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Alice In Wonderland, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1988-1989 Season

Alice the protagonist must find her way through this strange place called "Wonderland". She is a 7 year old girl who while sitting with her sisters falls asleep and enters this world by falling down a rabbit hole. She follows the White Rabbit who leads her on many adventures.

The King And I

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Fall 1988 performance of The King and I by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein.

The King and I is the story of a British schoolteacher named Anna, who is hired by the King of Siam to help modernize his country and the relationship between between them.

Musical Comedy Murders Of 1940, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1988-1989 Season

The creative team responsible for a recent Broadway flop (in which three chorus girls were murdered by the mysterious "Stage Door Slasher") assemble for a backer's audition of their new show at the Westchester estate of a wealthy "angel." The house is replete with sliding panels, secret passageways and a German maid who is apparently four different people- all of which figure diabolically in the comic mayhem that follows when the infamous "slasher" makes his reappearance and strikes again.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Musical_Comedy_Murders_of_1940

1988 - 1989 Season Brochure, Otterbein University Department Of Theatre And Dance

Theatre and Dance Annual Brochures

Annual promotional piece of the upcoming season's shows.

Something's Afoot, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1988 Summer Theatre

This is a zany, entertaining evening of musical comedy that takes a satirical look at Agatha Christie mysteries and musical styles of past years. Ten people are stranded in an isolated English country house during a raging thunderstorm. One by one they’re picked off by cleverly fiendish devices. As the bodies pile up in the library, the survivors frantically race to discover the identity and motivation of the culprit

Camille, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1988 Summer Theatre

This is a deeply moving new version of Alexandre Dumas * La Dame aux Camelias. The story of Camille revolves around the beautiful Marguerite Gautier. At the height ofher career she falls desperately in love with the son of the Marquis, Armand Duval. The Marquis makes every effort to prevent the liaison, but Armand turns his back on his family and fortune for a life of idyllic country bliss. But, unknown to Armand, Marguerite is threatened by the Marquis and forced to return to Paris a courtesan, dying of tuberculosis, and reviled by Armand.

The Nerd, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1988 Summer Theatre

Unquestionably one of the funniest plays ever written, this inventive and side-splitting comedy just completed a long and successful run on Broadway and is offered this summer as a central Ohio premiere.The story centers around an architect who is visited by a man he’s never met but who saved his life in Vietnam. The visitor turns out to be a complete nerd who outstays his welcome. This show promises to create non-stop laughter as we witness the methods the architect uses to rid himself of the nerd

Harvey, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1988 Summer Theatre

This is one of the most popular and successful plays ever produced. Michael Hartman returns to portray the memorable Elwood P. Dowd. Audiences young and old will find this season’s opener to be a warm and funny evening of delightful comedy as Elwood and his rabbit friend, Harvey, spread good cheer among a cast of slightly off-beat characters

1988 Otterbein Summer Theatre Season Brochure, Otterbein University Department Of Theatre And Dance

Theatre and Dance Annual Brochures

Annual promotional piece of the upcoming season's shows.

To Gillian On Her 37th Birthday, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1987-1988 Season

David loves his wife, Gillian. Unfortunately, she died two years ago. David deals with his grief by continuing his romance with Gillian during walks with her "ghost" on the beach at night. While David lives in the past, other family problems crop up in the present in the real world. Esther and Paul come for a visit to try to help Rachel. She has lost her mother and needs her father to snap back into the real world and help her. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Gillian_on_Her_37th_Birthday_(play)

A Chorus Line, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1987-1988 Season

A Chorus Line is a musical with music by Marvin Hamlisch, lyrics by Edward Kleban and a book by James Kirkwood Jr. and Nicholas Dante. Centered on seventeen Broadway dancers auditioning for spots on a chorus line, the musical is set on the bare stage of a Broadway theatre during an audition for a musical. A Chorus Line provides a glimpse into the personalities of the performers and the choreographer as they describe the events that have shaped their lives and their decisions to become dancers.

Amadeus

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Spring 1988 performance of Amadeus by Peter Shaffer.

Amadeus is a fictionalized account of the lives of the composers Antonio Salieri and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1987-1988 Season

Jean Brodie is a free-spirited teacher at a Scottish girls' school during the 1930s. She encourages her young pupils to embrace romantic ideals, educating them about love and art rather than hard facts. However, her controversial teaching philosophy draws the ire of the school's headmistress, Miss Mackey, and, as Miss Brodie becomes entangled in a love triangle, her behavior towards her favorite students becomes increasingly manipulative.

Busman’S Honeymoon

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Spring 1988 performance of Busman’s Honeymoon by Dorothy Sayers.

Busman’s Honeymoon is the story of Dorothy Sayer’s famous detective, Lord Peter Whimsey, and his new wife, Harriette Vane, who have just arrived at an old farmhouse in Hertfordshire where they plan to spend their honeymoon. When they discover the owner of the house murdered, their honeymoon is disrupted and they work together to discover the murderer.

The Golden Age Of European Cabaret, Agnieszka Taborska, William Damkoehler, Anne Johnson, Susan Sellers, Georgie Stout, Mark Borok, Michael Zimmerman, Bill Gold, Charles Oestreicher, Edward Guttman, Caroline Provost, Ed Hemingway, Holly Heerens, Eugene Mollica, Susan Unger, Michelle Talbot, Sarah Bishop, Malcom Coelho, Heather Frith, Charles Baudelaire, Paul Verlaine, Jacques Prevert, Don Keefer, Emliy Cohen, Martha Crawford, Susan Becker, Hanns Eisler, Molly Komacker, Vivienne Cho, Carsten Stehr

Programs

Program for the second annual RISD Cabaret held in the Cellar in the Pit. Design and layout by Anne Johnson, Susan Sellers and Georgie Stout.

A Flea In Her Ear, Otterbein Universitytheatre And Dance Department

1987-1988 Season

Raymonde Chandebise, after years of wedded bliss, begins to doubt the fidelity of her husband, Victor Emmanuel, who has suddenly become sexually inactive. Raymonde is unaware that his behaviour is due to a nervous condition. She confides her doubts to her old friend Lucienne, who suggests a trick to test him. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Flea_in_Her_Ear