Anzerican Classics - SUMMER THEATRE

IPFW DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE

presents

MUSIC BY HENRY KRIEGER

BOOK AND LYRICS BY TOM EYEN

Director and Choreographer LARRY L LIFE Musical Director STEPHEN W R SHEFIZ

Scenic Lighting Designer Assistant Conductor and Accompanist SEAN STEWART STEPHANIE AMBROSE

Costume Designer Associate Conductor

CRAIG A HUMPHREY JEREMY BANKSON

Properties Designer Assistant Director MARTY KERCHEVAL MARTY KERCHEVAL

Sound Designer ToMTEMPEL

WILLIAMS THEATRE

July 2002

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This play was selected for its artistic and academic value The selection and performance of the play do not constitute an endorsement by Indiana UniversityshyPurdue University Fort Wayne or Purdue University of the viewpoints conveyed by the play

Dreamgirls is produced by arrangement with and the music and dialogue material furnished by Tarns-Witmark Music Library Inc 560 Lexington Ave New York NY 10022

NOTES ON DREAMGIRLS

On the evening ofJune 6 1982 euphoria swept both the audience and the presenters at the 36th Antoinette Perry (Tony) Awards as Dreamgirls (1981) the latest in a suing ofsuccessful black musicals earned the major awards for performers in a musical This dramatization of the life of the Dreamgirls a Supremes-like singing group became both the critical and the box office hit of the season Frank Rich of the New iOrk Times who had issued few raves during his tenure declared that the first act finale (Tony Award-winner Jennifer Hollidays performance ofAnd I Am Telling You Im Not Going) made Broadway history A follow-up review almost a year later revealed that his enthusiasm was undiminished He praised the show for its daring which he found was preferable even to Charles Fullers Pulitzer Prize-winning A Soldiers Play (1981) The most resoundingly successful black musical in several seasons it seemed to herald new life for the genre as once again the black musical had begun to rework the Broadway musical in its own image Nonetheless while black musical theatre may once again suffer hard times on Broadway it may be argued that these shows may have changed the face ofAmerican musical theatre as a whole Black musical theatre initially a separate and unequal stepchild ofAmerican musical theatre has slowly been integrated into the musical comedy mainstream as it helped to Americanize and modernize the structure music and dance of musical theatre between 1898 and the 1920s and ultimately in the 1960s and 1970s bring important political issues to an art form that had hitherto been dismissed as escapist While the socially conscious black musical that existed in the 1970s may have disappeared the potential for new black contributions to the world of musical comedy remains strong Despite long droughts in the past black artists have often returned to this cultural form and in the process changed both the shape and direction of the black musical and American musical theatre as well

(from Black Musical Theatre from Coontown to Dreamgirls by Allen Woll Louisiana State University Press 1989)

ABOUT THE CAsT

Shauna Leigh Alexander (Effie) appears through the courtesy of the Actors Equity Association Alexander has a musical theatre degree from the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York Alexander performed in Hercules as Clio and in Disney Dreams as the Circle ofLife soloist both at Disney Magic Disney Cruise Line and performed the roles of Nell in Aint Misbehavinand Doris in Damn Ytlnkees at Naples Dinner Theatre in Naples Fla Her favorite role was in Yo Alice as Chub Girl at the Radio City Music Hall in New York Alexander is a self-employed performer and loves doing jingle and back-up singing in her spare time

Jane Bitting (Ensemble) received a BA in English and linguistics in May 2000 and is returning for a theatre major She is an English and drama teacher at Central Noble High School Bitting is married to Brandon Bitting

Terra Brantley (Michelle Morris) is a graduate of Ohio University with a BS in communication Her most recent roles include Ruth in A Raisin in the Sun at Civic Stella in Steal Away at the Florence Theatre in South Carolina and Cheerleader in Bones and a Dancer in Music Man both in Cleveland Ohio She was a dancer for the Florence Ballet Company as well Brantley is a news anchor for Wane-1V 15 writes for Ink Newspaper and is a radio announcer for 1067 Brantley is vice president of Fort Wayne Urban League Guild and a board member for the Civic Theatre She has two children Monty and Taylor

Kirk Brittain (Ensemble) has a BS in PRcommunications from Ball State University Brittain is the staffing and communications manager in human resources for the International Truck and Engine Corp He is originally from Indianapolis and relocated to Fort Wayne one year ago

Shannon Clark (Ensemble) attends the IPFW Department ofNursing and will be an RN in one year She has recently been seen in the past five 24 Hour Playhouses She also performed in Hair as Chrissy Gypsy as Electra and She Loves Me as Waitress and has received a Directors Award and Best Actress in a Minor Role Award Clark is married to Todd and has two children Hannah and Noah The family dog is Carol Florence

Margie Conley (Ensemble) has just finished her first year at Indiana University majoring in biology and has future plans ofa theatre major She has performed in Colored Girls at IU as Lady in Orange and in Little Shop ofHorrors as Chiffon Grease as Frenchy and Pippin as Fastrada all at Paul Harding High School Conley is a recreation leader for Jennings Recreation Center She is also a MAP scholar and president of Central Black Student Union and was Miss National Youth Conference 1999 Conley would like to thank God family and friends for all of their love and support

Benita Cooper (Ensemble) has an AS from Southwestern Christian College and is majoring in elementary education at IPFw Dreamgirls is Coopers debut

performance at IPFW She is a childcare assistant for YMCA Southeast and has two children Jiair and Admiria

Jason Ehlerding (Ensemble) is a junior and has attended Ball State University for voice IPFW for business and is currently attending Ivy Tech Ehlerding recently performed in and won an Anthony Award for his work in Proposals as Vinnie Bavasi at the Civic Theatre He is a water safety instructorlifeguard for the YMCA and a sales representative for Kayak Pools

Jane Rebekah Frazier (Ensemble) is a graduate of the IPFW Department of Theatre Some ofher favorite roles include Edith in Edith Stein Jackie in The Hot L Baltimore and the Bakers Wife in Into the WOodr Frazier was the assistant director ofCivics most recent production of The Sound ofMusic and has taught theatre all around town to all ag~ She is currently associate faculty for the theatre department director of the Community Arts Academy and assistant to the dean of Visual and Performing Arts all at IPFW Frazier is excited to be on stage with so many wonderful old friends new friends and boyfriend Billy

Brian Kelly Qames Thunder Early) has just finished his first year at IU School ofMedicine He is a full-time student and while he has the summer off he is making his stage debut at IPFW

William Michael Marshall (Ensemble) was most recently seen in Sound ofMusic as Herr Zeller at the Civic Theatre Marshall was also involved with Harding High Schools production of From Whence Wt- Came performing the roles ofSlave Driver and Abraham Lincoln Marshall is the atmospheric director at Club Soda He would like to thank Jane Rebekah Frazier for supporting his comeback to theatre

Jenn Nickell (Ensemble) is an IPFW theatre major She was most recently seen in Little Shop ofHoors as Chiffon at the Arena Dinner Theatre and On the Town as Flossie at IPFW Nickell has worked extensively backstage for the shows The Rivals and Picasso at the Lapin Agile Nickell also played the part of Sc Mary Hubert in Nuncrackers for Edwards Productions Nickell is a coffee connoisseur and surrounds herself with the irresistible aromas of a coffee house by working in one called the Firefly Coffeehouse

Sueiette Phillips (Lorell) is making her debut appearance on stage in Dreamgirls Phillips is an employee ofSalin Bank and she is bank manager

Andrew Shade (Ensemble) will be a sophomore next school year at Snider High School Shade was been a member of the ensemble in Hello Dolly at Wayne High School Ito in Mame at Memorial Park Tootles in Peter Pan at Civic Toomai in Jungle Book at the Youtheatre and his favorite role Cab Calloway in Wt- Hold on to the Dream for the Village Touring Company Shade has also worked backstage as stage manager for Charlottes Wt-b at Youtheatre and as a crew member for A Raisin in the Sun at Civic

Allen Sledge (Marty) is a senior at Wayne High School He has performed in Pippin as the Leading Player and Hello Dolly as Barnaby at Wayne High and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat as Judah and The Pajama Game as chorus at the Civic Theatre Sledge also performed in the Heather Headley Concert with the Unity Choir He is an employee of Panera Bread Co

Doffice Smothers (CC White) transferred from IU Bloomington to complete a theatre degree at IPFW His most recent roles were workman in On the Town at IPFw Stimela Sasezolla in Sarafina at IU and a pirate in The Pirates ofPenzance in Bloomington Smothers has backstage experience in Evita Fantastiks and Kiss Me Kate at the Fort Wayne Civic Theatre His favorite role was Pseudlous in A Funny Thing Happened on the Wlly to the Forum at IU

Jacob Stackhouse (assistant choreographerEnsemble) is a junior theatre major and dance minor at IPFW and was most recently seen by IPFW audiences as the Pas de Deux dancerensemble in On the Town Wilson in Harvey the Teen Chorus in Bye Bye Birdie Caliban in The Tempest Second Woodcutter in Blood Wedding and Ahner in South Pacific He is a graduate of DeKalb High School and performed in the schools productions of Crazy For lOu and Fred

Azalee LaShay Tabron (Ensemble) attends Michiana College and is majoring in medical assisting and occupational therapy Her recent acting roles include a Fairy in Shakespeares Midsummer a member of the Ensemble in Romeo andJuliet a member of the Ensemble in Annie and Rizo in Grease Tabron is an employee of Value City She lives with her mom grandmother sister and dog Sassy and would like to thank God for all of the gifts God has given her

John Williams (Curtis Taylor Jr) is originally form Muskegon Mich He is involved with Internet sales and is a business owner Dreamgirls is Williams debut at IPFW Williams Theatre John and Kimberly Williams have a lovely daughter Jordan

Janel Woodson (Ensemble) is a graduate of International Business College and has a bachelors degree in dance performance from Ball State University She recently graduated with masters in cosmetology in Esthetics Woodson would like to continue working in beauty health and entertainment and wants to one day use her skills and knowledge to own a business Woodsons favorite role was Bebe in A Chorus Line at BSU While she was there she won two awards for Dancer of the Year Woodson would like to thank family friends and her Union Baptist Church family for their support

EbonyYoung (Deanna Jones) has a bachelors degree in communications and radioTVfilm from Indiana State University She is the program director at Southeast YMCA She is also a member ofEast Chestnut Street Church of Christ a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc and an aerobics instructor She would like to send her love to husband David Young Jr children Trinity and Iman and parents Greg and Kathy

ABOUT THE ARTISTIC STAFF

Larry L Life (DirectorChoreographer) is professor and chair ofthe Department ofTheatre where he has been a member of the faculty since 1971 In 1992 he was given the Indiana Theatre Associations Outstanding Artist-Educator Award for 23 years ofservice as a directorchoreographer actor and theatre educator in Indiana Life worked professionally in New York in the 1960s appearing in the revival of Harold Romes Pim and Needles at the Round-a-Bout Theatre and off-Broadway with Fran and Barry Weisslers National Theatre Company He has appeared in the films The Detective with Frank Sinatra and Me Natalie with Patty Duke and has worked with Madeline Kahn and Roberta Flack He has been directorshychoreographer for music theatre productions at Black Hills Playhouse Louisiana State University Wabash College University of Nevada at Las Vegas Tulane University and Miami University at Oxford Ohio and has studied musical theatre with Lehman Engel at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam Conn He has studied acting with Uta Hagen and Charles Nelson Riley and dance with Matt Mattox Jaimie Rogers Charles Weidman and Robert Lunnon He is listed in Whos Who in Entertainment His productions Dames at Sea and Hair were granted the Amoco Award ofExcellence and selected for presentation at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC for the American College Theatre Festival Life has acted directed and choreographed for the Fort Wayne Civic Theatre the Fort Wayne Philharmonic the Arena Dinner Theatre and the First Presbyterian Theater He has conceived directed and choreographed nine original musical reviews for the Fort Wayne Civic Theatre Guild and one in 1994 for the Fort Wayne Bicentennial Commission

Stephen W R Sheftz (Musical Director) graduated from Allegheny College with a double major in music and drama and received a Master ofMusic in choral conducting from the University ofNorth Carolina at Greensboro in 1985 Sheftz recently finished his course work towards a Doctor ofMusical Arts at the University ofCincinnati College Conservatory ofMusic (CCM) In January 2000 Sheftz accepted his current position as director ofmusic-conductor at First Presbyterian Church Fort Wayne In January 2001 Sheftz joined the theatre faculty at IPFW where he team-teaches Musical Theatre Performance with Craig Humphrey and Larry Life Sheftz formerly was director ofmusic at Westminster Presbyterian Church Minneapolis director ofchoral activities at High Point University (NC) and chorus master for Minnesota Opera Some ofSheftzs favorite classical works conducted thus far are Bachs Magnificat Bernsteins Chichester Psalms Brittens Ceremony ofCarolsand The Company ofHeaven Durufles Faures and Mozarts Requiem Kodalys Missa Brevis Tchaikovskys Nutcracker and concertos by Bach Calvin Hampton Haydn Mozart Horatio Parker Stephen Paulus Poulenc and Rheinberger Favorite musicals conducted by Sheftz include A Chorus Line Sweeney Todd Tintypes and ~st Side Story Sheftz currently is dean of the Fort Wayne chapter of the American Guild ofOrganists (AGO)

Sean Stewart (Scenic and Lighting Designer) recently received an MFA from Tulane University in New Orleans and is now the technical director for the department Stewart has designed scenery lights and costumes for a number of productions both professional and academic He has designed scenery for such productions as The Hostage Private Eyes Rosencrantz and Guildenstem Are Dead and Pericles His lighting credits include Into the Woods Not Wllving and Picasso at the Lapin Agile Among his costume designs are the production The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and a dance performance entitled Fae Stewarts diversified experience also includes a number ofacting roles Hes performed in such plays as Julius Caesar Antony and Cleopatra The Crucible and Our Countrys Good In 1991 Stewart won the Lee Hicks award for Best Partner at the Region N Irene Ryan Acting Competition and later went on to the Kennedy Center in Washington DC to perform at the national level Stewart has lived most ofhis life in the south and is ready for the cooler dimes of Indiana

Craig A Humphrey (Costume Designer) is associate professor of costume design and director ofdesigntechnology for the IPFW Department ofTheatre He has an MFA from the University ofMassachusetts and a BEA from Indiana University ofPennsylvania He directed the IPFW productions of The Rivals Ah Wilderness Company Arcadia The Hot L Baltimore Into the WOods and The Fantasticks Arena Dinner Theatres productions ofA Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and Once upon a Mattress and the Fort Wayne Civic Theatres recent production of The Sound ofMusic His national design credits include productions in Chicago Pennsylvania Massachusetts Wisconsin and Mississippi He studied with internationally renowned costume designer Laura Crow and assisted her on several productions including the original off-Broadway production of Lanford Wilsons Burn This Locally his designs have been seen in numerous shows recently including The Color ofAugust Atlass Cigar Protest Bye Bye Birdie The Tempest Miss Julie South Pacific Arcadia You Cant Take It with You Dames at Sea As You Like It and Auntie Mame As an actor he was most recently seen as Harry McAfee in Bye Bye Birdie DePinna in lfJu Cant Take It with You as Bud Frump in How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying in the ensemble of The WOrld Goes Round and as Serebryakov in Uncle Vanya

Jeremy J Bankson (Associate Conductor) is the associate director of music at Trinity English Lutheran Church where he directs the Junior Choir and Handbell Choir administers the K-6 Childrens Enrichment Program and serves as one of two parish organists Bankson also assists in directing the Chancel and Youth Choir In addition to his duties at Trinity he teaches privately and is an associate faculty member at IPFW Bankson is active as a composer and arranger and is published with Morningstar Music Publishers and Augsburg Fortress Press Before moving to Fort Wayne he was the director of music and organist at St John Lutheran Church in Beatrice Neb In addition to his work at the church he taught piano and organ privately as well as being a part-time keyboard instructor at Concordia University in Seward Neb He received a Bachelor of Music from the

University of Nebraska-Lincoln where he studied with Quentin Faulkner and George Ritchie Bankson serves as a member of the executive committee of the Fort Wayne Chapter of the American Guild of Organists and is a member of the Association ofLutheran Church Musicians Royal School ofChurch Music and American Choral Directors Association Most recently Bankson was the associate conductor for IPFWs production of On the Town

Christine Feay (Stage Manager) is a junior theatre major and was most recently seen as an ensemble member in On the Town as Betty Chumley in Harvey as Lucy in The Rivals in the Adult Chorus in Bye Bye Birdie as Alex in On the Vnxe and in Blood Wedding She has performed in past IPFW productions in Lou Ann Hampton Laverty Oberlander Wlice ofthe Prairie and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Feay has also performed in the past three 24 Hour Playhouses

Stefanie Ambrose (Assistant ConductorAccompanist) is a junior theatre major dance minor and Spanish minor at IPFW with an emphasis on musical direction She was the associate musical director for IPFWs On the Town and the rehearsal and performance accompanist for last summers IPFW production of Bye Bye Birdie Ambrose is also the rehearsal and performance pianist for the musical theatre performance and dance classes in the IPFW Department ofTheatre In addition to her work at IPFW she has helped with pre-production for Sound of Music at the Civic Theatre and WOrking at Harding High School Ambrose also works at Trinity Evangelical Presbyterian Church and gives piano lessons

Marty Kercheval (Properties DesignerStage Manager) is recently retired and now the properties designer for the IPFW Department ofTheatre She graduated from Purdue University in 1996 with a degree in organizational leadership and supervision Most recently she was stage manager for IPFWs On the Town and Bye Bye Birdie Past production experience with IPFW includes stage managing The Tempest Company Edith Stein Auntie Mame Into the WOods and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

IPFW Department ofTheatre gratefully acknowledges the special contributions of the

IPFW Students Government Association which ensures our ability to provide quality theatrical experiences The association makes it possible for us to encourage the cultivation of awareness imagination wisdom and delight IPFW Department ofTheatre

acknowledges the continued generosity and support of this IPFW organization

CAsT (In Order ofAppearance)

Marty Allen Sledge

CC White Doffice Smothers

Curtis Taylor Jr John Williams

Jimmy Early Brian Kelly

Lorrell Robinson Suezette R Phillips

Deena Jones Ebony R Young

Michelle Morris Terra Brantley

Effie Melody White Shauna Leigh Alexander

Ensemble William Marshall Kirk Brittain Jake Stackhouse

Margie Conely Benita Cooper LaShayTabron

Shannon Clark Janel P Woodson Andrew Shade

Jason Ehlerding Jane Rebekah Frazier Jenn Nickell

ORCHESTRA

Musical DirectorConductor Stephen WR Sheftz

Associate Conductor Jeremy Bankson

Bass Tommy Meyers

Drums Dave Lemish

Flute Nancy Drew

Oboe Tony Kamnikar

Percussion Tom Harvey

Piano Stephanie Ambrose

Saxophone Jim Ator Sue Devito Ed Renz

Synthesizer Irene Ator

Trumpet Jeff Conrad Brian Osbourne

Bob White Matt Murdoch

Trombone Rich Begel Loy Hetrick

Jared Rodin

TIME 1959-1979

There wiU be one 15-minute intermission

Acri Scene 1 The Apollo Theatre

1 Im Looking For Something Baby Stepp Sisters Charlene Joann Marty Curtis Little Albert amp The Tru-Tones

CC Effie Deena Lorrell 2 1iny Joe Dixon liny Joe Dixon 3 MoveEffie Deena Lorrell 3A Transition to Fake Your Way Ensemble 4 Fake Your Way to the Top Jimmy Effie Deena Lorrell 5 Cadillac Aria Curtis CC Jimmy Marty amp The Band 6 On the Road - Cadillac Car CC Jimmy Marty Effie

Deena Lorrell Ensemble

Scene 2 On the Road - Limbo three months later 7 Movin OutRecording Studio Jimmy Effie Deena Lorrell Ensemble

Scene 3 Recording Studio 8 Cadillac Car a la Pat Boone Dave amp Sweethearts Offstage Voices

Scene 4 Limbo 9 Steppin to the Bad Side Curtis CC Jimmy Wayne

Effie Deena Lorrell Ensemble

Scene 5 Limbo into Hotel Banquet Room 10 Party Party Curtis CC Jimmy Effie Lorrell Ensemble 11 Baby - Baby Jimmy Effie Deena Lorrell Ensemble

Scene 6 Miami Beach

Scene 7 A Dressing Room at the Atlantic Hotel 12 FamilyJimmy CC Curtis Effie Deena Lorrell 12A Showbiz Transition Ensemble

Scene 8 Cleveland 13 Dreamgirls Deena Effie Lorrell 13A Reporters Deena Effie Lorrell Ensemble

Scene 9 A TV Studio 14 Heavy Curtis Deena Effie Lorrell

Scene 10 San Francisco

Scene 11 Las Vegas Dressing Room 15 Walking Down the Street Jimmy 16 Its All Over Curtis CC Jimmy Effie

Deena Lorrell Michelle 17 Im Telling You Im Not Going Effie Deena Lorrell

Michelle Ensemble

Scene 12 Las Vegas Performance

Acrll Scene 1 The Las Vegas Hilton Hotel

18 Opening Act TwoJimmy Deena Lorrell Michelle Curtis Ensemble

Scene Change Orchestra

Scene 2 A Chicago Nightclub 19 I Am Changing Effie 19A I Am Changing Vogue Curtis CC Effie Deena

Lorrell Michelle Ensemble

Scene 3 A vogue Magazine Photo Call 19AA Vogue Transition to Dream Orchestra 19B You Are My Dream Curtis Deena

Scene 4 The National Democratic Fund Raiser 20 Aint No Party Jimmy Lorrell Tuxedos 21 I Meant You No Harm - Quintet Jimmy CC Deena

Lorrell Michelle 22 Rap Jimmy Frank Curtis Lorrell Ensemble

Scene 5 A Chicago Recording Studio 23 I Miss You Old Friend Marty CC Effie Les Styles 24 One Night Only Effie Ensemble

Scene 6 Los Angeles 24A One Night Only-Disco Curtis Deena Lorrell

Michelle Ensemble

Scene 7 Chicago 25 Chicago CC Marty Mr Morgan Curtis

Effie Deena Lorrell Michelle

Scene 8 New York 26 Hard to Say Goodbye Curtis Deena Lorrell Michelle Effie

Curtain 26A Dreamgirl Bows 27 Bows Exit Music)

PRODUCTION CREDITS

Almsnc STAFF

DirectorChoreographer Larry L Life

Musical Director Stephen W R Sheftz

ScenicLighting Designer Sean M Stewart

Costume Designer CraigA Humphrey

Assistant Conductor Jeremy Bankson

Assistant Conductor and Accompanist Stephanie Ambrose

Properties Designer Marty Kercheval

Sound Designer Tom Tempel

Assistant Choreographer Jake Stackhouse

PRODUCTION STAFF Technical Director Sean M Stewart

Costume Shop Supervisor Orene Colcord

Stage Manager Marty Kercheval

Assistant Stage ManagerDeck Manager Bill Kercheval

Assistant Stage Manager Chris Feay Jane Bitting

Dance Captain Janel P Woodson

Properties Master Marty Kercheval

Technical Assistant Bill Kercheval

Wardrobe Supervisor Kendra Clauser

Hair and Make-up Ona Isreal

Light Board Operator Chris Feay

House Manager Tracy Gill

Box Office Manager Tracy Gill

Box Office Staff Reuben Albaugh Barb Hamrick

Kasey Foster Brian James Porter

Production Photos Learning Resource Center

DEPARTMENf OF THEATRE FACULTY AND STAFF

ChairArtistic Director Iarry L Life Secretary Nancy Blasch Associate Professor-Costume Design Director of Design Technology Craig A Humphrey Associate Professor-Design and History Steven T Sarratore Assistant Professor-ScenidLighting Design D Brett Harwood Assistant Professor-Acting Directing and Voice Jane Purse-Wiedenhoeft Associate Faculty-History Orene Colcord Associate Faculty-Dance Brittney Coughlin Associate Faculty-Dance Gary 1anier Associate Faculty-Musical Theatre Stephen Shefrz Associate Faculty-Performance Jane Frazier Technical Director Sean M Stewart

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INK Inc Adams Floral The IPFW Learning Resource Center First Presbyterian Church IPSGA Dan Ross Frost Illustrated Somewear on Main Bill Carlton of The News-Sentinel Shoe of a Different Color Stephanie Scarlett of TheJournal Gazette

IPFW Department of Theatre New York Theatre Trip

March 12-161 2003

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This production is entered in the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF)The aims of this national theater education program are to identify and promote quality in college-level theater production To this end each production entered is eligible for a response by a regional KCACTF representative and certain students are selected to participate in KCACTF programs involving awards scholarships and special grants for actors playshywrights designers and critics at both the regional and national levels

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Last year more than 1200 productions and 198000 students participated in the American College Theater Festival nationwide By entering this producshytion our department is sharing in the KCACTF goals to help college theater grow and to focus attention on the exemplary work produced in college and university theaters across the nation

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The IPFW Department ofTheatre presents

By W-illiam Shakespeare Directed by Jane Purse-Wiedenhoeft

As the last of Shakespeares four great tragedies Macbeth reveals a world ofbloody deeds Darkness and supernatural

forces loom over a heros triumphant return from war Witches conspire to wreak vengeance against the

unsuspecting Macbeth Human reason is weak and the lust for ambition and power becomes an all-consuming sickness for this would-be king and his scheming wife

Evil begets evil murder begets murder and war begets war Ultimately the dark side of human nature

prevails and madness leads to chaos and ruin

Oct 11 12 17 18 19 at 8 pm Oct 13 20 at 230 pm

High School Matinees Oct 16 17 at 1030 am W-illiams Theatre

IPFW Department ofTheatre 2002-2003

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Macbeth Oct 11 12 13 17 18 19 20 She Loves Me Dec 6 7 8 12 13 14 15

The Mai Feb 21 22 27 28 March 1 The Heiress April 25 26 27 May 1 2 3 4

Wheres Charley July 11 12 13 17 18 19 20

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The IPFW Department ofTheatre proudly presents the 2002-03 Season

Macbeth By William Shakespeare Directed byJane Purse-Wiedenhoeft

As the last ofShakespeares four great tragedies Macbeth reveals a world of bloody deeds Darkness and supernatural forces loom over a heros triumphant return from war Witches conspire to wreak vengeance against the unsuspecting Macbeth Human reason is weak and the lust for ambition and power becomes an all-consuming sickness for this would-be king and his scheming wife Evil begets evil murder begets murder and war begets war Ultimately the dark side ofhuman nature prevails and madness leads to chaos and ruin

Oct 11 12 17 18 19 at 8 pm Oct 13 20 at 230 pm High School Matinees Oct 16 17

at 1030 am Williams Theatre

Family Holiday Musical

She Loves Me Book byJoe Masteroff Lyrics by Shddon Hamick Music byJerry Bock Directed by Craig A Humphrey

This romantic musical romp through the seasons of love was the basis for the films The Little Shop Around the Corner and In the Good Old Summertime starring Judy Garland

Two coworkers at the same shop are involved in secret romances with each of them writing secret letters to a Dear Friend The seasons change along with their romantic prospects both in person and by post Beautiful holidays are in store when everyones heanfelt desire is finally revealed

Dec 6 7 12 13 14 at 8 pm Dec 8 15 at 230 pm Williams Theatre

The Mai By Marina Carr Directed byJane Pnrse-Wiedenhoeft

A hauntingly beautiful and disturbing story The Mai is told from the perspective ofa young woman desperately struggling to free herself from her dysfunctional familys past A mix oftragedy and comedy The Mai explores the destructive forces at work in a matriarchal Irish family that approaches life with a fiery passion but seem always to falter in relationships with men Carr who is winner of top honors at the 1994 Dublin Theatre Festival for The Mai is considered Irelands leading contemporary female playwright and has been compared to such writers as Tennessee Williams and Eugene ONeill

Feb 21 22 27 28 March 1 at 8 pm Williams Theatre

The Heiress By Ruth and Augustus Goetz Based on the novel Washington Square by Henry James Directed by Larry L Life

Set in fashionable 1850s New York The Heiress is a classic love story with a twisting plot dangerous emotions and subtle complex characters At 22 Catherine Sloper is neither clever or beautiful but to her delight finds herself courted by the handsome and charming Morris Townsend Is it her good and gentle heart that he desires or her inheritance For her futher Dr Sloper keeping his daughter away from her lover is a duty a challenge and an entertainment

April 25 26 May 1 2 3 at 8 pm April 27 May 4 at 230 pm High School Matinee May 1 at

1030 am Williams Theatre

American Classics Summer Theatre

Wheres Charley Book by George Abbott Music and Lyrics by Frank Loesser Directed and Choreographed

by Larry L Life

Ray Bolger became an enduring star

after playing the lead in Where$ Charley a musical comedy oferrors based on the beloved comedy Charleys Aunt At the turn ofthe century the only way two decent young ladies - like Kitty and Amy- would stay in the company of two young men - like Jack and

Charley- for the weekend would be with a chaperone - like Charleys aunt But what ifCharleys aunt never arrived and the boys were desperate to keep the young ladies around When Charlie is mistaken to be his Aunt Donna Lucia while rehearsing for his graduation play in costume Whms Charley takes the audience on one musical fast-change after another

July 11 12 17 18 19 at 8 pm July 13 20 at 230 pm Williams Theatre

Studio Showcase 2002-03 A new arul excitingaddition to our season

The IPFW Department ofTheatre will feature a number ofperformances throughout the season that will afford student and faculty theatre artists the opportunity to realize minimalistic productions oforiginal works and ideas that will be developed through production process Selection ofpieces will be based upon a careful assessment ofindividual needs and potential and assurances that all involved will have ample opportunity for growth and development Plans are underway for presentation offive to six pieces to be presented in the Studio Theatre during the 2002-03 season ranging in genre from dance to drama Season Flex-Pass holders will be admitted free ofcharge to any ofthe presentations in the Studio Showcase

Sign language interpreter services will be offered during all Thursday night performances ofallproductions in Williams Theatre during the IPFW Theatre 2002-03 season