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The 2009-2010 VSU Theatre & Dance Season
Once again VSU Theatre and Dance presents a seven-production season offering a variety of styles and genres of performances. Advance reservations are strongly encouraged. Please visit our memberships, tickets and patronages page for more information.
Theatre Quest!
Subject to change.
Almost, Maine by John Cariani |
As the northern lights hover in the star-filled sky over the remote, mythical town of Almost, Maine, its residents find themselves falling in and out of love in unexpected and often hilarious ways. Knees are bruised. Hearts are broken. But the bruises heal and the hearts mend – almost – in this delightful midwinter night’s dream. Please note, this play contains adult themes. |
All My Sons by Arthur Miller |
During World War II, Joe Keller and Herbert Deever ran a machine shop which made airplane parts. Deever was sent to prison because the firm turned out defective parts, causing the deaths of many men. Keller went free and made a lot of money. The twin shadows of this catastrophe and the fact that the young Keller son was reported missing during the war dominate the action. The love affair of Chris Keller and Ann Deever, the bitterness of George Deever returned from the war to find his father in prison and his father's partner free, are all set in a structure of almost unbearable power. Online tickets available soon. |
Music by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross |
| Middle-aged baseball fanatic Joe Boyd trades his soul to the Devil (the charming but devious Mr. Applegate) for a chance to lead his favorite team to victory in the pennant race against the New York Yankees. As young baseball sensation Joe Hardy, he transforms the hapless Washington Senators into a winning team, only to realize the true worth of the life (and wife) he's left behind. With the help of a handy escape clause and a guilt-ridden temptress named Lola, Joe outsmarts Applegate, returns to his former self and shepherds the Senators to the World Series. This musical features the songs “Heart” and “Whatever Lola Wants” and lots of dance. Sawyer Theatre |
NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY Music by Shelly Markham |
Alexander is having a bad day. A terrible day. To be quite honest, it’s a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. But then, everybody has bad days, sometimes. In this delightful adaptation of her popular children’s book, Judith Viorst sets Alexander’s rather trying life to music and brings to the stage one of America’s feistiest characters. VSU Theatre & Dance Area is committed to serving the young people of South Georgia and North Florida by bringing live theatrical events to them. This tradition will continue in 09-10 with a musical for young audiences. For tour information or to book a tour date for February or March, 2010, please contact Jacque Wheeler at (229) 333-5820.Lab Theatre |
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August Wilson won his second Pulitzer Prize for this haunting drama. It is 1936 and Boy Willie arives in Pittsburgh from the South in a battered truck loaded with watermelons to sell. He has an opportunity to buy some land down home, but he has to come up with the money right quick. He wants to sell an old piano that has been in his family for generations, but he shares ownership with his sister and it sits in her living room. She has already rejected several offers because the antique piano is covered with incredible carvings detailing the family's rise from slavery. Boy Willie tries to persuade his stubborn sister that the past is past, but she is more formidable than he anticipated. Sawyer Theatre |
Three Sisters By Anton Chekhov, Translated by Paul Schmidt |
In this season’s Annual Period Production, Olga, Masha and Irina, army daughters, posted in a backwater town in the provinces of Russia, long to get to Moscow where, they imagine, their lives will be transformed and fulfilled. They fall in love, try to engage with the local people, remember happier times. It is a story of desire and frustration. Lab Theatre |
Annual Dance Concert |
Each year the VSU Repertory Dancers and VSU’s faculty choreographers present a concert of dances from the repertory and new dances. This concert will feature a variety of American genres of dance. Sawyer Theatre |
SPECIAL EVENTS! Sleeping Beauty The Annual Cabaret Fundraiser: The VSU Theatre & Dance Box Office is open from 2 - 5 P.M. Mondays through Saturdays. Contact the box office for advance reservations and information about season memberships. The Box Office phone number is (229) 333-5973. All evening performances are at 7:30 P.M. Matinees are presented on Sundays at 3:00 P.M. The Theatre-For-Youth production will be presented Saturday, February 6, 2010 at 10:30 A.M. Tickets can be picked up outside the production's specific performance venue approximately 30 minutes prior to curtain. Please note: the Lab Theatre is on the second floor of the Fine Arts Building. RESERVED TICKETS Visitors to the campus should allow sufficient time to travel, park, and walk to the theatre. Available parking may be found in the Oak Street Parking Deck, in the Toombs Street lot, 1/2 block south of the Fine Arts Building, or in the University Center lot 1 block east of the Fine Arts Building. |
