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07-08 Academic Season
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Key to venues: P-G: John & Hester Powell-Grimm Theatre, Frank J. Egner Center for the Performing Arts. WTS: The TLB Foundation Convocation Center, Winebrenner Theological Seminary, HEM: Heminger Auditorium, Findlay High School.
NOTE: All Sunday theatrical performances begin at 6:00 p.m.
Please click here to request tickets by email, or you can call 419-434-5335.
In Repertory:
Wed-Sun Oct 31-Nov 11 Theatre Production P-G 8:00 p.m.
A Streetcar Named Desire, by Tennessee Williams
Scott Hayes, director
Brighton Beach Memoirs, by Neil Simon
Vicki McClurkin, director
A Streetcar Named Desire, by Tennessee Williams
The play reveals to the very depths the character of Blanche du Bois, a woman whose life has been undermined by her romantic illusions, which lead her to reject—so far as possible—the realities of life with which she is faced and which she consistently ignores. The pressure brought to bear upon her by her sister, with whom she goes to live in New Orleans, intensified by the earthy and extremely "normal" young husband of the latter, leads to a revelation of her tragic self-delusion and, in the end, to madness. This tragic and effective drama which ranks as one of the greatest in our theatre.
Brighton Beach Memoirs, by Neil Simon
Here is part one of Neil Simon's autobiographical trilogy: a portrait of the writer as a Brooklyn teenager in 1937 living with his family in crowded, lower middle class circumstances. Eugene the young Neil Simon is the narrator and central character. His mind is full of fiercely fantasized dreams of baseball and dimly fantasized images of girls. The play captures a few days in the life of a struggling Jewish household that includes Eugene's hard working father, his sharp tongued mother, his older and vastly more experienced brother Stanley, his widowed aunt and her two young daughters. As Eugene's father says, "If you didn't have a problem, you wouldn't live in this house." Two have heart disease, one has asthma, and two at least temporarily lose jobs needed to keep the straitened family afloat. Family miseries are used to raise such enduring issues as sibling resentments, guilt ridden parent child relationships and the hunger for dignity in a poverty stricken world. It is a deeply appealing play that deftly mixes drama with comedy.
There will be special High School Workshop performances on November 3. Click here for information.
Sun Nov 18 Music Performance WTS 3:00 p.m.
UF Concert Chorale Performance - An International Christmas
Micheal F. Anders, PhD., conductor
Sat Jan 26 Theatre Production P-G 8:00 p.m.
Triage Theatre 2007
A UF tradition, where very committed and slightly crazy thespians gather to write, direct and perform original short plays in 24 hours. The audience and judges select one play as the winner, and all winning participants win a cash prize. An audience favorite, Triage Theatre has won the “Model Program” award at The University of Findlay.
Wed-Sun Feb 20-24 Theatre Production P-G 8:00 p.m.
Gypsy. Book by Arthur Laurents, music by Jule Styne, lyrics by
Stephen Sondheim. Suggested by memoirs of Gypsy Rose
Lee. Original Production by David Merrick & Leland Hayward
Entire production originally directed and choreographed by
Jerome Robbins.
Micheal F. Anders, PhD., producer/music director
Vicki McClurkin, stage director
GYPSY is the ultimate story about an aggressive stage mother. Join Rose, June and Louise in their trip across the United States during the 1920's, when vaudeville was dying and burlesque was born. Jule Styne's music and Stephen Sondheim's lyrics include Let Me Entertain You, Some People, You'll Never Get Away from Me, If Momma Was Married, All I Need Is the Girl, Everything's Coming Up Roses, You Gotta Get A Gimmick and Together Wherever We Go. This is a gripping story of one of the most frightening aspects of show business.
Sun Apr 6 Music Performance WTS 3:00 p.m.
UF Concert Chorale Performance - Of Thee I Sing
Micheal F. Anders, PhD., conductor
Wed-Sun Apr 16-20 Theatre Production P-G 8:00 p.m.
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, by Bertoldt Brecht,
translated by Ralph Manheim.
Brecht's shudderingly accurate parallel between Hitler and his henchmen on the one hand and the old crime lords of Chicago on the other is a vigorous eye opener that was produced on Broadway with Christopher Plummer. The Cauliflower Trust in Chicago is in need of help and turns to a racketeer by the name of Arturo Ui to begin a "protection" campaign. His henchmen look astonishingly like Goebbels and Goring. Their activities include "accidental" fires and a St. Valentine's Day massacre.
"A wild and grotesque sort of clown show, with everything seen through a distorting mirror.... An ideal vehicle for a director who knows how to shoot the work in his staging." N.Y. Post.
Sat Apr 12 Music Performance WTS 3:00 p.m.
University Singers Family Concert
Micheal F. Anders, PhD., conductor
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