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 Ohio University Theater's 2001-2002 Season

Welcome to Ohio University Theater!

Director Paul C. Costagno declared that this year the School of Theater will be Incognito. Each of the season's plays will feature mistaken or concealed identity, making for a spectacular spectacle of mystery and mayhem.

The 2001-2002 mainstage season includes six plays beautifully produced in three theaters on College Street, a dynamic season of Lab productions, the Seabury Quinn Jr., Playwrights' Festival and weekly Lunchbag seminar.

For a season subscription or ticket reservations, contact the box office at 740-593-4800 or 740-593-9355 Monday through Friday between the hours of noon and 4 p.m. On performance days, the ticket office in the specified performance theater is open for an hour before curtain time. Subscriptions are $42 for adults; $32 for senior citizens or students. Individual tickets are $9 for adults; $7 for senior citizens or students, and $8/$6 for previews. Call the box office for group rates.

Upcoming Performances:

Spring Quarter

 

Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet): May 1 thru 4 and 8 thru 11 at 8 p.m.; May 11 at 2 p.m. -- Elizabeth Evans Baker Theater

In this exuberant comic "take" on Othello and Romeo & Juliet, Constance Ledbelly, a drab and dusty academic, deciphers a cryptic manuscript she believes to be the original source for the tragedies, and is transported into the plays. With an abundance of twists, fights, dances, seductions and wild surprises, this play is an absolute joy of theatricality.

Written by Ann-Marie McDonald. Directed Jennifer Vellenga, MFA (2002).

Circus Beckett: May 15 thru 18 and 22 thru 25 at 8 p.m.; May 25 at 2 p.m. -- Forum Theater

Step right up! Step right up! All the razzmatazz of the circus meets one of the greatest playwrights of the 20th century. Samuel Beckett doesn't always have to be dark and heavy. Experience the lighter side of Beckett, the great lover of gags, cross-talk, comic business, Chaplin, Laurel and Hardy, and Buster Keaton. Here in glorious color is an evening of his short masterpieces including Play, Footfalls, Come & Go, Act Without Words, Rockaby and more.

Written by Samuel Beckett. Directed by Andrew Manley.

Special Events:

Laboratory Series

The school sponsors more than 30 productions other than the mainstage plays each year. Information about these events will be in the mainstage program inserts. The emphasis in lab work is on process, experimentation, and risk, with work by graduate and undergraduate students, faculty and guest artists. Call Cue Line at 740-593-4812 for more information.

Lunchbag Seminar Series: Fridays from noon to 1 p.m.

The School of Theater continues this lunch time event every Friday in the Baker or Forum Theater. The series includes guest speakers, a showcase of works in progress and forums about current issues. Bring lunch and a friend.

Seabury Quinn, Jr., Playwrights' Festival: May

The Seabury Quinn Jr., Playwrights' Festival celebrates the work of student playwrights. In an intense three days, work in progress by student playwrights and directed by student directors are evaluated by guest artists. Former artists include Ed Bullins, Sherry Kramer, Todd London, Ellen McLaughlin, Milan Stitt and Seabury Quinn, Jr.

Handicapped access to the Baker Theater and the Virginia Hahne Theater is through the alley between Kantner Hall and the RTVC Building and then by elevator to the first floor. Access to the Forum Theater is by the wheelchair ramp at the right front corner of the RTVC Building and then by elevator to the basement of the building. Please inform the ticket office at 740-593-4800, the School of Theater office at 740-593-9355, or the publicity office at 740-593-4811 if you will require any assistance.

All programs and dates of programs are subject to change.

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