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Women Of Troy Program, University Of Maine Portland-Gorham Theatre Department

Theatre Programs 1970-1989

Written by Euripedes

Directed by William Steele

From the program:

The Women of Troy is the third play in a trilogy, the remainder of which has been lost. The play stands on its own as an examination of the tragedy of victory with each of the participants sharing the tragic flaw.

Euripides intended the play as a protest of Athenian policies. First produced in the midst of a long war with Sparta, it holds an obvious reference to the previous year's slaughter of the citizens of Melos, a neutral island, by the Athenian army. The foreboding aura of conclusion that …

Desire Under The Elms Program, University Of Maine Portland-Gorham Theatre Department

Theatre Programs 1970-1989

Written by Eugene O'Neill

Directed by Thomas A. Power

From the program:

Eugene O'Neill was born in 1888 on Broadway in New York City, the son of the popular actor James O'Neill. His early education was obtained at several private schools in New England, with a single year of college at Princeton. During a period of almost 70 years, O'Neill wrote over 25 major . plays. The consensus today is that Desire Under the Elms is the most effective of O'Neill's plays. It has been described as both a domestic tragedy and . a sex tragedy and is distinctly American …

Three One-Act Plays: Bringing It All Back Home, Aria Da Capo, And Line Program, University Of Maine Portland-Gorham

Theatre Programs 1970-1989

Three One-Act Plays Presented by Students of the Directing Class

BRINGING IT ALL BACK HOME
Written byTerrance McNaNally
Directed by Sam Rossi

ARIA da CAPO
Written by Edna St. Vincent Millay
Directed by Deborah Hall

LINE
Written by Israel Horovitz
Directed by Reggie Groff

Two Fifes And A Drum: An Odessey Of American Folk Lore Program, University Of Maine Portland-Gorham

Theatre Programs 1970-1989

A Narrative Anthology Compiled by Jon Giodano and Richard Reade

Staged by Minor Rootes

Presented by the Treehouse Players and the Maine State Bicentennial Commission in cooperation with Ram's Island Dance Center and Langley Associates.

From the program:

In our presentation tonight, we are pleased to bring to you a collection of writings, short stories, and essays all of which are native to this country. In fact, many are the original works of New Englanders who lived during the periods depicted. In dramatic form the works are brought back to life again with the uses of narrative, music and mixed …

American College Theatre Festival Viii Program, The American Theatre Association

Theatre Programs 1970-1989

The 1975-1976 New England Regional Festival was presented by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts at Southeastern Massachusetts University in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts.

The University of Maine Portland-Gorham performed Two Fifes and Drum, staged by Minor Rootes.

Stop The World I Want To Get Off Program, University Of Maine Portland-Gorham

Theatre Programs 1970-1989

Written by Anthony Newley

Staged by Walter Stump

Music Director Jim Thibodeau

The Unknown Citizen Program, University Of Maine Gorham-Portland

Theatre Programs 1970-1989

Written and Directed by JS/07/M/378 with assistance from

William Stieg
Terrance McNally
Jules Feiffer
Walter Stump
Antonio Del Pollaiuolo

Performed by the Treehouse Players

Dark Of The Moon Program [1972], Usm Department Of Theatre

Theatre Programs 1970-1989

By Howard Richard and William Berney

An Evening Of One Act Plays: Sane, The Apes Shall Inherit The Earth, Wax Museum, And Interview Program, University Of Maine Portland-Gorham

Theatre Programs 1970-1989

SAND

Written by Murray Mednick
Directed by Thomas A. Power

THE APES SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH

Written by Warner Aperstrom
Directed by Thomas A. Power

WAX MUSEUM

Written by John Hawkes
Directed by Thomas A. Power

INTERVIEW

Written by Jean Claude van Itallie
Directed by William P. Steele

The Beggar's Opera Program, University Of Maine Portland-Gorham

Theatre Programs 1970-1989

Written by John Gay

Directed by Walter Stump

Presented by the Treehouse Players

From the program:

On January 29, 1728, John Gay's The Beggar's Opera opened in London at Lincoln Inn Fields marking the end of one era and the beginning of another. The ballad opera construction utilized by Gay, was the culmination of a new theatre genre which had begun with the Italian Opera Buffa and later was refined. into the French Opera Comique. In addition to the Italian tradition of satirizing serious opera, Gay combined the French comedies-en-vaudville concept of using popular folk tunes in the musical score. …

Ethan Frome Program [1972], Usm Department Of Theatre

Theatre Programs 1970-1989

By Owen Davis and Donal Davis

Suggested by a dramatization by Lowell Barrington

Directed by William Steele

Carnival Program [1971], University Of Maine Portland-Gorham

Theatre Programs 1970-1989

Written by Michael Stewart

Directed by Minor Rootes

Performed by the Treehouse Players

From the program:

Welcome to CARNIVAL, the final main stage production of our 1970-1971 season. This delightful little musical by Michael Stewart and Bob Merrill was originally based on the movie "Lili," which starred Leslie Caron and Mel Ferrar. CARNIVAL is a study of youth, of feeling, of wanting, of sensuousness. It blends the nostalgia of childhood past with the immediacy of young people in love.

Tonight's production of CARNIVAL marks the starting point of a tour which will carry the Treehouse Players 9,000 miles to four …

The Victors Program, University Of Maine Portland Campus

Theatre Programs 1970-1989

Written by Jean-Paul Sartre

Directed by Thomas A. Power

The action takes place in 1940 -- in an abandoned building used as a prison and police headquarters in occupied France.

Mandragola Program, University Of Maine Portland Campus

Theatre Programs 1970-1989

Written by Niccolo Machiavelli

Translated by J. R. Hale

Directed by William P. Steele