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The House Of Blue Leaves, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department
The House Of Blue Leaves, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department
1978 Summer Theatre
Winner of the 1971 Critics Award and Obie Award as best American play, this brilliantly wacky comedy examines the zany but desperately sad attempt of a middle aged zoo attendant to break into the “big time” as a serious song writer. John Guare mixes hilarity and tragedy to achieve a touching and poignant story not to be forgotten. Adult entertainment.
Let's Get A Divorce, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department
Let's Get A Divorce, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department
1978 Summer Theatre
Titillating French bedroom farce at its naughty best! This 19th century comic masterpiece revolves around the outrageously amusing implications of France’s first divorce law. Combine a suspicious older husband, an adventuresome young wife and a swashbuckling young lover with the marital riddle — “Can husbands and wives also be friends and lovers?” — and prepare for a riotous chain of events.
What The Butler Saw, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department
What The Butler Saw, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department
1978 Summer Theatre
An adult farce that revolves around a psychiatrist with his own hospital who believes the best way to interview a girl for a job is to seduce her (but then nothing works in this zany place), his wife and her current bell-hop paramour and the complications resulting from the arrival of a state inspector.
The Gingerbread Boy And Other Fables, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department
The Gingerbread Boy And Other Fables, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department
1978 Summer Theatre
A collection of fairy tales and fables performed by our “Strolling Players.”
Oh, Coward!, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department
Oh, Coward!, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department
1978 Summer Theatre
A compilation of the words and music by the master of wit, Noel Coward. An international theatrical personality for over 50 years who wrote and starred in over a score of plays and eleven musicals. Nostalgia interspersed with insight into the humorous side of life leaves an audience humming the memorable melodies and hilarious lyrics. Songs like “Mad Dogs and Englishmen,” “Mrs. Worthington,” “Someday I’ll Find You” and “The Stately Homes of England.”
The Gazebo, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department
The Gazebo, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department
1978 Summer Theatre
Broadway hit comedy-melodrama — the story revolves around a writer of TV “whodunits and whyzits” who is always looking for a “new twist,” especially from his district attorney friend. Comedy is the inevitable result when he is forced to protect his beautiful wife from a blackmailer. A gazebo suddenly gets a “new use” during installation and the “new twist” becomes very real. Guaranteed entertainment for the family.