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Dance Usm! Program [2007], University Of Southern Maine Department Of Theatre Dec 2007

Dance Usm! Program [2007], University Of Southern Maine Department Of Theatre

Programs 2007-2008 Season

Directed by Maria Tzianabos

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The Tempest Program [2007], University Of Southern Maine Department Of Theatre Nov 2007

The Tempest Program [2007], University Of Southern Maine Department Of Theatre

Programs 2007-2008 Season

Written by William Shakespeare

Directed by Christopher Price

This production was entered in the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF) 40.

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Student Written One Act Plays: Desert Girl, Pray For Rain And Lot's Wife Program, University Of Southern Maine Department Of Theatre Oct 2007

Student Written One Act Plays: Desert Girl, Pray For Rain And Lot's Wife Program, University Of Southern Maine Department Of Theatre

Programs 2007-2008 Season

Desert Girl, Pray for Rain

Written by Travis Curran
Directed by Judy Goell

"You're probably reading this before the play starts, right? Since I can't gauge what time you showed up relative to when the play is going to start I guess I'll be brief. I hate.calling myself a writer. Everybody writes. You're a writer. And if you don't think so, you certainly could. Let's all make a mad dash for Hollywood while this. strike thing still lasts, right? ·Right. · I don't write poetry, Ross does. I write fiction and plays. But they're .basically the same idea. Pretty words …

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No Sleep 'Til Minsky's: A One-Man Tribute To Burlesque And Vaudeville., Carl Glenwood Williams May 2007

No Sleep 'Til Minsky's: A One-Man Tribute To Burlesque And Vaudeville., Carl Glenwood Williams

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No Sleep '˜Til Minsky's is a one-man show paying tribute to early 20th century variety entertainment. The writing process began with research into the forms of vaudeville and burlesque, including films of period acts, study of autobiographies and biographies of burlesque performers, and study of historical scripts performed in the time period and stored at the Library of Congress.

The format of the show consists of a one-hour core script in which Lou Drake speaks of his life and career in burlesque. In addition to the core script, the structure is designed to allow more actors to participate in staging …

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The Mandrake Program, University Of Southern Maine Department Of Theatre Apr 2007

The Mandrake Program, University Of Southern Maine Department Of Theatre

Programs 2006-2007 Season

Written by Niccolò Machiavelli

Directed by William Steele

This production was entered in the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF) XXXXX.

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Urinetown: The Musical Program, University Of Southern Maine Department Of Theatre, University Of Southern Maine School Of Music Mar 2007

Urinetown: The Musical Program, University Of Southern Maine Department Of Theatre, University Of Southern Maine School Of Music

Programs 2006-2007 Season

Director / Musical Director Edward Reichert

Book & lyrics by Greg Kotis

Music & lyrics by Mark Hollman

This production was entered in the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF) XXXIX.

From the program:

Welcome to URINETOWN! Not the place, the musical. This innovative, wacky, and wonderful.musical is a wild mix of biting satire and loving parody. Inspired by the work of Kurt Weill and" Bertolt Brecht, the show irreverently pays homage to the great American musical theatre tradition with references to classics such as West Side Story, Les Miserables, Fiddler on the Roof, Sweeney Todd, ahd Chicago among …

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Student-Written One Act Plays: Human At Heart & Heavenly Match Program, University Of Southern Maine Department Of Theatre Feb 2007

Student-Written One Act Plays: Human At Heart & Heavenly Match Program, University Of Southern Maine Department Of Theatre

Programs 2006-2007 Season

Human at Heart
Written by Stacy Ann Strang
Directed by Assunta Kent

Heavenly? Match
Written by Jack Fossett
Directed by Assunta Kent

This production was entered in the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF) XXXIX.

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2007-2008 Theatre Season Brochure, University Of Southern Maine Department Of Theatre Jan 2007

2007-2008 Theatre Season Brochure, University Of Southern Maine Department Of Theatre

Programs 2007-2008 Season

2007-2008 University of Southern Maine Theatre season brochure featuring:

  • Proof
  • The Tempest
  • Dance USM!
  • To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday
  • City of Angels

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“An Vnder Black Dubblett Signifying A Spanish Hart”: Costumes And Politics In Middleton’S A Game At Chess, Robert Lublin Dec 2006

“An Vnder Black Dubblett Signifying A Spanish Hart”: Costumes And Politics In Middleton’S A Game At Chess, Robert Lublin

Robert Lublin

The political significance of Middleton’s A Game at Chess has drawn scholarly attention in the past, but one promising area of study has gone largely unconsidered: the play’s visual presentation. How did the actors appear when they first performed the play and how was that visual information received by early modern London audiences? This essay seeks to establish what costumes were worn by the King’s Men for their production of Middelton’s play and, more importantly, how they were received by their contemporary audience. Through such a study, we learn that Middleton employed costumes as skillfully as he used dialogue to …

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