Lawrence University: Theatre & Drama

Serious Fun
2008-09 Season

Term I
Cinderella by Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein II
Director: Timothy X. Troy | Music Director: Phillip Swan
Rodgers and Hammerstein's timeless musical in the original version broadcast in 1957 to 107 million viewers.
Stansbury Theatre, November 20, 21, 23, 8:00 p.m.; November 22, 3:00 p.m.

Term II
Wild Space Dance Company presents Snow
Artist in Residence: Debra Loewen, choreographer
Blizzards, cabin fever, ice storms and themes of winter extremes fill the Stansbury Theater as Wild Space Dance Company embraces (and shovels) Snow.
Stansbury Theatre, January 16, 8:00 p.m.

Conservatory Opera: L'Etoile by Emmanuel Chabrier
Stage Director: Timothy X. Troy • Conductor: David Becker • Vocal Coach: Bonnie Koestner
One of the world’s great comic operas you’ve likely never heard. A fanciful tale of love almost lost and (of course!) found, featuring an extremely charming score and outrageous characters.
Stansbury Theatre, February 19, 20, 21, 8:00 p.m.; February 22, 3:00 p.m.

The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh
Director: Peter Welch ’09
Five Lawrence seniors join forces for this ‘super-senior project,’ featuring McDonagh’s black comedy about a fiction writer living in a police state who is interrogated about the gruesome content of his short stories. The play received the 2004 Olivier Award for Best New Play. Adult language and themes.
Cloak Theatre, March 5, 6, 7, 8:00 p.m.; March 7, 3:00 p.m.
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Term III
Student Produced Musical: When the War is Done by Marie Celine Lachaud, composer Nicholas Skilbeck
A North American premiere translated by Charlotte King ’09, this musical explores the hopes and
aspirations of young resistance fighters in France during World War II.
Cloak Theatre, April 24, 25, 8:00 p.m.; April 26, 3:00 p.m.

The Skin of our Teeth by Thornton Wilder
Director: Kathy Privatt
This 1942 Pulitzer Prize winning American Classic celebrates in humorous allegory how we humans manage to start anew after every disaster.
Stansbury Theatre, May 14, 15, 16, 8:00 p.m.; May 16, 3:00 p.m.

Conservatory Opera Scenes
Excerpts from the world’s great operas sung in their original language.
Stansbury Theatre, May 21, 8:00 p.m.

Plays on History
Lawrence students perform at The History Museum at the Castle each summer, 330 East College Avenue, including plays about Houdini, Joe McCarthy, and the 1950’s polio epidemic.

Lawrence University Theatre of the Air
This year LUTA produces studio versions of William Spier’s chilling mystery series, Suspense!. Please visit our Web site to hear current and past radio productions.

Tickets
$10 adults, $5 seniors/students • Lawrence University Box Office • 920-832-6749
Music-Drama Center • 420 E. College Ave. • Appleton • Monday-Saturday 12:30-5:30 p.m.
Tickets are also available one hour before performances in the hall where they are performed.

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