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2009-2010 Schedule
| 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 |
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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! |
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2009-2010 APO Studio Series Productions
(Directed by DWU Students) |
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| 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.
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| 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)
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