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And They Dance Real Slow In Jackson, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1979-1980 Season

In Jackson, a small town in rural Indiana, Elizabeth Ann Willow lives with her father and mother. Crippled at birth with polio, Elizabeth Ann is confined to a wheelchair and must wear leg braces, which cuts her off from the other children and prevents her regular attendance at school. Although she tries to reach out and make friends, Elizabeth Ann is increasingly isolated from and then taunted by the others, whose small-town prejudices are reinforced by a polio scare, of which Elizabeth Ann is a chilling embodiment.

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Guys & Dolls, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1979-1980 Season

The Department of Music and dance area join us to highlight May Day week activities. Music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows. Combine a “floating crap game,” the Save-A-Soul Mission ladies of Times Square with music like “Luck Be a Lady,” “Take Back Your Mink,” “A Bushel and a Peck” and “Sit Down You’re Rockin’ the Boat” for one of the best musicals ever! Definitely for the entire family.

The Comedy Of Errors, Otterbein University

1979-1980 Season

One of Shakespeare’s most popular farces! First you take a set of twins; then, you add another. Season lightly with a nagging wife and a bumbling bureaucracy, add plenty of mistaken identity and the resulting comedic confusions and you have an engaging mixture that will provide laughter the entire evening. For the entire family.

Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1979-1980 Season

Set in the home of a professor in a small college, an evening of “fun and games with George and Martha” is the shattering and memorable drama that proclaimed Edward Albee one of America’s greatest playwrights. Scorching, scalding, laugh provoking, revealing and completely engrossing theatre at its best.

Sleeping Beauty, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1979-1980 Season

The story of a princess cast under a magic spell to sleep for 100 years, who can be awakened only by the kiss of a brave prince. To be presented in a fully staged musical version in Cowan Hall for children of all ages.

The Miracle Worker, Otterbein University

1979-1980 Season

The inspiring story of Helen Keller’s miraculous release from the silent world of the blind and deaf through the strong-willed determination of her teacher, Annie Sullivan, is one of the most successful and warmly admired displays of the modern stage. Otterbein’s entry in the American College Theatre Festival. For the entire family.