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Closer by Patrick Marber. Directed by Adam Bailey, OU ’10. Presented by Rehearsal Room C. September 26-27.
Set in London, this play details the seedy story behind the notion of love at first sight. Dan, a failed author and obituary journalist, is awe-stricken when he first sees Alice, a part-time stripper. They fall in love when Dan takes Alice to the hospital after she gets hit by a car. Dan then writes a book about her. Anna, his sophisticated photographer, is the next object of his affections, but she shoots him down when he asks her out at the photographer shoot for the book. In retaliation, Dan tricks Anna into a relationship with dermatologist Larry. The plot is centered around the faithlessness of these couples, who are often brutally open about their immortality and constantly dig themselves into a hole.
A Festival of One Act Plays Presented by Rehearsal Room C. October 16th and 17th.
The annual One-Act Play festival is performed by student group Rehearsal Room C. They present a series of student-cast, student-written, and student-directed plays in this yearly festival.
The Imaginary Invalid by Moliere. Directed by Prof. Lee Knippenberg. Presented by the OU Playmakers. November 21-23.
Moliere’s classic comedy focuses on the life of Argan, a chronic hypochondriac. Argan always obeys the orders of his doctors, who often milk his hypochondria for all it’s worth. He even goes so far as to suggest that his daughter, Angelique, marry a doctor so he can receive free medical care, but Angelique is in love with someone else and debates her father. His brother, Beralde, concerned by Argan’s fixation on doctors, partners with his maid, Toinette, and convinces him to play dead to see who is really loyal to him. Argan then discovers the loyalty of his loving daughter and the contempt of his greedy wife.
Proof by David Auburn. Directed by Prof. Lee Knippenberg. Presented by the OU Playmakers. February 6-8.
With dramatic undertones of mathematical genius combined with mental illness, this play traces the experiences of Catherine, the daughter of a recently deceased mathematician and professor at the University of Chicago. After her father’s death, ex-graduate student, Hal, finds a revolutionary proof about prime numbers in Catherine’s father’s office. The play focuses on Catherine’s attempts to prove the authorship of the aforementioned proof while exploring the fear of following in her father’s footsteps, intellectually and mentally.
Bat Boy: The Musical by Keythe Farley and Brian Flemming, music by Laurence O’Keefe. Presented by Rehearsal Room C. February 12-14.
Oglethorpe’s first musical in over two years, “Bat Boy: The Musical” starts when three siblings find a half boy-half bat creature in a cave in West Virginia. The sheriff, unsure of what to do in such a situation, takes the creature to the home of local veterinarian, Dr. Parker. Dr. Parker’s wife, Shelley, and daughter, Meredith, quickly accept and raise Bat Boy, but things take a sour turn when Meredith falls in love with Bat Boy and Shelley realizes he is her son. An enraged Dr. Parker then leads the town on a murderous run riot against Bat Boy.
Sophistry by Jonathan Marc Sherman. Directed by Georgia Shakespeare associate artist, Joe Knezevich. Presented by the OU Playmakers. March 5-7.
Set in Modern-day American, this play focuses on the lives of a group of students at a small New England college whose lives are disrupted when they receive news that philosophy professor Whitey McCoy has allegedly seduced a male student, Jack Kahn. Both individuals tell their conflicting stories, leaving everyone in doubt about who to believe. Meanwhile, the students gossip, taking sides, but they eventually forget about Whitey and Jack as they get wrapped up in their own romantic desires, compromises, and pressures.
The Crucible by Arthur Miller. Directed by Allen O’Reilly. Presented by the OU Playmakers. April 9-11.
Centered around the fear of witchcraft in late-1600’s Salem, Massachusetts, this play begins with Betty Parris, daughter of Reverend Parris, who lies unconscious in their home for no known cause after Revered Parris finds her, along with his niece, Abigail, and maid, Tituba, dancing in the woods the night before. The wealthy Mr. and Mrs. Putnam arrive and reveal that their daughter, Ruth has fallen to the same illness, and the town begins to suspect unnatural causes. What follows is a spiral of deception, from the girls’ desire to hide the fact that their experiences in the woods were more than innocent dancing, to the revelation of Abigail’s previous affair with Mr. Proctor, to the overwhelming fear and paranoia of the townspeople.
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