College
Theater
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Plays from the Provincetown Players
Wednesday–Saturday, September 24–27, 8:00 p.m., $6
In makeshift theaters on a wharf at the tip of Cape Cod and in the heart of Greenwich Village, the Provincetown Players created exciting new plays that exploded old ideas and pushed American drama into the modern age. Short plays by original members of this ground-breaking group—Susan Glaspell, Floyd Dell, Eugene O'Neill, John Reed, and others—offer a kaleidoscopic look back at America's first real bohemians in the turbulent years when the hangover from the Great War turned into the Roaring Twenties. Directed by Michael O’Neill.
AUDITIONS August 25–26
For more information: Michael
O'Neill, ext. 5326
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Urinetown
by Greg Kotis and Mark Hollmann
Wednesday–Saturday, October 29–November 1, 8:00 p.m., $6
Praised for reinvigorating the very notion of what a Broadway show could be, this grand and winking love letter to the conventions of musical theater depicts a world wracked by ecological disaster and corporate greed—and a hero who rises to lead the people to freedom! Entertainment Weekly called this hilarious and tuneful 2001 Tony Award winner “inspired, fresh, exuberant, even moving.” Directed and choreographed by Mary Jo Lodge, with vocal direction by Jennifer Kelly.
AUDITIONS September 2–3
For more information: Mary Jo Lodge, ext. 5662
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 Into the Woods
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Fringe XVI
Monday–Tuesday, November 17–18, 8:00 p.m.; Thursday–Friday, November 20–21, 8:00 p.m., FREE (no tickets required)
Original plays, theater pieces, performance art and a stroll down medieval memory lane with ax and crowbar: something different every evening. College Theater celebrates the new, different, and almost profound in the 16th annual challenge to think about theater in new ways...for free!!
Students, staff, faculty, and alumni are welcome to perform. E-mail us for more information.
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 The Rivals
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The Good Person of Setzuan
by Bertolt Brecht, adapted by Tony Kushner
Wednesday–Saturday, March 4–7, 8:00 p.m., $6
The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Angels in America has infused Brecht’s timeless fable of inept deities haplessly searching for a moral human being with his characteristic wit and passion. Internationally acclaimed theater maker Ping Chong joins forces with Lafayette designers to create a visually stunning Williams Center anniversary event, set against the inescapable emergence of China as a global power. Directed by Michael O’Neill.
AUDITIONS November 4–6
For more information: Michael
O'Neill, ext. 5326
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 The Rivals
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Into the Woods |
Volpone
by Ben Jonson
Wednesday–Saturday, April 22–25, 8:00 p.m., $6
The great satirist of the English theater concocts a get-rich-quick scheme to end all schemes as a greedy Venetian noble fakes his own death to rake in wealth from his gullible friends and idiotic enemies. First staged by William Shakespeare’s company in 1606, this uproarious look at human folly through such unforgettable characters as Volpone the Fox, Mosca the Fly, Corvino the Raven, and Corbaccio the Carrion Crow remains as fresh as tomorrow’s headlines. Directed by Robert Mundhenk.
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Students
may participate in the theater
program through the production season (auditions are open to all students)
and by taking courses through the English
department. The College offers a concentration in theater within the B.A. in English, and minor in theater available to all majors. Academic credit is available for many roles and production positions.
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Show your support by becoming
a 2008–2009
Lafayette College Theater Angel! An “angel”
in the  theater
traditionally is a person who financially backs a production. Funds
contributed by Lafayette College Theater Angels will be used exclusively
to innovate and invigorate the theater education of our students and,
by extension, our audiences. Angels’ contributions will allow us
to hire guest artists, expand our curriculum, and provide outreach and
master classes that reinforce our mission as theater educators.
To to
contribute with your credit card or for more information,
please call (610) 330-5010, or e-mail williamscenter@lafayette.edu
for an enrollment form or more information. You may also complete and
mail this printable enrollment form (PDF), or click
here
to make a secure online gift.
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Far
Away |
The
Two Gentlemen of Verona |
Boy
Gets Girl |
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The
Cherry Orchard |
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The House of Blue Leaves |
Little
Shop of Horrors |
You Can't Take It With You |
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