Current Season

All Shows run Wednesday-Saturday, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, 2 p.m. in the Fletcher Collins Theatre, Deming Fine Arts Building.

October 1–3, 6–10, 2010
Something's Afoot
by James McDonald, David Vos, and Robert Gerlach
Directed by Terry Southerington

Ten people are stranded on an isolated island during a raging thunderstorm, and one by one they are being murdered. Sound familiar? Not quite. Who is responsible for the diabolically clever devices? All we know for sure is "The Butler Didn't Do It." A wonderfully fun musical spoof of one of Agatha Christi's best known mysteries.

November 17–21, 2010
Kindertransport
by Diane Samuels
Directed by Virginia R. Francisco

In the nine months between the Kristallnacht attacks — on Jewish people, houses of workshop, and businesses — and the outbreak of World War II, the Movement for the Care of Children from Germany rescued almost 10,000 Jewish children, who were separated from their parents and transported to the UK. Subsequently 1.5 million children died in the holocaust. This moving play raises powerful questions about identity as it sympathetically explores the experience of Eva, a kindertransport child, her German mother, her English foster mother, and her own daughter.

February 16–20, 2011
Hedda Gabler
by Henrik Ibsen
Directed by Frank Southerington

In Ibsen's classic study of a strong, individualistic, woman voluntarily trapped in a passionless marriage, he created on of his most complex characters, the "female Hamlet" as some have described her. In a different world, this powerful play still captivates and unsettles the modern audience.

April 6–10, 2011
Shiloh Rules
by Doris Baizley
Directed by Clinton Johnston

Six women face off on the battlefield. At Shiloh National Military Park, a dedicated Union nurse, and earnest Confederate refugee, and their two trainees compete for Best Female Reenactor of the Year. With a judge egging them on (and selling them whatever she can) and an African-American park ranger trying to reign them in, the antique, the modern, the real, and the pretend all clash in this sometimes funny, sometimes touching battle for "authenticity."

May 11–15, 2011
Act Out
Student-Directed On-Act New Play Festival

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