. "...the real triumph of UNCOMMON WOMEN is that you leave
the theatre caring deeply about its characters." —NY Post. "...hilarious, touching,
witty, insightful, and a lot of other nice things." —Cue Magazine." Dramatists Play
Service
Directing Capstone Projects
Emerson Studio Theatre
Fri. and Sat. 7:30 p.m., Sat. and Sun. at 2:00 p.m.
The Pig Iron People
By John Doyle
Mar 29-31
"Australia, 1996. The winds of change begin to blow like a gale through the nation
as a new government has taken the reins. Nick's out of step. He's a writer; no writer
has ever lived in Liberal Street before. And the residents are making sure he knows
it. In this suburban satire, John Doyle's infectious humour takes an affable, yet
sublimely sharp, tilt at an Australia we all recognise." Canberra Repertory Society
Eurydice
By Sarah Ruhl
Apr 5-7
"A re-imagining of the Orpheus myth, told from Eurydice's point of view. The play
follows Eurydice as she rides a raining elevator down to the underworld, where she
meets her father. In the underworld, Eurydice re-learns language and memory until
she has to make her ultimate decision—whether to follow Orpheus back to the land of
the living." New Dramatists
Webster University Dance Ensemble
Apr 12-14
8:00 p.m., Sunday at 2:00 p.m.
Browning Mainstage Theatre
Legally Blonde The Musical
By: Laurence O'Keefe, Nell Benjamin, and Heather Hach
Based on the novel by Amanda Brown
Apr 24-28
7:30 p.m., Sunday at 2:00 p.m.
Browning Mainstage Theatre
"Perennially perky Elle Woods is a girl who loves to be pampered and shop for the
latest all-pink outfits (and matching handbags, of course). But don't let this seemingly
ditsy fashionista fool you, this sorority sister is smarter than she seems and doesn't
take "no" for an answer. So when her boyfriend dumps her for someone "more serious,"
Elle sets out to win him back by putting down the credit card and hitting the books.
Ready to revamp her image, Elle goes where no Delta Nu sorority girl has gone before:
Harvard Law School! Takes you from the sorority house to the halls of justice with
Broadway's blondest new student, that daredevil in high heels Elle Woods (who has
the cutest sidekick in the world, her Chihuahua Bruiser). Along the way, our heroine
proves that being yourself and going after what you want never goes out of style."
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