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Theatre Arts Department 2008-09 Season

"The Foreigner"
by Larry Shue
 Comedy ~ Directed by Mary T. Albright
September 25, 26, 27, at 7:30 pm; September 28 at 2:30 pm
October 2, 3, 4, at 7:30 pm; October 5 at 2:30 pm
In a fishing lodge in rural Tilghman County, Georgia, two English men, Froggy and Charlie, arrive as guests. After pleadings from his sick wife, the shy Charlie agreed to accompany Froggy on the trip. When people at the lodge try to talk to Charlie, he cannot find words due to his terrible shyness. Froggy then claims that Charlie cannot talk because he is from an exotic country and does not understand English. Due to his supposed lack of ability to understand English, Charlie soon discovers scandals amongst some of the residents of the lodge. Named by the American Theatre Critics Association as one of the best regional theatre plays for the 1983-1984 season, The Foreigner was subsequently produced Off-Broadway in November of 1984 at the Astor Place Theatre in New York City.

"Dancing at Lughnasa"
by Brian Friel
 Drama ~ Directed by Paul D. Bawek
November 13, 14, 15, at 7:30 pm; November 16 at 2:30 pm
November 20, 21, 22, at 7:30 pm; November 23 at 2:30 pm
Dancing at Lughnasa is the nostalgic memories of the summer of 1936, and of a young boy of seven, his mother and the four maiden aunts, who raised him in rural Ireland, and they had just acquired their first wireless radio. Their older brother, Uncle Jack, had just returned from twenty-five years spent as a missionary in a leper colony in Uganda. The radio, which breaks down more than it works, unleashes unarticulated emotions in the five women, who spontaneously break into song and dance, with or without its aid. This was the winner of the 1992 Tony Award for Best Play and the Outer Critics Circle Award and New York Drama Circle Award for Best Play.

"Parade"
by Alfred Uhry; Music and Lyrics by Jason Robert Brown
 Musical ~ Directed By James F. Beck
February 12, 13, 14, at 7:30 pm; February 15 at 2:30 pm
February 19, 20, 21, at 7:30 pm; February 22 at 2:30 pm
Parade is the true story of Leo Frank, a Jewish man who was wrongly convicted of the murder of thirteen-year old Mary Phagan. The musical covers not only the trial, but also dramatizes the love story between Leo and his wife Lucille. The show is basically an historical retelling of the story, but it also subtly examines class and race relations, prejudice, and the South. Parade won the 1999 Tony Award Best Book of a Musical and Best Original Musical Score, the 1999 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Musical, Outstanding Book of a Musical, Outstanding Orchestrations, Outstanding Music, Actor, and Actress.

"Brighton Beach Memoirs"
by Neil Simon
 Comedy ~ Directed by Paul D. Bawek
April 2, 3, 4, at 7:30 pm; April 5 at 2:30 pm
April 9, 10, 11, at 7:30 pm; April 12 at 2:30 pm
Brighton Beach Memoirs is a family coming-of-age comedy about Eugene Jerome, a 15 year old boy who is just coming to terms with girls, his family, and life in general. The play takes place in Brooklyn in 1937, and concerns a Jewish family trying to make ends meet in the shadow of the Great Depression under the looming threat of World War II. The household consists of Eugene and his older brother Stanley, their two teenaged female cousins — one of whom Eugene is in love with and secretly lusts after — Eugene's parents and his widowed aunt. Brighton Beach Memoirs won the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play in 1983.

For more details call Kitty Oelker
Phone: 680-4226
Email: moelker@flsouthern.edu

Everyone is welcome to audition for the productions.
You will be notified about audition times by campus Email.