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The Girlhood of Shakespeare's Heroines

Directed by Stacey Parker Joyce

Balcony Theatre
October 2-3, 6-10, 13-14, 2008 at 7:30 PM; October 5 & 12, 2008, at 2:30 PM
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The Girlhood of Shakespeare's Heroines, by Don Nigro, consists of five monologues uniting to create one interconnected piece, much as Shakespeare's five acts create one play. In these monologues, Nigro allows the young women, characters from Shakespeare's plays or significantly influenced by those same characters, to discuss as never before their views on love, life, sex and theatre. Each eloquent speech illuminates the others while remaining distinctly its own. The ideas flow forth with a sense of urgency, eliminating preconceptions and pleading to be heard; as Don Nigro says, "The greatest act of love is to pay attention."

 

How to Succeed In Business Without Really Trying

Directed by Michael Casey

Coger Theatre
October 29-31, November 1, 2008 at 7:30 PM & November 2, 2008, at 2:30 PM
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Power, sex, ambition, greed... it's just another day at the office. From the authors of Guys And Dolls comes one of the most delightfully irreverent musicals of all time. A satire of big business and all it holds sacred, How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying follows the rise of J. Pierrepont Finch, who uses a little handbook called How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying to climb the corporate ladder from lowly window washer to high-powered executive, tackling such familiar but potent dangers as the aggressively compliant "company man," the boss' whiny, nepotistic nephew, the office party, backstabbing co-workers, caffeine addiction and, of course, true love. Guaranteed to appeal to anyone who has ever worked in an office, the show boasts a show-stealing star role in its antihero, quirky, memorable secondary characters, a catchy, witty score that's bright, brassy and easy to learn and sing, and a wicked sense of humor that's as biting, unforgiving and on-target today as ever.



 

Twelve Angry Jurors

Directed by Carol J Maples

Coger Theatre
December 4-6, 2008, at 7:30 PM & December 7, 2008, at 2:30 PM
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A 19-year-old man has just stood trial for the fatal stabbing of his father. "He doesn't stand a chance," mutters the guard as the 12 jurors is taken into the bleak jury room. It looks like an open-and-shut case—until one of the jurors begins opening the others' eyes to the facts. "This is a remarkable thing about democracy," says the foreign-born juror, "that we are notified by mail to come down to this place—and decide on the guilt or innocence of a man; of a man we have not known before. We have nothing to gain or lose by our verdict. We should not make it a personal thing." But personal it does become, with each juror revealing his or her own character as the various testimonies are re-examined and the murder is re-enacted. In this search for Justice, tempers grow short, arguments grow heated, and the jurors become Twelve Angry Jurors.



 



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