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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.

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.

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.

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.

Free To Be You And Me

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Fall 1979 performance of Free to Be… You and Me by Marlo Thomas and Friends.

Free to Be…You and Me is a collection of stories, songs and poems, designed to teach children interdependence, mutual respect, and personal dignity.

Presented by the Advanced Oral Interpretation Class.

Sleeping Beauty, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1979-1980 Season

The story of a princess cast under a magic spell to sleep for 100 years, who can be awakened only by the kiss of a brave prince. To be presented in a fully staged musical version in Cowan Hall for children of all ages.

The Odd Couple

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Fall 1979 performance of The Odd Couple by Neil Simon.

The Odd Couple tells the story of friends Felix Ungar and Oscar Madison and the conflicts caused by their mismatched lifestyles when Felix moves in after being kicked out of his home by his wife.

The Miracle Worker, Otterbein University

1979-1980 Season

The inspiring story of Helen Keller’s miraculous release from the silent world of the blind and deaf through the strong-willed determination of her teacher, Annie Sullivan, is one of the most successful and warmly admired displays of the modern stage. Otterbein’s entry in the American College Theatre Festival. For the entire family.

1979 - 1980 Season Brochure, Otterbein University Department Of Theatre And Dance

Theatre and Dance Annual Brochures

Annual promotional piece of the upcoming season's shows.

Harvey, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1979 Summer Theatre

The six foot rabbit, Harvey, will prowl the summer stage again in this revival of the Mary Chase classic. Elwood P. Dowd and his mystical sidekick will make appearances at Charlie’s Bar, debutant parties, and eventually an asylum, bringing good cheer and laughter to all who follow.

Hay Fever, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1979 Summer Theatre

Noel Coward’s superb farce comedy, filled with typical repartee and dazzling wit. The story concerns an ultra-Bohemian family who live a free sort of life. The novelist, his actress wife and their two spoiled children each invite guests for a summer weekend and the resulting “fever” is the basis for an evening of laughter.

The Runner Stumbles, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1979 Summer Theatre

An exciting and powerful new drama that has enjoyed great regional theatre and New York success (now before the cameras). This story of repressed passions centering around a priest and a nun, told in a courtroom through flashbacks, provides an evening of intensely moving and absorbing theatre.

The Boy Friend, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1979 Summer Theatre

A revival of this witty and musical comedy spoof of the 1920's that won the Theatre an Overseas Tour to entertain American soldiers in 1964. A tuneful and affectionate valentine to the innocence and wild abandonment of the Charleston, black bottom, hip flasks and short skirts. Hit songs (Julie Andrew's first big hit) include "Won't You Charleston With Me" and "It's Never Too Late to Fall In Love."

Cactus Flower, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1979 Summer Theatre

Broadway hit comedy about a bachelor dentist who stays happily single by reporting he is married! All is well until he falls in love - and needs to produce a “wife.” His secretary-nurse agrees to help and when she changes her uniform for a dress the transformation and confrontations produce surprising results — and laughter!

How The Other Half Loves, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1978-1979 Season

How the Other Half Loves is a 1969 play in two acts by British playwright Alan Ayckbourn. It is a farce following the consequences of an adulterous affair between a married man and his boss’s wife and their attempts to cover their tracks by roping in a third couple to be their alibi, resulting in a chain of misunderstandings, conflicts and revelations.

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

Brigadoon, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1978-1979 Season

The story involves two American tourists who stumble upon Brigadoon, a mysterious Scottish village that appears for only one day every 100 years. Tommy, one of the tourists, falls in love with Fiona, a young woman from Brigadoon.

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

The School For Scandal

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Spring 1979 performance of The School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan.

The School for Scandal tells the story of a conniving gossiper Lady Sneerwell, and her plot with other unscrupulous persons to separate couples and redirect love interests through slander and gossip.

The Merchant Of Venice, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1978-1979 Season

The Merchant of Venice is a 16th-century play written by William Shakespeare in which a merchant in Venice must default on a large loan provided by a Jewish moneylender.

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

Our Town

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Spring 1979 performance of Our Town by Thornton Wilder.

Our Town tells the story of a small, fictional American town called Grover’s Corners through the everyday lives of its citizens. The play is set as a play performing in Grover’s Corners and uses metatheatrical elements.

Vanities, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1978-1979 Season

Vanities is a comedy-drama stage production written by Jack Heifner. The story centers on the lives and friendship of three Texas cheerleaders starting from high school in 1963, continuing through college as sorority sisters in 1968, and ending with the dissolution of their friendship in 1974 New York as their interests and livelihoods change and they are no longer as compatible with one another as they had been in their school days.

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

The Dark At The Top Of The Stairs

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Fall 1978 performance of The Dark at the Top of the Stairs by William Inge.

The Dark at the Top of the Stairs is the story of Cora Flood, the wife of a traveling salesman. Learning that her husband might have an affair with another woman, she plans to leave the marriage. When her husband returns, having lost his job, Cora must decide how to respond.

A Christmas Carol, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1978-1979 Season

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Quest And Query

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Fall 1978 performance of Quest and Query adapted by Oliver Hubbard.

Hedda Gabler, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1978-1979 Season

Hedda Gabler focusses on the frustrated existence of its title character, exploring core issues of power, control, and social expectation. Bored and restricted by her middle-class environment, Hedda plays out her own fantasies and psychological games with those nearest to her to an ultimately costly end.

https://stageagent.com/shows/play/5638/hedda-gabler

The House Of Blue Leaves, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1978 Summer Theatre

Winner of the 1971 Critics Award and Obie Award as best American play, this brilliantly wacky comedy examines the zany but desperately sad attempt of a middle aged zoo attendant to break into the “big time” as a serious song writer. John Guare mixes hilarity and tragedy to achieve a touching and poignant story not to be forgotten. Adult entertainment.

Let's Get A Divorce, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1978 Summer Theatre

Titillating French bedroom farce at its naughty best! This 19th century comic masterpiece revolves around the outrageously amusing implications of France’s first divorce law. Combine a suspicious older husband, an adventuresome young wife and a swashbuckling young lover with the marital riddle — “Can husbands and wives also be friends and lovers?” — and prepare for a riotous chain of events.

What The Butler Saw, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1978 Summer Theatre

An adult farce that revolves around a psychiatrist with his own hospital who believes the best way to interview a girl for a job is to seduce her (but then nothing works in this zany place), his wife and her current bell-hop paramour and the complications resulting from the arrival of a state inspector.

The Gingerbread Boy And Other Fables, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1978 Summer Theatre

A collection of fairy tales and fables performed by our “Strolling Players.”

Oh, Coward!, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1978 Summer Theatre

A compilation of the words and music by the master of wit, Noel Coward. An international theatrical personality for over 50 years who wrote and starred in over a score of plays and eleven musicals. Nostalgia interspersed with insight into the humorous side of life leaves an audience humming the memorable melodies and hilarious lyrics. Songs like “Mad Dogs and Englishmen,” “Mrs. Worthington,” “Someday I’ll Find You” and “The Stately Homes of England.”

The Gazebo, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1978 Summer Theatre

Broadway hit comedy-melodrama — the story revolves around a writer of TV “whodunits and whyzits” who is always looking for a “new twist,” especially from his district attorney friend. Comedy is the inevitable result when he is forced to protect his beautiful wife from a blackmailer. A gazebo suddenly gets a “new use” during installation and the “new twist” becomes very real. Guaranteed entertainment for the family.