Department of Theater and Dance Production Season 2016-2017
Xfest
Artistic Director Chuck Harper
September 23, 26 at 7:30 p.m.
Dunham Hall Theater
September 24, 25 at 7:30 p.m.
Metcalf Theater
Join us for our terrific lineup of shows for this year's Xfest
Blithe Spirit
by Noel Coward
Directed by Kathryn Bentley
October 12 – 15 at 7:30 p.m.
October 16 at 2:00 p.m.
Dunham Hall Theater
The smash comedy hit of the London and Broadway stages, this much-revived classic from the playwright of Private Lives offers up fussy, cantankerous novelist Charles Condomine, re-married but haunted (literally) by the ghost of his late first wife, the clever and insistent Elvira who is called up by a visiting "happy medium," one Madame Arcati.
Dance in Concert
by Dance Faculty, Alumni, Guest Artists, and Selected Students
Artistic Director, Kristin Best Kinscherff
November 9 – 12 at 7:30 p.m.
November 13 at 2:00 p.m.
“Dance is the hidden language of the soul.” - Martha Graham.
“Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.” - Voltaire.
“If you dance, you dance because you have to.” - Katherine Dunham.
Join us for this years top notch performances highlighting the choreography of our professional dance faculty, local choreographers and our talented dance students.
Come see what the fuss is all about!
A Good Woman
(Based on the play The Good Soul of Szechuan by Bertolt Brecht)
Adapted by Chuck Harper and Ensemble
Directed by Chuck Harper
December 2 – 3 & December 7 – 10 at 7:30 p.m.
December 4 & December 11 at 2:00 p.m.
Metcalf Theater
Set in China, Shen Te is a poor, but warmhearted prostitute and because she alone was willing to shelter three gods, they have favored her with a gift of money. She purchases a tobacco shop, but quickly discovers her kinsfolk and other customers take advantage of her kindness. Enter her tough, no non-sense cousin, Shui Ta who helps her exact just payment. Ultimately, Shui Ta is accused of murdering Shen Te. In the climactic trial scene, Shui Ta reveals a startling secret!
5 Women Wearing the Same Dress
by Alan Ball
Directed by Peter Cocuzza
February 15 – 18 at 7:30 p.m.
February 19 at 2:00 p.m.
Dunham Hall Theater
During a very fancy wedding reception at a Knoxville, Tennessee estate, five reluctant, identically clad bridesmaids hide out in an upstairs bedroom, each with their own reason to avoid the proceedings below. As the afternoon wears on, these five very different women joyously discover a common bond in this wickedly funny, irreverent and touching celebration of women's spirit.
The Drowsy Chaperone
Book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar
Music & Lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison
Directed by and Music Director, Marc Schapman
April 19 – 22 at 7:30 p.m.
April 23 at 2:00 p.m.
When a diehard theater fan plays his favorite cast album, the characters come to life in this hilarious musical farce. Mix in two lovers on the eve of their wedding, a bumbling best man, a desperate theatre producer, a not-so-bright hostess, two gangsters posing as pastry chefs, a misguided Don Juan and an intoxicated chaperone, and you have the ingredients for an evening of madcap delight. "The Drowsy Chaperone" is a loving send-up of the Jazz Age musical, featuring one show-stopping song and dance number after another.
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