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SummerStock 2008

SummerStock 2008

SummerStock at The University of Findlay has been setting the standard for professional theatre in northwest Ohio since 1977. SummerStock uses a core professional company and supplements with an adjunct company of undergraduate interns and high school apprentices. SummerStock also produces SummerStock Youth Conservatory, a unique summer learning experience for children ages 6-14.  If you are interested in our college intern program, our high school apprentice program, or our youth conservatory, please contact Scott Hayes, artistic director at 419-434-4562 or at hayes@findlay.edu.

2008 Season - For ticket information, please call 419-434-5335, or email at: boxoffice@findlay.edu.

Hank Williams: Lost Highway                          June 25-28, 8pm                     
by Randal Myler and Mark Harelik                  June 28, 2pm
                                                                        June 29, 6pm

Hank Williams: Lost Highway is the spectacular musical biography of the legendary singer-songwriter frequently mentioned alongside Louis Armstrong, Robert Johnson, Duke Ellington, Elvis and Bob Dylan as one of the great innovators of American popular music. The play follows Williams’ rise from his beginnings on the Louisiana Hayride to his triumphs on the Grand Ole Opry to his eventual self-destruction at twenty-nine. Along the way, we are treated to indelible songs like “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry,” “Move It on Over” and “Hey, Good Lookin’,” which are given fresh and profound resonance set in the context of Williams’ life. 

“…honors a very particular musical talent with care and energy…smart, sweet, poignant.” —NY Times. “The best example of a musician’s bio put on stage that I’ve ever seen. Wonderful…delightful…marvelous.” —NY Post. “LOST HIGHWAY scores big…has us hank-ering for more.” —NY Daily News               

 

A Year with Frog and Toad                             July 16-19, 8pm
Book and Lyrics by Willie Reale                     July 19, 2pm
Music by Robert Reale                                    July 20, 6pm
Based on the books by Arnold Lobel

Arnold Lobel's well-loved characters hop from the page to the stage in Robert and Willie Reale's musical A Year with Frog and Toad. Conceived by Mr. Lobel's daughter, Adrianne Lobel, A Year with Frog and Toad remains true to the spirit of the original stories as it follows two great friends, the cheerful and popular Frog and the rather grumpy Toad through four fun-filled seasons.  A score that bubbles with melody and wit, its jazzy upbeat sound is a perfect match for the hopping, crawling and flying denizens that inhabit Frog and Toad's world. Featuring a small cast that doubles in several roles and simple, suggestive costumes and staging, A Year with Frog and Toad is a perfect show for an ensemble group of actors. It’s clever book and lyrics and snazzy music can serve as a great introduction to theatre for youngsters, while keeping adults entertained as well.  A new show, destined to become a classic, A Year with Frog and Toad is inventive, exuberant and totally enchanting.

“Jazzy, perky delight”
—Rohan Preston, Star Tribune

 

Tuesdays with Morrie                                   July 23-26, 8pm
By Jeffrey Hatcher and Mitch Albom,           July 26, 2pm
based on the book by Mitch Albom               July 27, 6pm

Tuesdays with Morrie is the autobiographical story of Mitch Albom, an accomplished journalist driven solely by his career, and Morrie Schwartz, his former college professor. Sixteen years after graduation, Mitch happens to catch Morrie’s appearance on a television news program and learns that his old professor is battling Lou Gehrig’s disease. Mitch is reunited with Morrie, and what starts as a simple visit turns into a weekly pilgrimage and a last class in the meaning of life. 

"Unforgettable! No matter how well you tell the story, the play makes it more vivid, more shattering, more humorous." —New York Magazine. “The evening has an aura of celebration. Just what the doctor ordered, you are likely to be moved.” —Journal News. “Rewarding. Go see it any day of the week.” —WOR-AM.

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