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The Princess And The Pea And Other Fairy Tales, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1980 Summer Theatre

The Strolling Players performing The Princess and the Pea and other classic fairy tails for the Otterbein College Children's Theatre.

A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1980 Summer Theatre

A revival of this bawdy musical hit. It is madcap farce at its best. Based on the Roman play by Plautus this modern adaptation with music and lyrics by Tony Award winner Stephen Sondheim combines the hilarious nonsense of vaudeville with a variety of musical memorables such as Comedy Tonight and Everybody Ought to Have a Maid. Laughs for the entire family!

The Fight Master, July 1980, Vol. 3 Issue 3, The Society Of American Fight Directors

Fight Master Magazine

No abstract provided.

Bedroom Farce, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1980 Summer Theatre

Broadway hit comedy about three London couples retiring to the romantic privacy of their own bedrooms. Their loving coupling goes awry when a fourth twosome invades all three beds creating hilarious havoc in a series of marital misunderstandings and inaccurate accusations.

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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1980 Otterbein Summer Theatre Season Brochure, Otterbein University Department Of Theatre And Dance

Theatre and Dance Annual Brochures

Annual promotional piece of the upcoming season's shows.

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 Sixth Hour: The Deathdream Of A Saint, Providence College

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

The Sixth Hour: The Deathdream of a Saint by Mary Gail Koisch

April 27 & 28, 1980

Director, John Garrity

Musical Director, R. B. Haller, O.P.

Scenery and Lighting Coordinator, Carl F. Gudenius

Costumes Coordinator, Mary G. Farrell

Cast: The Dying Catherine - Mary Ellen Baxter, The Dream Catherine - Wilma Mondi, Mona Lapa Benincasa - Kate Farrell, Giacomo Benincasa - Wally Dunn, Stephano Benincasa - Danny Otero, Father Della Fonte - Joseph Menino, Sister Alessa Saracini - Carol Smith, Sister Andrea - Jane Dillon, Master John Tantucci - …

The Children's Hour

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Spring 1980 performance of The Children’s Hour by Lillian Hellman.

The Children’s Hour is the story of a manipulative young girl named Mary and how she uses lies and gossip to control and destroy the lives of the two women who run her boarding school.

Celebration Commemorating The Six Hundreth Anniversary Of The Death Of St. Catherine Of Siena Mailer, Providence College

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Celebration Commemorating the Six Hundreth Anniversary of the Death of St. Catherine of Siena mailer

Tenth Anniversary Reunion Of Theatre At Providence College Mailer, Providence College

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Tenth Anniversary Reunion of Theatre at Providence College mailer. Includes viewing a production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat on February 16, 1980.

Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Review, Jim Seavor

Commentary

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Review of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at Providence College by Jim Seavor (WEAN News).

Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Press Release, John Garrity

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat press release

Mother Courage And Her Children Press Release, John Garrity

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Mother Courage and Her Children press release

Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Press Release, Providence College

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat press release

Barefoot In The Dark, Alvin Community College

Season 1979-1980

Neil Simon's Barefoot in the Park dedicated to the memory of James Williams active member of the local theater community who passed away prior to the debut production.

The Fight Master, April 1980, Vol. 3 Issue 2, The Society Of American Fight Directors

Fight Master Magazine

No abstract provided.

Wait Until Dark, Alvin Community College

Season 1979-1980

Wait Until Dark is a play by Frederick Knott, first performed on Broadway in 1966 and often revived since then. A film version was released in 1967, and the play was published in the same year.

How A Role Is Created: Kathy In Vanities, Donna Spaulding

Theses

This thesis explores the process of developing a theatrical character, focusing on the role of Kathy in the play Vanities by Jack Heifner. Authored by Donna Spaulding as part of her Master of Fine Arts degree at The Lindenwood Colleges, the document provides an in-depth case study of how an actor constructs a character from script to stage. Drawing heavily on the Stanislavski System and the guidance of director Yvonne Ghareeb, Spaulding documents each phase of character creation—from initial script analysis through rehearsal and performance.

The thesis is structured around several key stages: analyzing the character, rehearsal, performance, and post-production …

The Creation Of Berenice Sadie Brown In The Member Of The Wedding, Debra Lynne Wicks

Theses

This thesis explores the creative and interpretive process of bringing the character Berenice Sadie Brown to life in a stage production of The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers. Written and performed by Debra Lynne Wicks as part of her Master of Fine Arts degree at Lindenwood Colleges, the project documents her journey from casting to final performance. The study begins with a literary and theatrical analysis of McCullers’ novel and its adaptation to the stage, focusing particularly on the challenges posed by the lyrical and introspective nature of the text.

Central to the thesis is Wicks’s effort to …

Mother Courage And Her Children Playbill, Jill Sharkey

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Harkin's Hall Auditorium

Mother Courage and Her Children, a chronicle of the Thirty Years War by Bertolt Brecht, translation by Ralph Manheim, Music by Paul Dessau, adapted and arranged by R.B. Haller, O.P.

March 26-30, 1980

Director, Mary G. Farrell

Scenery, Elizabeth Popiel-Delp

Costumes, Peter J. Cameron

Lighting, Carl F. Gudenius

Theatre Arts Program Director, John Garrity

Cast: Mother Courage - Kate Farrell, Kattrin - Wilma Mondi, Elif - Peter J. Cameron, Swiss Cheese - Jim Maher, Cook - Daniel E. Otero, Chaplain - Wally Dunn, …

Mother Courage And Her Children Poster, Jill Sharkey

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Harkin's Hall Auditorium

Mother Courage and Her Children by Bertolt Brecht

March 26-30, 1980, 8PM

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.

John Garrity Letter, John Garrity

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Letter from John Garrity thanking advertisers for contributions to the Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat production.

Hamlet

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Spring 1980 performance of Hamlet by William Shakespeare.

Hamlet is the story of Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark who sets out to avenge his father’s murder at the hands of his uncle, and the tragedy that follows.

Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Poster, Jill Sharkey

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Harkin's Hall Auditorium

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

February 13-17, 1980

Curtain - 8PM

Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Playbill, Jill Sharkey

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Harkin's Hall Auditorium

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, created by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber

February 13 - 17, 1980

Director, John Garrity

Choreography, Sharon Jenkins

Scenery & Lighting, Carl F. Gudenius

Musical Direction, Reginald B. Haller, O.P.

Costumes, Mary Farrell

Cast: Joseph - Peter Cameron, Jacob - John F. Cunningham, Potiphar - Wally Dunn, Potiphar's Wife - Kate Farrell, Pharaoh - Joe Gianni, Narrators - Jane Dillon & Danny Otero, BROTHERS: Reuben - Peter Thomson, Simeon - Luke Rheaume, Levi - Matt Oliverio, Napthali …

Campus Lights 1980, Murray State University

Campus Lights

No abstract provided.

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.

Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Open Auditions Poster, Jill Sharkey

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat open auditions

Mon. & Tues, Jan. 7 & 8, 1980 - 7PM

Callbacks: Wed., Jan 9, 1980 - 7PM