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The Hobbit

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Spring 2008 performance of The Hobbit based on the book by J. R. R. Tolkien adapted for theater by Patricia Gray.

The Hobbit is the story of hobbit Bilbo Baggins who is enlisted by the wizard Gandalf to aid a band of dwarves reclaim their mountain home from a great dragon.

Caucasian Chalk Circle, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

2007-2008 Season

he Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt Brechtbegins with a prologue, a play-within-the-play, concerning a dispute between two groups of peasants as to which one will take control over a valley abandoned after the Nazis invaded in World War Two. http://www.supersummary.com/caucasian-chalk-circle/summary/

Amahl And The Night Visitors Playbill, Department Of Music

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Angell Blackfriars Theatre, Smith Center for the Arts

Amahl and the Night Visitors, words and music by Gian-Carlo Menotti

December 6 & 7, 2007, 8pm

Stage Director, Hillary Nicholson

Music Director, David Harper

Chorus, Michele Holt, DMA.

Costume Design/Visuals, David Costa-Cabral

Choreographer, Wendy Oliver, Ed. D.

Conductor, Alexey Shabalin

Cast: Elizabeth Grace '08 & Marie Putko '09 - Amahl; Nancy Anastadis '08 - His Mother; Kevin Black '09 - King Kasper; Thomas Leschke '10 - King Melchior; Nicholas Hebert '09 - King Balthazar; James Parker …

December 2007 - Volume Vii, Number 1, Theatre Arts Department

Sides (Newsletter)

SIDES Volume VII Number 1 includes articles on the new Doudna Fine Arts Center and also an obituary of Ernest Glendon Gabbard.

Box Office Sign Up: Bgg, Bdc, Amahl, Providence College

Promotion Materials

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Box office sign up sheet for: BGG, BDC, Amahl

Urinetown, Otterbein University

2007-2008 Season

One of the most uproariously funny musicals in recent years, Urinetown is a tale of greed, corruption, love, and revolution in a time when water is worth its weight in gold. In a Gotham-like city, a terrible water shortage, caused by a 20-year drought, has led to a government enforced ban on private toilets.

John, His Story, Taylor

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The Playbill for the Taylor University Touring Theatre Company's 2007 production of John, His Story.

Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

2007-2008 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.

Providence College Department Of Theatre, Dance & Film 2007-2008 Season Program, Providence College

Promotion Materials

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Department of Theatre, Dance & Film 2007-2008 Season program

2007 - 2008 Season Brochure, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

Theatre and Dance Annual Brochures

Annual promotional piece of the upcoming season's shows.

The Spitfire Grill, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

2007 Summer Theatre

After being released from jail, Percy Talbott travels to a town in Maine looking for a new beginning. When she arrives, she finds work at a restaurant owned by the crabby Hannah. She also befriends a waitress named Shelby and begins a romance with an attractive local named Joe. But when Hannah falls ill and Percy plans to help her sell the restaurant, Shelby's husband becomes suspicious of her intentions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spitfire_Grill_(musical)

The Batting Cage, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

2007 Summer Theatre

The Batting Cage is set in a Holiday Inn in romantic St. Augustine, Florida, where two estranged sisters travel unlikely journeys as they struggle to regain their bearing after the loss of their much-loved third sister. Their efforts at redefining themselves and their relationship are both poignant and humorous.

Private Lives, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

2007 Summer Theatre

Private Lives is a 1930 comedy of manners in three acts by Noël Coward. It concerns a divorced couple who, while honeymooning with their new spouses, discover that they are staying in adjacent rooms at the same hotel. Despite a perpetually stormy relationship, they realize that they still have feelings for each other.

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

June 2007 - Volume Vi, Number 2, Theatre Arts Department

Sides (Newsletter)

SIDES Volume VI Number 2 includes a letter from former Chair John Oertling and a "Where Are They Now?" section.

Hello, Dolly!, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

2006-2007 Season

Hello, Dolly! is a musical filled with charisma and with heart. Matchmaker Dolly Levi is a widow, a matchmaker, and also a professional meddler --but everything changes when she decides that the next match she needs to make is to find someone for herself. Set in New York City at the turn of the century, Hello-Dolly! is boisterous and charming from start to finish. https://stageagent.com/shows/musical/1313/hello-dolly

Dance 2007: Encore!, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

2006-2007 Season

No abstract provided.

While We Were Bowling, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

2006-2007 Season

Seventeen-year-old Lydia McGlaughlin takes us on a touching and hilarious tour of 1950s Buffalo. With the city and world changing around them, one thing keeps her family grounded – the great sport of bowling! With the all-city tournament on the horizon, will the McGlaughlin clan be able to beat Grandpa Whip’s all-time record of an 808 three-game series and break the curse that has long plagued them? The family that bowls together, stays together; so when life gives you a 7-10 split, load up the Ford Fairlane and head to Voelker’s!

2007 Otterbein Summer Theatre Season Brochure, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

Theatre and Dance Annual Brochures

No abstract provided.

December 2006 - Volume Vi, Number 1, Theatre Arts Department

Sides (Newsletter)

SIDES Volume VI Number 1 includes articles about the construction of the Doudna Fine Arts Center and a visit from the National Association of the Schools of Theatre.

Poetic Pandemic, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

2006-2007 Season

This was the world premier of this ground breaking play. While there is a clear political agenda here, this is not agit-prop theatre. What Kia Corthron gives us are fully realized, complicated and complex people trying to grapple with the hard questions at the core of what it is to be human.

Company, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

2006-2007 Season

Originally titled Threes, its plot revolves around Bobby (a single man unable to commit fully to a steady relationship, let alone marriage), the five married couples who are his best friends, and his three girlfriends. Unlike most book musicals, which follow a clearly delineated plot, Company is a concept musical composed of short vignettes, presented in no particular chronological order, linked by a celebration for Bobby's 35th birthday.

Company was among the first musicals to deal with adult themes and relationships. As Sondheim puts it, "Broadway theater has been for many years supported by upper-middle-class people with …

Department Of Theatre, Dance & Film 2006-2007 Season Program, Providence College

Promotion Materials

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Department of Theatre, Dance & Film 2006-2007 Season program

Department Of Theatre, Dance & Film 2006-2007 Season Poster, Providence College

Promotion Materials

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Department of Theatre, Dance & Film 2006-2007 Season displayed on the poster

Father Joy, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

2006 Summer Theatre

No abstract provided.

The 1940'S Radio Hour, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

2006 Summer Theatre

Fabled WOV, a seedy little New York radio station takes to the air at the beginning of World War II, this time to record a broadcast for the troops overseas.

The narrative concerns the harassed producer whose leading singer is often drunk, the delivery boy who wants a chance in front of the mike, the second banana who dreams of singing a ballad, and the trumpet-playing sound effects man who chooses a fighter plane over Glenn Miller. http://www.guidetomusicaltheatre.com/shows_n/1940sRadioHour.html

Harvey, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

2006 Summer Theatre

Elwood P. Dowd is an affable man who claims to have an unseen (and presumably imaginary) friend Harvey — whom Elwood describes as a six-foot, three-and-one-half-inch tall pooka resembling an anthropomorphic rabbit. Elwood introduces Harvey to everyone he meets.

June 2006 - Volume V, Number 2, Theatre Arts Department

Sides (Newsletter)

SIDES Volume V Number 2 features an article about an unofficial reunion of 1975-1983 Alumni and the obituary of Lucina "Lucy" Gabbard.

42nd Street, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

2005-2006 Season

One of showbusiness’s most classic and beloved tales, 42nd Street tells the story of Peggy Sawyer, a talented young performer with stars in her eyes who gets her big break on Broadway.

Peggy arrives to New York City from her hometown of Allentown, Pennsylvania, armed with her tap shoes and big dreams. Peggy’s talent catches the eye of legendary Broadway director Julian Marsh, who gives her a spot in the chorus of Pretty Lady, his newest show. Pretty Lady stars Dorothy Brock, the classic Broadway diva, who takes an instant dislike to the new girl in the cast. When …

Leaving Iowa, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

2005-2006 Season

The spark behind Leaving Iowa comes from being children of parents from the now dubbed "greatest generation." The story is a toast to their idealism and character and a little roast of their undying dedication to the classic family road trip. More specifically, it is the story of Don Browning, a middle-aged writer, who returns home and decides to finally take his father's ashes to his childhood home, as requested. But when Don discovers Grandma's house is now a grocery store, he begins traveling across Iowa searching for a proper resting place for his father. This father-and-son road trip shifts …

Dance 2006: Street Fest, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

2005-2006 Season

No abstract provided.