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Theatre Department Open House Flyer, University Of Southern Maine Department Of Theatre

Posters 2004-2005 Season

Dimensions: 8" x 13"

The Laramie Project Poster, University Of Southern Maine Department Of Theatre

Posters 2004-2005 Season

By Moises Kaufman

Directed by Wil Kilroy

Dimensions: 8.5" x 11"

Also included: 5.5" x 8.5" postcard

The Cutting Edge, July/August 2004, Vol. 14 Issue 4, The Society Of American Fight Directors

The Cutting Edge

No abstract provided.

Black Comedy, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

2004 Summer Theatre

Struggling sculptor Brindsley Miller and his fiance, Carol, are having a party with the aim of impressing Carol's bombastic father, Colonel Melkett, and millionaire Georg Bamberger. They hope the two men might purchase some of Brindsley's sculptures. Without permission, they have borrowed the furniture and effects of their fussy neighbor, Harold, to make their own flat more presentable. Just before the guests arrive, the main fuse blows, plunging the flat into darkness. What follows is a frantic romp with unexpected visitors, mistaken identities, and surprises lurking in every dark corner! Only we, the audience, can see the action that ensues …

Forever Plaid, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

2004 Summer Theatre

High school pals Sparky, Jinx, Smudge, and Francis -- the “Plaids” -- are talented “guy group” -- just four nice young men who love singing harmony. They practice in the basement of Smudge’s family’s plumbing supply company, play proms and department stores, and dream about success. When the Plaids are killed in a car accident on the way to their first big gig -- at the Airport Hilton Cocktail Bar, on February 9, 1964 -- the young men linger in limbo, as unresolved as their final chord, until the conjunction of various “astro-technical” phenomena allows them to return to Earth, …

The Fight Master, Spring/Summer 2004, Vol. 27 Issue 1, The Society Of American Fight Directors

Fight Master Magazine

No abstract provided.

Anton In Show Business, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

2004 Summer Theatre

This madcap comedy follows three actresses across the footlights, down the rabbit hole, and into a strangely familiar Wonderland that looks a lot like American theatre – the resemblance is uncanny! As these women pursue their dream of performing Chekhov in Texas, they’re whisked through a maelstrom of “good ideas” that offer unique solutions to the Three Sisters’ need to have life’s deeper purpose revealed. In the tradition of great backstage comedies, Anton in Show Business conveys the joys, pains, and absurdities of “putting on a play” at the turn of the century.

https://www.samuelfrench.com/p/2932/anton-in-show-business

June 2004 - Volume Iii, Number 2, Theatre Arts Department

Sides (Newsletter)

SIDES Volume III Number 2 includes a welcome to new faculty Chris Mitchell and a "Where Are They Now?" section.

The Cutting Edge, May/June 2004, Vol. 14 Issue 3, The Society Of American Fight Directors

The Cutting Edge

No abstract provided.

The Music Man, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

2003-2004 Season

When Harold Hill, a traveling con man, arrives in River City, he convinces the locals to start a band by purchasing the uniforms and instruments from him. His intention is to flee as soon as he receives the money. Librarian Marian Paroo suspects Harold is a fraud, but holds her tongue since her moody brother, Winthrop, is excited about the band. As Harold begins to develop feelings for Marian, he faces a difficult decision about skipping town.

Medea, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

2003-2004 Season

Medea is an ancient Greek tragedy written by Euripides, based upon the myth of Jason and Medea and first produced in 431 BC. The plot centers on the actions of Medea, a former princess of the "barbarian" kingdom of Colchis, and the wife of Jason.

Company Program, University Of Southern Maine Department Of Theatre

Programs 2003-2004 Season

Music/Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, Book by George Furth

Directed by Wil Kilroy

Musical Direction by Ed Reichert

Choreography by Raymond Marc Dumont

This production was a Participating entry in the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KC/ACTF).

The Cutting Edge, March/April 2004, Vol. 14 Issue 2, The Society Of American Fight Directors

The Cutting Edge

No abstract provided.

Dance Usm! Program [2004], University Of Southern Maine Department Of Theatre

Programs 2003-2004 Season

Directed by Maria Tzianabos

Dance Concert 2004: Broadway Babies, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

2003-2004 Season

No abstract provided.

End Of The World, Missouri Program, University Of Southern Maine Department Of Theatre

Programs 2003-2004 Season

by Chris Gyngell

Director Lindsey Higgins

The Glass Menagerie Program [2004], University Of Southern Maine Department Of Theatre

Programs 2003-2004 Season

by Tennessee Williams

A staged reading directed by William Steele & Thomas Power

The Cutting Edge, January/February 2004, Vol. 14 Issue 1, The Society Of American Fight Directors

The Cutting Edge

No abstract provided.

A View From The Bridge, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

2003-2004 Season

A View from the Bridge tells the story of Eddie Carbone, a Brooklyn longshoreman, whose incestuous love for his niece drives him to his own destruction. Playwright Arthur Miller first heard the story while doing research in Red Hook, Brooklyn for a totally different project. https://www.shmoop.com/view-from-the-bridge/

Moulinet: An Action Quarterly, Volume 5, Issue 2, Moulinet Staff

Moulinet: An Action Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Moulinet: An Action Quarterly, Volume 5, Issue 1, Moulinet Staff

Moulinet: An Action Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Moulinet: An Action Quarterly, Volume 5, Issue 3, Moulinet Staff

Moulinet: An Action Quarterly

No abstract provided.

The Fight Master, Fall/Winter 2004, Vol. 27 Issue 2, The Society Of American Fight Directors

Fight Master Magazine

No abstract provided.

Rules, Regulations, And The Reich: Comedy Under The Auspices Of The Propaganda Ministry, William Grange

Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film: Faculty Publications and Creative Activity

When the National Socialist regime assumed power in Germany on January 30, 1933, it set about immediately to formulate regulations, edicts, and policies for a "renewal" of the German theatre. Adolf Hitler had an interest of long standing in the theatre, and Nazi strategies for controlling, supporting, and re-generating the theatre went into effect over a period of about eighteen months. On September 22, 1933 Hitler's cabinet passed the Reich Cultural Chamber Law (Reichskulturkammergesetz), giving Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels charge of an organization the new Law created, the Reich Cultural Chamber. The legislation stipulated seven individual chambers subsumed …

"Oskar Blumenthal And The Lessing Theater In Berlin, 1888-1904", William Grange Prof. Dr.

Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film: Faculty Publications and Creative Activity

Oskar Blumenthal (1852-1917) was Berlin’s most feared theatre critic in the early years of the new German Reich. He had the audacity of referring to Goethe as “an egghead” who had no understanding of what made plays effective for audiences, and in other critiques he ridiculed Kleist, Hebbel, and other “important” playwrights—prompting an adversary publicly to call him a “one-man lynch mob.” In the 1880s Blumenthal himself began writing plays, and he was so successful that many self-appointed cultural guardians accused him of damaging the German theatre beyond repair. His became the most frequently performed plays on any German stage …

Two Original One Act Plays: Ghosting & Goin' To Graceland Program, University Of Southern Maine Department Of Theatre

Programs 2003-2004 Season

By Michael Thomas Toth

By M. Calien Lewis

Directed by William Steele & Thomas Power

This production was a Participating entry in the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KC/ACTF).

December 2003 - Volume Iii, Number 1, Theatre Arts Department

Sides (Newsletter)

SIDES Volume III Number 1 includes an article about Jean Wolski being appointed Faculty Laureate and a piece about funding for the Doudna Fine Arts Center project.

The Cutting Edge, November/December 2003, Vol. 13 Issue 6, The Society Of American Fight Directors

The Cutting Edge

No abstract provided.

School House Rock Live!, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

2003-2004 Season

No abstract provided.

And Then They Came For Me: Remembering The World Of Anne Frank

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Fall 2002 performance of And Then They Came For Me: Remembering the World of Anne Frank by James Still.