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2006-2007 Season:

An Enemy of the People

This is Ibsen's stirring drama about one man's lonely struggle against official corruption in a brialliant version by one of the contemporary theatre's best-known authors and most highly regarded translators of classic works by Ibsen and others.

A Drama by Henrik Ibsen

Directed by Patrick Walsh

    Showtimes:
  • Sept 28, 29, & 30 at 7:30 PM
  • Oct 5, 6, & 7 at 7:30 PM
  • Sunday Matinee: Oct 1 & 8 at 2:00 PM

13 Rue de L'Amour

There are lover's triangles and then there is the geometry of Feydeau, where a philandering husband, his trusting wife, her would-be lover, a cuckhold husband, a love-starved German countess, a befuddled police inspector and a perky French main all collide in an exploasion of mistaken identities and secret wishes.

A Farce by Georges Feydeau

Directed by Kevin Dressler

    Showtimes:
  • Nov 30, Dec 1 & 2 at 7:30PM
  • Sunday Matinee: Dec 3 at 2:00 PM

Buried Child

A bizarre family reunion takes place unexpectedly when a grandson returns to his estranged family. The Illinois farm of the family holds a deeply suppressed secret and shattered relationships.

A Drama by Sam Shepard

Directed by Elaine "E. E." Moe

    Showtimes:
  • Feb 22, 23 & 24 (2007) at 7:30 PM
  • Sunday Matinee: Feb 25 (2007) at 2:00 PM

Picasso at the Lapin Agile

The scene is a Paris Cafe in 1904, the patron include two giants of the early 20th Century -- Pablo Picasso and Albert Einstein age 23 just before they emerge onto the world stage. These titans of the intellectual world were once young men yearning like all young men for attention, connection, admiration and fame.

Here they meet another giant of the 20th century a dark singer from the future - also conveniently 23. Share their discoveries about themselves, their art and their science.

Hilarious! Down right fun!

A slighty wacky comedy by Steve Martin

Directed by Joel Cranson

    Showtimes: at Red Mountain Campus
  • February 2 & 3 (2007) at 7:30 PM
  • Showtimes: at Red Mountain Campus
  • March 2 & 3 (2007) at 7:30 PM
  • Sunday Matinee March 4 (2007) at 2:00 PM

The Vagina Monologues

The Vagina Monologues is presented in conjunction with Women's History Month.

The Vagina Monologues an Obie Award-winning episodic play written by Eve Ensler which ran at the off-Broadway Westside Theatre after a limited run at HERE Arts Center in 1996. Ensler originally starred in the production, playing all the various women who share their views about their vaginas with the audience. This production is done in Reader's or Intpreter's Theatre Style by seven young women some current students and others are alumni.

By Eve Ensler

Directed by Bryanna Tauscher

    Showtimes: Main Stage
  • March 24 (2007) at 7:30 PM
  • Scholarship Donation is $2

 

Myself, Alma Mahler

By Martin Chervin

Myself, Alma Mahler is presented in conjunction with Women's History Month.

With warmth, insight and humor, Pamela Fields winningly creates the vibrancy of one of the twentieth century's most legendary women. In Myself, Alma Mahler, playwright Martrin Chervin's vivid retelling of Gustav and Alma Mahler's intense, passionate and often turvulent relationship.

Showtimes: Main Stage

  • March 30 (2007) at 7:30 PM
  • Seating is limited call ahead or come to the Box Offcie to reserve a seat.

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are the college chums of Hamlet and their story is what happened behind the scenes in Shakespeare's play. they are not only anti-agents, but also anti-sympathy, anti-identification, and in fact anti-persons, which is uniquely demonstrated by their having such a hard time recollecting which of them goes by what name.

A Comedy by Tom Stoppard

Directed by Lyn Dutson

    Showtimes: Main Stage
  • April 26, 27 & 28 (2007) at 7:30 PM
  • Sunday Matinee April 29 (2007) at 2 PM

 

 

Please contact Lyn Dutson for comments or corrections email phone: 480-461-7165

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