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"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.
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"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.
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"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.
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"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.
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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.
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