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Sarcophagus

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Fall 1991 performance of Sarcophagus by Vladimir Gubaryev.

Sarcophagus is an exploration of the Chernobyl Disaster, a catastrophic nuclear accident that occurred on 26 April 1986 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant near the city of Pripyat, Ukraine. The play takes place in the Institute of Radiation Safety, near Moscow, immediately following the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster.

The Matchmaker

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The playbill for Taylor University’s Spring 1991 performance of The Matchmaker by Thornton Wilder.

Before the world fell in love with "Hello, Dolly!", Thornton Wilder’s uproarious play "The Matchmaker" introduced Ms. Dolly Gallagher Levi: a cunning, crafty, and thoroughly modern woman who knows a good catch when she sees one. When the wealthy Horace Vandergelder hires matchmaker Ms. Levi to find him a wife, Dolly doesn't need to look far to find his perfect mate. While Dolly is “arranging things” for Mr. Vandergelder, the young, hopeless romantics of Yonkers reap the rewards of Dolly’s generosity.

Whose Life Is It Anyway?

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Spring 1991 performance of Whose Life is it Anyway? by Brian Clark.

Whose Life is it Anyway? tells the story of Claire Harrison, a woman who is left paralyzed from the head down after a car accident and battles with the doctors to be taken off life support.

Taylor Theatre 1991-1992 Season, Taylor University

Season Announcements

The 1991-1992 Taylor Theatre season announcement.

The Night Thoreau Spent In Jail

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Fall 1990 performance of The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee.

The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail focuses on the life of Henry David Thoreau as he recounts his life during a night spent in prison for refusing to pay a Poll Tax.

The Little Foxes

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The playbill for Taylor University’s Spring 1990 performance of The Little Foxes by Lillian Hellman.

The Little Foxes tells the story of Regina Giddens, a woman from a small Alabama townwith a desire for wealth and success but unable to take from the family business because only her brothers are considered legal heirs. The play follows her efforts to acquire control of the business and all that it costs her.

I Remember Mama

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The playbill for Taylor University’s Fall 1990 performance of I Remember Mama by John van Druten.

I Remember Mama is the story of an immigrated Norwegian family living in San Francisco at the turn of the 20th century as told by one of the family’s daughters, Katrin.

Taylor Theatre 1990-91 Season, Taylor University

Season Announcements

The 1990-1991 Taylor Theatre season announcement.

The Victorians

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Fall 1989 performance of The Victorians adapted and arranged by Oliver Hubbard.

The Victorians highlights the work of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Robert Browning, Charles Dickens, Henry Mayhew, Benjamin Disraeli, Gilbert and Sullivan, Lewis Carrol, J. M. Barrie, and Oscar Wilde.

The play was presented by the Advanced Oral Interpretation Class.

The Barretts

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The playbill for Taylor University’s Fall 1989 performance of The Barretts by Marjorie Carleton.

The Barretts is based on the romance between Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett, and her father’s overbearing control over his family and refusal to allow them to marry.

A later production by Taylor Theatre, The Victorians, was produced later that year as a reader’s theatre featuring various Victorian poets and writers including Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

The Crucible

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The playbill for Taylor University’s Spring 1989 performance of The Crucible by Arthur Miller.

The Crucible is a fictional story of the Salem Witch trials, telling the deterioration of a Massachusetts town when a group of women are accused of practicing witchcraft. Millar wrote the play as an allegory for McCarthyism.

The Foreigner

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The playbill for Taylor University’s Spring 1989 performance of The Foreigner by Larry Shue.

The Foreigner is the story of two Englishmen Charlie Baker and Staff Sergeant Froggy who come to stay at a fishing lodge for a weekend. When Froggy makes up a story about Charlie being a foreigner who cannot understand English to help explain his shyness, Charlie is suddenly exposed to a variety of secrets held by the lodge visitors and becomes the focus of some racist members of the community.

Taylor Theatre 1989-90 Season, Taylor University

Season Announcements

The 1989-1990 Taylor Theatre season announcement.

The King And I

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Fall 1988 performance of The King and I by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein.

The King and I is the story of a British schoolteacher named Anna, who is hired by the King of Siam to help modernize his country and the relationship between between them.

Amadeus

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The playbill for Taylor University’s Spring 1988 performance of Amadeus by Peter Shaffer.

Amadeus is a fictionalized account of the lives of the composers Antonio Salieri and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Busman’S Honeymoon

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The playbill for Taylor University’s Spring 1988 performance of Busman’s Honeymoon by Dorothy Sayers.

Busman’s Honeymoon is the story of Dorothy Sayer’s famous detective, Lord Peter Whimsey, and his new wife, Harriette Vane, who have just arrived at an old farmhouse in Hertfordshire where they plan to spend their honeymoon. When they discover the owner of the house murdered, their honeymoon is disrupted and they work together to discover the murderer.

Taylor Theatre 1988-89 Season, Taylor University

Season Announcements

The 1988-1989 Taylor Theatre season announcement.

The Fifties: White Bucks And Blue Suede Shoes

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Fall 1987 performance of The Fifties: White Bucks and Blue Suede Shoes by Oliver Hubbard.

Up The Down Staircase

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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.

Agnes Of God

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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.

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.

87/88 Taylor Theatre, Taylor University

Season Announcements

The 1987-1988 Taylor Theatre season announcement.

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.

Arsenic And Old Lace

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Spring 1986 performance of Arsenic and Old Lace by Joseph Kesselring.

A Midsummer Night’S Dream

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The playbill for Taylor University’s Spring 1986 performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare.

In just one night, four magical stories are cleverly woven together: the marriage of the Athenian duke to the Amazon queen; the battle of the king and queen of the fairies; the follies of four lovers in a forest; and the hilarious antics of amateur actors staging a play. Enter a vibrant world where fairies fly overhead, a donkey bursts into song, and love potion makes your perspective turn on a dime. This production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is an immersive theatrical experience …

86-87 Taylor Theatre, Taylor University

Season Announcements

The 1986-1987 Taylor Theatre season announcement.

“…And What A Time It Was.”

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Fall 1985 Advanced Oral Interpretation Class’s performance of ”…And What A Time It Was.” by Dr. Oliver Hubbard.

I Never Sang For My Father

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Fall 1985 performance of I Never Sang For My Father by Robert Anderson.

I Never Sang For My Father is the story of widowed professor Gene Garrison, who looks to get away from his father and remarry a woman in California, but struggles with the thought of leaving.

The Rivals

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The playbill for Taylor University’s Spring 1985 performance of The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan.

The Rivals tells the story of young lovers, Lydia Languish and Captain Jack Absolute and the mishaps which happen when Jack’s father tries to arrange a marriage for him and a sequence of gossip and misdelivered letters sets off a clash between Lydia’s suitors.

The Effect Of Gamma Rays On Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds

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The playbill for Taylor University’s Spring 1985 performance of The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds by Paul Zindel.

The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds tells the story of a dysfunctional family of a single mother and two daughters and their struggles as the mother tries to keep her daughters from succeeding.