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Fall 2011:
THE LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
Directed by Joel P. Rogers
By composer Alan Menken and writer Howard Ashman
October 6th – October 9th and October 13th – October 16th
Harlen Adams Theatre
Seymour Krelbourne loves strange & unusual plants -- but when he purchases one with a taste for human blood,
he gets more than he bargained for! As Seymour feeds the plant with his own blood, the plant grows to
unbelievable proportions!!! Seymour also loves strange & unusual ladies, and seeks to win the favors of his lovely
co-worker, Audrey. Will he be able to win her affections? Will he be able to control his exotic, bloodthirsty plant,
aptly names Audrey II? Throw in a bumbling shop owner and a maniacal anesthesia-abusing dentist on a
motorcycle and the plot thickens...what will Seymour do? You will have to see for yourself!
THE REVENGER’S TRAGEDY
Directed by Katie Whitlock
A new version by Jesse Berger, freely adapted from the original text by Thomas Middleton, Cyril
Tourneur, or Anonymous
November 8th- November 13th
Wismer Theatre
This mesmerizing Jacobean thriller, written a few years after Hamlet, is a searing examination of humankind's
social need for justice and our animal desire for vengeance. Vindice, the "Revenger," sets off a chain reaction of
havoc in a corrupt and decadent Venice, which exposes outrageous indulgences and government hypocrisy, and
ends in a coup de théâtre massacre of epic proportions. Part black comedy, part social satire, the play is a gleefully
macabre plot-twisting blender full of Shakespeare's greatest hits. Adult content: mature situations and violence.
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Spring 2012:
VATZLAV Directed by William Johnson
Written by Slawomir Mrozek
February 29th - March 4th in Harlen Adams Theatre
A ship-wrecked slave named Vatzlav washes ashore in a foreign country and sets off to enjoy the money, power,
glory and happiness he’s entitled to as a free man, or so he thinks. What he hasn’t counted on, though, is old blind
Oedipus, an invading army of sadists, a genius professor who pimps out his daughter, Justice, a day job as a talking
bear, and his bosses, Mr. and Mrs. Bat, the blood-sucking vampire rulers of his new homeland. VATZLAV is a
brilliant, political farce by one of Poland’s greatest playwrights.
RASHOMON Directed by Sue Hargrave Pate
Adapted by Fay & Michael Kanin, from the 1950’s movie by Akira Kurosawa
April 3rd- April 8th in the Wismer Theatre
Rashomon is a brilliant exploration of truth and human weakness. Set in Kyoto, Japan, about a thousand
years ago – at an edge of the famous Rashomon Gate A local priest and woodcutter, stricken by the horror of a
recent violent crime, discuss the trial of a notorious bandit for rape and murder. The participants in the crime each
relate their plausible (though completely incompatible) versions of the events – leading to wonderful twists and
turns that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
OKLAHOMA! Directed by Michael Mazur
Written by composer Richard Rodgers and librettist Oscar Hammerstein II.
May 3rd – May 6th in Laxson Auditorium (2 shows on Saturday)
The classic musical is the story of Laurey and the two rivals for her affections: Curly, a cowboy, and Jud, the hired
farmhand. The play takes place in 1906 in an Indian territory of the American West during the time when
Oklahoma was established as a state. It tackles class issues between the farmers and the cowmen in the stilldeveloping, rugged landscape of a state in its infancy as characters struggle to find hope, love and the fulfillment of
"the American Dream.”
For ticket information, please call the University Box Office at (530) 898-6333