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BABES IN ARMS
By George Oppenheimer
Directed & Choreographed by James Brennan *Guest Director/Choreographer*
October 15-18, 22-24 (School Matinee performance Oct. 14)
Cowan Hall, 30 S Grove St., Westerville
This quintessential 'Hey, kids, let's put on a show!' musical boasts one of the greatest scores ever written. Set at a summer stock theatre, the plot concerns a group of young apprentices and their conviction to mount the original revue they've created while dodging the underhanded attempts of the surly theatre owner to squash their efforts at every turn. Further complications are provided by the overbearing stage mother of a beautiful ex-child star and the inflated ego of a hack southern playwright. But of course the show must go on, and so it does in a resolution of comeuppance, reconciliation and romance. This version is the 1959 adaptation by George Oppenheimer.
A DELICATE BALANCE
Directed by Dennis Romer
October 29-31, November 6 & 7
Campus Center Theatre, 100 W. Home St.
This Pulitzer Prize winner enjoyed a stunning Broadway revival in 1996 with George Gizzard, Rosemary Harris and Eliane Stritch. Wealthy middle-aged couple, Agnes and Tobias have their complacency shattered when Harry and Edna, longtime friends appear at their doorstep. Claiming an incroaching, nameless "fear" has forced them from their own home, these neighbors bring a firestorm of doubt, recrimination and ultimately solace, upsetting the "delicate balance" of Agnes and Tobias' household. Winner of the 1996 Drama Desk Award, Best Revival.
YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU
By Moss Hart & George S. Kaufman
Directed by Christina Kirk
February 4-7, 11-13 (School Matinee Performance Feb. 3)
Cowan Hall, 30 S Grove St.
At first the Sycamores seem mad, but it is not long before we realize that if they are mad, the rest of the world is madder. In contrast to these delightful people are the unhappy Kirbys. The plot shows how Tony, attractive young son of the Kirbys, falls in love with Alice Sycamore and brings his parents to dine at the Sycamore home on the wrong evening. The shock sustained by the Kirbys, who are invited to eat cheap food, shows Alice that marriage with Tony is out of the question. The Sycamores, however, though sympathetic to Alice, find it hard to realize her point of view. Meantime, Tony, who knows the Sycamores are right and his own people wrong, will not give her up, and in the end Mr. Kirby is converted to the happy madness of the Sycamores.
DANCE CONCERT 2010
Artistic Direction by Stella Hiatt-Kane
March 4-7
Cowan Hall, 30 S. Grove St., Westerville
DEAD MAN'S CELL PHONE
By Sarah Ruhl
Directed by Ed Vaughan
April 29-May 1, May 7 & 8
Campus Center Theatre, 100 W Home St., Westerville
An incessantly ringing cell phone in a quiet cafe. A stranger at the next table who has had enough. And a dead man with a lot of loose ends. So begins Dead Man's Cell Phone, a wildly imaginative new comedy by MacArthur "Genius" Grant recipient and Pulitzer Prize finalist, Sarah Ruhl, author of The Clean House and Eurydice. A work about how we memorialize the dead and how that remembering changes us it is the odyssey of a woman forced to confront her own assumptions about morality, redemption, and the need to connect in a technologically obsessed world.
PIPPIN
Book by Roger O. Hirson / Music & Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
Adaptation from the Italian by Mario Fratti
Directed by Dennis Romer Musical Direction by Lori Kay Harvey
Choreography by Stella Hiatt Kane
May 20-23, 27-29 (School Matinee Performance May 19)
Cowan Hall, 30 S Grove St., Westerville
Once upon a time, the young prince Pippin longed to discover the secret of true happiness and fulfillment. He sought it in the glories of the battlefield, the temptations of the flesh and the intrigues of political power (after disposing of his father King Charlemagne the Great). In the end, he found it in the simple pleasures of home and family. This hip, tongue-in-cheek, anachronistic fairy tale captivated Broadway audiences and continues to appeal to the young at heart everywhere (the show has become a staple on high school and college campuses). The energetic pop-influenced score by three-time Oscar-winning composer/lyricist Stephen Schwartz ('Godspell,' 'Children of Eden,' 'Wicked' and the animated films 'Pocahontas,' 'The Hunchback Of Notre Dame' and 'The Prince Of Egypt') bursts with one showstopping number after another, from soaring ballads to infectious dance numbers.
High School Matinee: Wednesday, May 20 - 10:00 a.m.
