Middlebury College’s
Department of Theatre and Dance presents
2009 FALL THEATRE CALENDAR
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CLASSICAL THEATRE OF HARLEM: WAITING FOR GODOT
The Classical Theatre of Harlem reinvents Samuel Beckett’s seminal work with an imaginative production set in a post-Hurricane-Katrina landscape. After a highly acclaimed 2006 run in New York City, the production travelled to New Orleans’ Ninth Ward for a series of free outdoor performances that spurred nationwide dialogue on race, class, and the agony of waiting. Directed by Christopher McElroen.
Sponsored by the Middlebury College Performing Arts Series, the Department of Theatre and Dance, and the Office for Institutional Planning and Diversity.
September 22 & 23 7:30pm Wright Theatre
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14th Annual First Years production:
Tales of Love, Loss and Laughter: A Relationship Study
Directed by Ami Formica ’03
Tales of Love, Loss and Laughter: A Relationship Study is an evening of contemporary scenes about that good old thing called Love. From the beginning flirtations of complete strangers to the well-worn battles of familiar partners, the scenes present a variety of situations and characters for whom relationships don’t come easy. But the people you’ll meet, like most of us, keep on trying. And they just might have us laughing a little along the way.
October 15 at 8pm, 16 at 8pm & 10:30pm, 17 at 8pm Hepburn Zoo Theatre
Behind the Scenes Lunch and Discussion: Road
Director Richard Romagnoli and members of the Road company give some history, some process and some experience about the making of ROAD. Free to College ID card holders; community donations accepted.
November 10 12:30pm Seeler Studio Theatre
ROAD by Jim Cartwright Directed by Richard Romagnoli Playwright Jim Cartwright takes us on a tour of an English town on a Saturday night, where unemployment is the 9-to-5 job, and fun is a memory lost in a haze of alcohol. The story is riotously funny and determinedly grim and unsentimental. As America creeps deeper into poverty and dreams become nightmares, Road is uncomfortably relevant for America’s youth.
November 12 & 13 at 8pm, 14 at 2pm & 8pm Seeler Studio Theatre
9 PARTS DESIRE by Heather Raffo Senior work of Lili Weckler (acting)
9 Parts of Desire is a one-woman show based upon the experiences of the play’s American-born, half-Iraqi author Heather Raffo, who traveled to Iraq in 1993 to live, eat and talk with women from many different places in Iraqi society. The coming performance of 9 Parts of Desire differs from Raffo’s -- its cast is an American actress whose identity does not include an Iraqi family or memories of sitting in a room with a Bedoin woman as she discloses her secret love affair. This version of the play is about memories that we as Americans do not have.
November 12 at 8pm, November 13 at 8pm & 11pm, November 14 at 8pm Hepburn Zoo Theatre
NINETEEN HUNDRED Adapted by Nerina Cocchi Senior work of Nerina Cocchi (directing) and Intermediate Independent work of Heather Pynne (light design)
Adapted from Alessandro Baricco’s monologue into a five-actor play, Novecento tells the amazing story of Danny Boodman T.D. Lemon Novecento. A genius jazz pianist born in 1900 aboard the oceanliner Virginian, Novecento spends his entire life onboard, until one day… The performance will swirl you through movement and live jazz piano into the Virginian’s magical world of Music, Ocean and desires, and transport you to a suspended universe, where the spirit of childhood will reign over everything else.
November 18 - 21 at 8pm Wright Theatre Stage FREE
DESDEMONA: A Play About A Handkerchief by Paula Vogel Senior work of Claire Graves (acting) and Emily Kron (acting)Written in 1979 by the critically acclaimed playwright Paula Vogel, this play follows the central and re-imagined female characters of Shakespeare's Othello, creating a feminized universe largely unseen in the master text. Vogel’s uproariously ironic spin on this infamous work features the back-story account of the days leading up to Desdemona’s death by exploring the dynamic of three women, each distinct in their social class, yet prisoners of their collective womanhood.
November 20 at 8pm, November 21 at 8pm & 10:30pm, November 22 at 8pm Hepburn Zoo Theatre
MIKEY Senior work of Mike Tierney (acting)
Come step back in time for this unique theatrical event. You'll be sure to leave with at least a few tomatoes under your arms.
December 3 at 8pm, December 4 at 8pm & 11pm, December 5 at 8pm Hepburn Zoo Theatre FREE
H Senior work of Jimmy Wong (acting)
Come enjoy a night of uproarious laughter, magic, swashbuckling and more in this wonderful two act play! Directed by Ross Bell, featuring Christo Grabowski, Cecily Glouchevitch, Ben Orbison, Michaela Lieberman, and Lilli Stein.
December 3 at 8pm, December 4 at 8pm & 11pm, December 5 at 8pm Hepburn Zoo Theatre FREE
Ticket Information:
Central Campus Box Office Hours:
Monday-Thursday 10am-4pm & 7pm-10pm
Friday 10am-4pm
Mahaney Center for the Arts Box Office Hours:
Monday through Friday, 10am – 4pm
802-443-MIDD (6433) http://go.middlebury.edu/tickets
Box office opens one hour prior to curtain at the respective theatre.
Tickets are valid until curtain time only.