Agnes of God
by John Pielmeier

A DWU Theatre Production
Directed by Daniel L. Miller, DWU director of theatre

This “Theatre-in-the-Round” production will be presented in the DWU Sherman Center.

Oct. 22-24 at 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 25 at 2 p.m.

Tickets:
General admission is $5.
This production is free to all DWU students, staff, faculty and MACT members.

"Agnes of God," by John Pielmeier, tells the story of a novice nun who gives birth and insists that the dead child was the result of a virgin conception. A psychiatrist and the mother superior of the convent clash during the resulting investigation. The psychiatrist reveals the full gamut of emotion from nurturer to antagonist, from hard-nosed court psychiatrist and atheist to faith-searching healer. The mother superior must expound the possibilities of miracles while recognizing the realities of today's world, of which she is painfully aware. Agnes is a beautiful but tormented soul whose abusive upbringing has affected her ability to think rationally. This production was a hit on Broadway and later in film.

"Riveting, powerful, electrifying drama ... the dialogue crackles." — New York Daily News

"Outstanding play that deals intelligently with questions of religion and psychology." — New York Times

"Unquestionably blindingly theatrical ... cleverly executed blood and guts evening in the theatre." — New York Post

The Glass Menagerie
by Tennessee Williams

A DWU Theatre Production
Directed by Daniel L. Miller, DWU director of theatre

This production will be presented at the Pepsi-Cola Theatre for the Performing Arts, Mitchell, and will offer afternoon matinees to area schools. If your class or school is interested in attending, please contact Daniel Miller (damiller@dwu.edu), director of theatre.

March 12-13, 19-20 at 7:30 p.m.
March 14 and 21 at 2 p.m.

Tickets:
Tickets can be purchased for $8-$10 two weeks in advance at the Antique Mall in downtown Mitchell.
This production is free to all DWU students, staff, faculty and MACT members.

“The Glass Menagerie” was the first great popular success for Tennessee Williams and an autobiographical play about his mother and sister. It launched the brilliant and controversial career of this ground-breaking American playwright. Set in St Louis during the Depression era of the 1930s, it is the poignant drama of a family's gradual disintegration, under pressure both from outside and within. A frustrated mother persuades her rebellious son to provide a “gentleman caller” for her shy, handicapped daughter, but her romantic dreams are shattered by the intervention of harsh reality.

This is a true American classic!

The 2009-2010 APO Studio Series Productions
(Directed by DWU Students)

The House of Blue Leaves
by John Guare

APO Studio Series Production
Directed by Melissa Tafoya, DWU senior theatre major

This production will be presented in the Patten-Wing Theatre, Hughes Science Hall, DWU campus.

Nov. 20-22 at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets:
General admission is $5.
This production is free to all DWU students, staff, faculty and MACT members.

Artie Shaugnessy is a songwriter with visions of glory. Toiling by day as a zookeeper, he suffers in seedy lounges by night, plying his wares at piano bars in Queens, N.Y., where he lives with his wife, Bananas, much to the chagrin of Artie's downstairs mistress, Bunny Flingus — who'll sleep with him any time but refuses to cook until they are married. On the day the pope is making his first visit to the city, Artie's son, Ronny, goes AWOL from Fort Dix stowing a homemade bomb intended to blow up the pope in Yankee Stadium. Also arriving is Artie's old school chum, Billy Einhorn, now a successful Hollywood producer with a starlet girlfriend in tow who holds the key to Artie's dreams of getting out of Queens and away from the life he so despises. But like many dreams, this promise of glory evaporates amid the chaos of ordinary lives.

Winner of the 1971 Critics Award and the Obie Award as Best American Play.

Lone Star, Laundry & Bourbon
by James McClure

APO Studio Series Production
“Laundry & Bourbon” will be directed by Kerrie Roozen, DWU senior English major and theatre minor. “Lone Star” will be directed by Danny Richardson, DWU senior criminal justice major and theatre minor.

This production will be presented in the Patten-Wing Theatre, Hughes Science Hall, DWU campus.

April 9-11 at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets:
General admission is $5.
This production is free to all DWU students, staff, faculty and MACT members.

In “Laundry & Bourbon,” we visit Elizabeth's back porch in Maynard, Texas, on a hot summer afternoon. Elizabeth and her friend, Hattie, are whiling away the time folding laundry, watching TV, sipping bourbon and Coke, and gossiping about the many open secrets that are so much a part of small-town life. They are joined by the self-righteous Amy Lee, who can't resist blurting out that Elizabeth's husband has been seen around town with another woman. While the ensuing conversation is increasingly edged with bitter humor, from it emerges a sense of Elizabeth's inner strength and her quiet understanding of the turmoil that has beset her husband since his return from Vietnam.

“Lone Star” takes place in the cluttered backyard of a small-town Texas bar. Elizabeth's husband, Roy, a brawny, macho type who had once been a local high school hero, is back in town after a hitch in Vietnam, and trying to re-establish his position in the community. Joined by his younger brother, Roy, who worships him, Ray sets about consuming a case of beer while regaling Ray with tales of his military an amorous exploits. Roy cherishes three things in life: Lone Star beer, his wife, Elizabeth, and his classic pink Thunderbird car, not necessarily in that order.

(Warning: explicit language)