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Gay Side Story Original Poster, Audacity Theater

Gay Side Story

Poster for original production of GAY SIDE STORY as presented in conjunction with Symposium X at the University of Southern Maine, 1983.

Gay Side Story Original Script, Diane Elze

Gay Side Story

Original script for Gay Side Story

WRITTEN BY

Avis

Diane Elze

Rico Estabrook

John Frank

Dale McCormick

Tony Norton

Cheryl Ring

Chris Thurston

Gay Side Story Scrapbook, Gay Side Story Collection

Gay Side Story

Scrapbook containing photographs and ephemera from original 1983 production of Gay Side Story.

The full playbill can be seen here.

Gay Side Story Playbill, Gay Side Story Collection

Gay Side Story

1983 Playbill for Gay Side Story with forward by John Frank

WRITTEN BY

Avis

Diane Elze

Rico Estabrook

John Frank

Dale McCormick

Tony Norton

Cheryl Ring

Chris Thurston

WITH SPECIAL THANKS TO

Leonard Bernstein

Arthur Lawrence

Stephen Sondheim

Phil Spector

The Fight Master, January 1983, Vol. 6 Issue 1, The Society Of American Fight Directors

Fight Master Magazine

No abstract provided.

The Masque Of Beauty And The Beast, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1982-1983 Season

One of the most universal and beloved stories of all time. This new version by Michael Brill captures all the glowing simplicity of the fable, appealing to the inherent Idealism of children as well as to their love of magic, the romance and mystery of long ago time and far away places. To be presented in a fully staged version with magical sets and opulent costumes.

Abelard And Heloise, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1982-1983 Season

A smashing London success, this love story was inspired by Helen Waddell’s Peter Abelard and the letters of the 12th Century lovers. The monastic scholar, poet, and most praised teacher in Paris loses his heart and reason to Heloise, a young and innocent girl who came to adore him, has a child by her, and in violation of his church vows enters a secret marriage. A vengeful uncle alerts ecclesiastical authorities, the lovers are separated and the conflict between church and love has a shocking resolution.

You Can't Take It With You

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Fall 1982 performance of You Can’t Take It with You by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart.

You Can’t Take It with You follows the story of the only normal daughter in an eccentric family, and the chaos and mishaps which happen when she brings her fiancé home to meet her family.

The Fight Master, October 1982, Vol. 5 Issue 4, The Society Of American Fight Directors

Fight Master Magazine

No abstract provided.

1982 - 1983 Season Brochure, Otterbein University Department Of Theatre And Dance

Theatre and Dance Annual Brochures

Annual promotional piece of the upcoming season's shows.

You Can't Take It With You, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1982 Summer Theatre

At first the Sycamores seem mad, but it is not long before we realize that if they are mad, the rest of the world is madder! Fireworks abound in this classic Kaufman and Hart comedy of the American stage. Good family entertainment!

The Affairs Of Anatol, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1982 Summer Theatre

It is turn of the century Vienna and Anatol, Schnitzler’s sentimental man-about-town, romances, cajoles, and woos to his heart’s discontent. With his friend and confidant. Max, we see Anatol in five distinct ‘affairs’, all challenging, and all delightful!

Romantic Comedy, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1982 Summer Theatre

As the title implies, there is plenty of comedy and romance in this new Bernard Slade play about an elegant but down-on-his-luck writer who learns to ‘collaborate’ with a wacky but charming female colleague.

The Fight Master, July 1982, Vol. 5 Issue 3, The Society Of American Fight Directors

Fight Master Magazine

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Godspell, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1982 Summer Theatre

Based on the gospel according to St. Matthew, this exhilarating musical with songs by Stephen Schwartz has won the affection of theatregoers the world over. It includes the memorable hits, “Day by Day’’, “Turn Back, O Man’’, and “Prepare Ye the Way of the Lord’’.

California Suite, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1982 Summer Theatre

Neil Simon’s hilarious Broadway comedy is set in the suite of a California hotel. Four couples hide, fight, reconcile then inevitably tangle in scenes which vary from poignant to madcap.

1982 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.

Tribute, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1981-1982 Season

A smash Broadway hit and movie starring Jack Lemmon, Tribute will be presented in the air conditioned Campus Center Arena Theatre. Written by Bernard Slade (Same Time Next Year and Romantic Comedy), the play centers around an enormously popular Broadway press agent and former scriptwriter and a “tribute” arranged by his son at a moment of great crisis in his life.

The Sound Of Music, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1981-1982 Season

The Department of Music and dance area join us in presenting this tale of love, adventure and faith featuring one of the richest and most varied of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s scores. The true story of the famed Trapp Family Singers, an Austrian family who defied the Nazi terror on the eve of World War II. Music includes “Climb Ev’ry Mountain,” “Maria,” “Do-Re-Mi,” “My Favorite Things,” “Sixteen Going on Seventeen,” and “Edelweiss.”

The Importance Of Being Earnest

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Spring 1982 performance of The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde.

The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People, is a farcical comedy about two men who each take on the personas with the name of Earnest in order to escape the burdens of social obligations.

The Fight Master, April 1982, Vol. 5 Issue 2, The Society Of American Fight Directors

Fight Master Magazine

No abstract provided.

The Fight Master, April 1983, Vol. 6 Issue 2, The Society Of American Fight Directors

Fight Master Magazine

No abstract provided.

Twelfth Night, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1981-1982 Season

A revival of the most popular of all Shakespeare’s romantic comedies, a comedy of love and language filled with romantic intrigue, mistaken identity and other farcical happenings. Featuring a professional guest star for the 21st consecutive year.

Inherit The Wind

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Spring 1982 performance of Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawerence and Robert E. Lee.

Inherit the Wind is a fictionalized account of the 1925 Scopes “Monkey” Trial where a high school teacher named John T. Scopes was tried for teaching evolution against state law.

The Fight Master, January 1982, Vol. 5 Issue 1, The Society Of American Fight Directors

Fight Master Magazine

No abstract provided.

Then The Circus Comes To Town

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Fall 1981 Advanced Oral Interpretation Class’s performance of When the Circus Come to Town adapted by Oliver Hubbard.

Cinderella, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1981-1982 Season

One of the most universal and beloved fairy tales of all time. The story of a beautiful young girl forced by her stepmother and jealous stepsisters to keep house and sleep in the cinders. She finally marries a handsome prince and lives happily ever after with the help of some friendly mice, a fairy godmother and a glass slipper. To be presented in a fully staged version with music.

Absurd Person Singular, Otterbein University

1981-1982 Season

Superb farce-comedy by Alan Ayckbourn (England’s Neil Simon). Three couples are visited for three consecutive Christmas parties in their three very different kitchens. Behind the scenes disasters provide the laughter as the Hopcrofts advance to material prosperity and the others decline. Otterbein’s entry in the American College Theatre Festival.

Ten Little Indians

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Fall 1981 performance of Ten Little Indians by Agatha Christie, adapted from her book of the same name (in the United States published as And Then There Were None.)

Ten Little Indians is the story of ten strangers invited to a house party on an isolated island. When they lose the ability to return to the mainland, they begin to die off one by one in accordance to an old nursery rhyme.

The Fight Master, October 1981, Vol. 4 Issue 4, The Society Of American Fight Directors

Fight Master Magazine

No abstract provided.