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The Dresser, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department
The Dresser, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department
1987 Summer Theatre
One of the most highly acclaimed plays of the 1981 Broadway season, “The Dresser” is an affectionate, funny, moving portrait of life backstage.The time is 1942, and the Blitz is raging over an English provincial city. Sir is nearing a mental breakdown: After a lifetime on stage, the pressures have become too much, especially now, when the war has taken the able-bodied men and left Sir with a repleted cast of “old men, cripples and nancy-boys. ” Morman, Sir’s devoted dresser, combines tender sympathy and nanny-like severity in an attempt to lift his fallen monarch to the stage for one …
See How They Run, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department
See How They Run, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department
1987 Summer Theatre
This hilarious farce will find the Grafs galloping in and out of an English vicarage with a cockney servant who has seen too many American movies, an old maid who “touches alcohol for the first time in her life”, four men in clergyman suits presenting the problem of which is which, and a sedate Bishop aghast at all that is going on around him.
The Real Thing, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department
The Real Thing, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department
1987 Summer Theatre
Winner of the Tony Award for Best Play, The Real Thing is Tom Stoppard’s most intellectually and emotionally engaging comedy to date. This highly entertaining evening of theatre traces the relationship of a famous playwright and his actress wife as they deal with the need to merge “worthy causes” with their art.
Is There Life After High School?, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department
Is There Life After High School?, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department
1987 Summer Theatre
Remember when a half a can of beer made you drunk? When eternal love could be found during sixth-period math? When being popular was a matter of life or death? Suggested by the Ralph Keyes novel of the same name High School is a memorable musical that provides a charming, funny, touching and likable evening of musical theatre.