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Museum by Tina Howe. Directed by Prof. Lee Knippenberg. Presented by the OU Playmakers. Sept. 24, 25, and 26 8:00 PM Conant Center for the Performing Arts
A passionate and thoroughly personal play about the whole world, Museum takes place on the final day of a group show being exhibited in a major museum of modern art. During the course of the day some forty people walk through the show: art lovers, skeptics, foreigners, students, lost souls, fellow artists and, of course, museum guards. Their reactions to the art on display and their interactions with each other make this "slice of life" comedy a true parable of humanity. The N.Y. Times calls Museum "a comedy of absurdities with a serious message."
Second Annual One-Act Play Festival Presented by Rehearsal Room C. October 22 and 23 8:00 PM Lupton Auditorium
Aeschylus,The Choephori (The Libation Bearers) Directed by Dusty Brown, '10. Presented by Alpha Psi Omega. November 19, 20, and 21 8:00 PM Conant Center for the Performing Arts
In the palace of Argos, Clytemnestra is roused from slumber by a nightmare: that she gave birth to a snake, and the snake draws blood from her breast. Alarmed, she orders her daughter, Electra, to make an offering to her murdered husband. When Electra arrives at the grave, she is met by a man. As they speak, it becomes apparent that the man is her brother Orestes, her only hope of revenge. Orestes believes that he is the snake in his mother's dream, so together with Electra they plan to avenge their father by killing their mother Clytemnestra and her new husband, Aegisthus.
House of Blue Leaves by John Guare. Directed by Pete Cutter. Presented by OU Playmakers. February 11, 12, and 13 8:00 PM Conant Center for the Performing Arts.
Set in Sunnyside, Queens in 1965 on the day that Pope Paul VI visited NYC, this black comedy features nuns, a political bombing, a GI headed for Vietnam, a zookeeper who dreams of making it big in Hollywood as a songwriter, and his wife, Bananas, a schizophrenic destined for the . . .that House of Blue Leaves.It’s a wild ride!
The Reduced Shakespeare Company’s “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)” Directed by Aly Calder, ’10. Presented by Rehearsal Room C. February 25, 26, and 27 8:00 PM Conant Center for the Performing Arts.
A cheeky, fast-paced romp through the Bard's 37 plays (and 154 sonnets) performed by only THREE actors. Warning!: This show is a high-speed roller-coaster type condensation of all of Shakespeare's plays, and is not recommended for people with heart ailments, bladder problems, inner-ear disorders and/or people inclined to motion sickness.
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare. Directed by Allen O’Reilly, Georgia Shakespeare Associate Artist and Education Director. Presented by OU Playmakers. April 8, 9, and 10 8:00 PM Conant Center for the Performing Arts.
One of Shakespeare’s most popular comedies, Twelfth Night explores a variety of human desires from the basic food, drink, sex, and revenge to justice and love.
For more information about these productions, call the box office at 404-504-1074.
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