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Robin Hood, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1987-1988 Season

Robin Hood is a legendary heroic outlaw originally depicted in English folklore and subsequently featured in literature and film. According to legend, he was a highly skilled archer and swordsman. In some versions of the legend he is depicted as being of noble birth, and having fought in the Crusades before returning to England to find his lands have been taken by the Sheriff. In other versions this is not the case and he is instead born into the yeoman class. Traditionally depicted dressed in Lincoln green, he is said to have robbed from the rich and …

From St. Petersburg To Krushchev's Boot, James O. Barnhill, Justin Kerr, Edward Guttman, Caroline Provost, Jennifer Bull, Marguerite White, Nancy Bach, Steve Overman, Josh Pearson, Jean Wasil, Mark Borok, Vivienne Cho, Karen Frishmann, Heather Firth, Lisa Hurwitz, Treva Offutt, Beth Whitney, Sarah Bishop, Richard Ross, Cara Reische, Walter Clarke, Rene Dimanche Jr., David Ross, Malcom Coelho, Andrew Sklar, Michael Wodkowski, Susan Ockerse, Paul Scagnetti, Martha Crawford, Holly Su Heerens

Programs

Program for the first annual RISD Cabaret held in Memorial Hall. Design and layout by Justin Kerr.

View the Performance Recording.

Fall Dance Concert 1987 Strike Poster, Providence College

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Blackfriars Theatre

Fall Dance Concert 1987 strike

November 5, 1987, 8PM

Up The Down Staircase

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Fall 1987 performance of Up the Down Staircase by Bel Kaufman.

Up the Down Staircase tells the story of an idealistic English teacher in an inner-city high school who hopes to develop a love for classic literature in her students. The play follows her struggles with students, fellow teachers, and the bureaucracy and how she touches the lives of her students.

Brighton Beach Memoirs, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1987-1988 Season

Brighton Beach Memoirs is a semi-autobiographical play by Neil Simon, the first chapter in what is known as his Eugene trilogy. It precedes Biloxi Blues and Broadway Bound.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brighton_Beach_Memoirs

Fall Dance Concert 1987 Audition Poster, Providence College

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Blackfriars Theatre

Fall Dance Concert 1987

Monday, September 14, 1987, 6PM

1987 - 1988 Season Brochure, Otterbein University Department Of Theatre And Dance

Theatre and Dance Annual Brochures

Annual promotional piece of the upcoming season's shows.

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

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

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

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.

1987 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.

Frontiers, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1986-1987 Season

Frontiers is not a play in the strict sense of the word. It has no single story line or no central character who advances the action. Rather, Frontiers compresses several stories (and possibly many plays and films) into a series of vignettes which are unified by a single theme: the determination of people to improve their lot in life.

Dance News Press Release, Wendy Oliver

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Blackfriars Theatre

Dance news press release

May 19, 1987

Carousel, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1986-1987 Season

The story revolves around carousel barker Billy Bigelow, whose romance with millworker Julie Jordan comes at the price of both their jobs. He attempts a robbery to provide for Julie and their unborn child; after it goes wrong, he is given a chance to make things right. A secondary plot line deals with millworker Carrie Pipperidge and her romance with ambitious fisherman Enoch Snow. The show includes the well-known songs "If I Loved You", "June Is Bustin' Out All Over" and "You'll Never Walk Alone".

Agnes Of God

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Spring 1987 performance of Agnes of God by John Pielmeier.

Agnes of God is the story of a nun who gives birth but insists it is a result of a virgin conception. A psychiatrist and the mother superior of the convent clash over the investigation.

The Crucible, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1986-1987 Season

Frequently acclaimed as Arthur Miller's finest play, this exciting drama centers on' the Puritan purge of witchcraft in old Salem. The story focuses upon a young farmer, his wife, and a young servant girl who maliciously causes the wife's arrest for witchcraft. A group of children caught dancing nude in the forest, apparently under the influence of a servant from Barbados who practices voodoo, results in the cry of witchcraft as the girls fall under spells to protect themselves. This brings about an investigation by church authorities and ultimately results in a major trial that culminates in one of the …

Cotton Patch Gospel

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Spring 1987 performance of Cotton Patch Gospel book by Tom Key and Russel Treyz, music and lyrics by Harry Chapin.

Noises Off, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1986-1987 Season

Noises Off. Called “the funniest farce ever written,” Noises Off presents a manic menagerie of itinerant actors rehearsing a flop called Nothing's On. Doors slamming, on and offstage intrigue, and an errant herring all figure in the plot of this hilarious and classically comic play.

https://www.samuelfrench.com/p/2894/noises-off

Project In Choreography, Maura Murphy

Senior Scholar Papers

After researching the effects that Eastern philosophies and art forms have had on Western choreography, I noticed that those who implement the Eastern concepts of unity of body and mind produce dances which are more than phrases of movements strung together every eight counts.

As a dancer, I have a tendency to view many dances in terms of pointed feet, straight legs, and cohesiveness of ensemble work, as opposed to seeing the actual choreography. However, when watching video tapes of some "new wave" choreography by various artists interested in East Asia, I saw the dances as whole entities.

I was …

Paula Hunter And Dancers Poster, Providence College

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Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Blackfriars Theatre

Paula Hunter and Dancers

December 5, 1986, 8PM

Paula Hunter And Dancers Poster, Providence College

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Blackfriars Theatre

Paula Hunter and Dancers

December 5, 1986, 8PM

Paula Hunter And Dancers Flyer, Providence College

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Blackfriars Theatre

Paula Hunter and Dancers invitation

December 5, 1986

Fall Dance Concert 1986 Poster, Providence College

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Blackfriars Theatre

Fall Dance Concert 1986

November 21, 1986 8PM

Fall Dance Concert 1986 Poster, Providence College

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Blackfriars Theatre

Fall Dance Concert 1986

November 21, 1986, 8PM

Sleeping Beauty, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1986-1987 Season

Sleeping Beauty is a classic fairy tale which involves a beautiful princess, a sleeping enchantment, and a handsome prince.

Paula Hunter And Dancers Press Release, Providence College

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Blackfriars Theatre

Paula Hunter and Dancers press release

November 19, 1986

The Good Doctor

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Fall 1986- performance of The Good Doctor by Neil Simon.

The Good Doctor is a series of short plays based on various works by Anton Chekhov.

Fall Dance Concert 1986 Press Release, Providence College

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Blackfriars Theatre

Fall Dance Concert 1986 press release

October 22, 1986

Amadeus, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1986-1987 Season

Peter Shaffer's Amadeus is a reimagining of the lives of Antonio Salieri and Wolfgang AmadeusMozart. The play, brought to life with the music of Mozart, is a tale of jealousy and betrayal…and perhaps even murder. Our storyopens in 1825 on the eve of the elderly Salieri's death.

https://www.marinshakespeare.org/story-of-the-plays/amadeus-story-of-the-play/