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Robin Hood, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department
Robin Hood, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department
1995-1996 Season
This classic children’s tale of Robin Hood and his followers is charming and delightful for children of all ages. Set in England’s Sherwood Forest, Robin Hood, with the help of his childhood sweetheart, Maid Marion, and his band of merry men “rob from the rich” (the evil Sheriff of Nottingham) and “give to the poor.” Action that both adults and children will enjoy abounds in this wonderful parable of goodness over evil.
A Chorus Line, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department
A Chorus Line, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department
1995-1996 Season
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. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Chorus_Line
1995 - 1996 Season Brochure, Otterbein University Department Of Theatre And Dance
1995 - 1996 Season Brochure, Otterbein University Department Of Theatre And Dance
Theatre and Dance Annual Brochures
Annual promotional piece of the upcoming season's shows.
Catnap Allegiance, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department
Catnap Allegiance, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department
1994-1995 Season
Otterbein College Theatre will end its season with the world premiere of an original play. On May 24, Otterbein will open Catnap Allegiance by noted playwright Kia Corthron. With language that is sparse and poetic, Corthron’s plays are hard-hitting and unrelenting. Her plays address political issues, yet they also transcend the political and capture the essence of the human struggle. Catnap Allegiance protests the Gulf War with the story of several African American soldiers deposited in the middle of the desert, pumped full of inadequately explained medicines and ordered to “take no prisoners...eliminate and go.”
Sweet Charity, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department
Sweet Charity, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department
1994-1995 Season
Sweet Charity follows the romantic trials and tribulations of Charity Hope Valentine, “a girl who wanted to be loved.” Charity is a taxi dancer, a dance partner-for-hire at a seedy dance hall in New York City. Though the job may be decidedly undesirable, Charity’s hopeful romanticism and unfailing optimism lift her out of her circumstances and help her reach for a life beyond. In the past, she’s been strung along and hung out to dry by a series of bad relationships and lousier men. When she meets Oscar, a neurotic, shy actuary seemingly from another world, will she finally find …
Six Degrees Of Separation, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department
Six Degrees Of Separation, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department
1994-1995 Season
When a young and effortlessly charismatic black con man claiming to be the son of Sidney Poitier himself smiles his way into the sympathetic living rooms of a few of New York City’s white wealthy elite, and tears a swath of disillusionment through their preconceptions and comfortable lives, the thirst for understanding leaves them questioning their sense of selves. Ouisa and Flan, the play’s central duo and two married art dealers, find themselves victims of a strange invasion after offering a young man, who appears to have been mugged in Central Park, shelter in their apartment. He tells them he …
The Cherry Orchard, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department
The Cherry Orchard, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department
1994-1995 Season
On a frosty May morning while the cherry trees are in bloom, impoverished Russian aristocrat, Mrs. Ranevsky, returns to her decaying ancestral home with her daughter, Anya. Mrs. Ranevsky is heavily in debt and still grief-stricken by the premature death of her son five years earlier. Her financial crisis forces the family to auction off their estate, including their beloved cherry orchard. Varya, Mrs. Ranevsky’s older, adopted daughter, has been looking after the estate and is frustrated by her mother’s refusal to accept her predicament. Ignoring the practical advice of local businessman, Yermolay Lopakhin, the family cannot come to a …