Eurydice
by Sarah Ruhl
directed by Dennis Delaney
October 12-15 & 19-22, 2011
8:00pm
The brilliant musician Orpheus descends into the Underworld to retrieve his bride, Eurydice, in Sarah Ruhl’s strikingly theatrical and thoroughly contemporary retelling of this classic tale of love and loss.
The Elizabeth Evans Baker Theater, Kantner Hall
Diana of Dobson's
by Cicely Hamilton
directed by Jocelyn Wiebe MFA 2012
November 2-5 & 9-12, 2011
8:00pm
When Diana receives a small inheritance, she leaps at the opportunity to escape her dreary life—but has she found the true path to happiness? Cicely Hamilton’s romantic comedy of manners is a lost gem from Edwardian England now finding new life on the contemporary stage.
The Forum Theater, RTV Building
The Idiot
By Fyodor Dostoyevsky
adaptation by David Fishelson
directed by Jamie Lish MFA 2012
February 15-18 & 22-25, 2012
8:00pm
In this highly theatrical adaptation of Dostoyevsky’s classic novel, nineteenth century Russia meets twenty-first century America as a naïve prince struggles to find his way through a world torn between love and power, between virtue and corruption.
The Forum Theater, RTV Building
SPRING
Vampire Cowboys Project
May 9-12 & 16-19, 2012
8:00pm
Founded by alumni Qui Nguyen and Robert Ross Parker of the Ohio University School of Theater, Vampire Cowboys Theater Company creates wildly innovative performances filled with stage combat and influenced by comic books and action films—making them one of the hottest theater companies in New York. Nguyen and Parker return to create a new production for the School of Theater.
The Forum Theater, RTV Building
by Sarah Ruhl
directed by Dennis Delaney
October 12-15 & 19-22, 2011
8:00pm
The brilliant musician Orpheus descends into the Underworld to retrieve his bride, Eurydice, in Sarah Ruhl’s strikingly theatrical and thoroughly contemporary retelling of this classic tale of love and loss.
The Elizabeth Evans Baker Theater, Kantner Hall
Diana of Dobson's
by Cicely Hamilton
directed by Jocelyn Wiebe MFA 2012
November 2-5 & 9-12, 2011
8:00pm
When Diana receives a small inheritance, she leaps at the opportunity to escape her dreary life—but has she found the true path to happiness? Cicely Hamilton’s romantic comedy of manners is a lost gem from Edwardian England now finding new life on the contemporary stage.
The Forum Theater, RTV Building
The Idiot
By Fyodor Dostoyevsky
adaptation by David Fishelson
directed by Jamie Lish MFA 2012
February 15-18 & 22-25, 2012
8:00pm
In this highly theatrical adaptation of Dostoyevsky’s classic novel, nineteenth century Russia meets twenty-first century America as a naïve prince struggles to find his way through a world torn between love and power, between virtue and corruption.
The Forum Theater, RTV Building
SPRING
Vampire Cowboys Project
May 9-12 & 16-19, 2012
8:00pm
Founded by alumni Qui Nguyen and Robert Ross Parker of the Ohio University School of Theater, Vampire Cowboys Theater Company creates wildly innovative performances filled with stage combat and influenced by comic books and action films—making them one of the hottest theater companies in New York. Nguyen and Parker return to create a new production for the School of Theater.
The Forum Theater, RTV Building
Seabury Quinn, Jr. Playwrights Festival
Performance Dates:
Featured Plays May 23-May 26, 2012
Daytime readings May 30- June 2, 2012
Virginia Hahne Theater & Forum Theater
Evening performances begin at 8:00pm
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