Past Seasons 2008-2009 2001-2002 2007-2008 2000-2001 2006-2007 1999-2000 2005-2006 1998-1999 2004-2005 11997-1998 2003-2004 996-1997 2002-2003 1995-1996 2008 - 2009 Season The Instant Play Festival! September 27-28 Alexander Stage   Seven instant plays each evening. After three weeks of workshops with professional playwrights Kristen Kosmas, Nick Zagone, and Kia Corthron, students will receive a theme in the evening and write a play for rehearsal the following afternoon and performance that night.   Our Town by Thornton Wilder October 23-26 Alexander Stage   A requiem for an America that may never have existed, this stage treasure attempts, in the words of the playwright, "to find a value above all price for the smallest events in our daily life."   Perfect Pie by Judith Thompson November 12-16 Freimann Stage   In this play from Canada, a rhubarb pie and a cassette tape bring together two childhood friends, estranged for thirty years, to confront the terrifying event that separated them and rediscover the grace of friendship.   The Shadow by by Yevgheny Shvarts, translated by Elisaveta Fen December 11 - 14 Alexander Stage   From Soviet Russia, a darkly comic fable of innocence and corruption. A young scholar, visiting a kingdom where "all they tell you in fairy tales happens every day," longs to marry its princess but is betrayed by his own shadow.   Annual Student One-Act Play Contest February 11 - 15 Freimann Stage   Students submit original scripts. A chosen three compete for cash prizes. You are the judge.   Moonlight on the Avenue of Faith adapted from the novel by Gina B. Nahai by Cynthia Croot March 5 - 8 Alexander Stage    The best-selling author traces the journey of an Iranian Jewish family from the Teheran ghetto to Los Angeles, beginning with Roxanna the Angel. When her mother pushes this "bad luck daughter" from the rooftop, Roxanna discovers she can fly.   Medea's Children by Per Lysander and Suzanne Osten April 8 - 12 Freimann Stage   This contemporary classic from Sweden views the story of Medea and Jason through the eyes of their children. Little Jason and Little Medea take us on a moving, often funny journey into the real world of children torn apart by divorce.   She Loves Me Book by Joe Masteroff, Music by Jerry Bock, Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick May 7-10, 21, 22, 23 Alexander Stage   Budapest, 1930, an elegant parfumerie where two clerks, Georg and Amalia, constantly squabble during their workday. What they don't know is that they are passionate pen pals by night, having answered the same lonely-hearts ad. This romantic musical gem is "one love affair that has only grown deeper with time." Frank Rich, New York Times. May 23 Benefit Performance for Drama Club. Season tickets and Whitman passes may not be used for admission to this performance.   Special Bonus Performance:   My Name Is Rachel Corrie Edited from the writings of Rachel Corrie by Alan Rickman and Katherine Viner September 11 - 14   2007 ~ 2008 Season   From Inner Rooms September 26 - 30 Freimann Stage     Isn't It Romantic by Wendy Wasserstein October 18 - 21 Alexander Stage     The Ghost Sonata by August Strindberg November 7 - 11 Freimann Stage     Così fan tutte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Lorenzo Da Ponte December 6 - 9 Alexander Stage     Annual Student One-Act Play Contest February 6 - 10 Freimann Stage     Major Barbara by George Bernard Shaw February 28 - March 2 Alexander Stage     Apparition: An Uneasy Play of the Underknown by Anne Washburn April 2 - 6 Freimann Stage     As You Like It by William Shakespeare with music by Mark Nichols May 1 - 4, 15 - 17 Alexander Stage 2006 ~ 2007 Season   Mr. Marmalade by Hoah Haidle September 27 - October 1 Freimann Stage   Arsenic and Old Lace by Joseh Kesselring October 19 - 22 Alexander Stage     A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare November 8 - 12 Freimann Stage     Ivona, Princess of Burgundia by Witold Gombrowicz December 8 - 11 Alexander Stage     Annual Student One-Act Play Contest February 7 - 11 Freimann Stage     Tartuffe by Euripides translation by Dana Burgess March 1 - 4 Alexander Stage   Electra by Mindy Kaling and Brenda Withers April 11 - 15 Freimann Stage   It's A Grand Night for Singing by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II May 4 - 7, 18 - 19 Alexander Stage   Return to top 2005 ~ 2006 Season   Five Flights by Adam Bock September 28 - October 2 Freimann Stage   You Can't Take It With You by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart October 20 - 23 Alexander Stage     The Long Christmas Ride Home by Paula Vogel November 9 - 13 Freimann Stage     The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare December 8 - 11 Alexander Stage     Annual Student One-Act Play Contest February 8 - 12 Freimann Stage     The Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt Brecht March 2 - 5 Alexander Stage   Matt & Ben by Mindy Kaling and Brenda Withers April 5-9 and 12-15 in repertory with Anton in Show Business   Anton in Show Business by Jane Martin April 5-9 and 12-15 in repertory with Matt & Ben   Urinetown: The Musical by Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis May 4 - 7, 18 - 19 Alexander Stage   Return to top 2004 ~ 2005 Season   WAIT! by Julie Jensen September 29 - October 3 Freimann Stage   Polish Joke by David Ives October 21-24 Alexander Stage   The Trojan Women by Euripides November 10-14 Freimann Stage   Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare December 9-12 Alexander Stage   Annual Student One-Act Play Contest February 9-13 Freimann Stage   Spring Awakening by Frank Wedekind March 3-6 Alexander Stage   Inventing Van Gogh by Steven Dietz April 13-17 Freimann Stage   The Mikado by W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan May5-8, 19-21 Alexander Stage   Return to top 2003 ~ 2004 Season   The Laramie Project by Moisés Kaufman and the Tectonic Theatre Project October 1-5 Freimann Stage   The Time of Your Life by William Saroyan October 23-26 Alexander Stage   Tha Afghan Woman by William Mastrosimone November 12-16 Freimann Stage   Radio Gals by Mike Craver and Mark Hardwick December 11-14 Alexander Stage   Annual Student One-Act Play Contest February 4-8 Freimann Stage   Pride and Prejudice adapted from Jane Austen by Kamella Tate March 4-7 Alexander Stage   Venecia by Jorge Accame April 14-18 Freimann Stage   Company by Stephen Sondheim and George Furth May 6-9, 20-22 Alexander Stage   Return to top 2002 ~ 2003 Season   Big Love by Charles L. Mee October 2-6 Freimann Stage   The Cripple of Inishmaan by Martin McDonagh October 24-27 Alexander Stage   Oh, Coward! Words and music by Noel Coward, devised by Roderick Cook November 13-17 Freimann Stage   The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov December 12-15 Alexander Stage   Annual Student One-Act Play Contest February 12-16 Freimann Stage   Holiday by Philip Barry. March 6-9 Alexander Stage   Phaedra + Hippolytus = ? drawn from the texts of Euripides and Racine April 16-20 Freimann Stage   Candide Book by Hugh Wheeler adapted from Voltaire, music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Richard Wilbur with additional lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and John Latouche May 8-11,22,23 Alexander Stage   Return to top 2001 ~ 2002 Season Tempest adapted from William Shakespeare's The Tempest Dracula dramatized by Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston from the original story by Bram Stoker Betty's Summer Vacation by Christopher Durang Bridewell and Traces by Charles Evered Annual Student One-Act Play Contest Scapin adapted from Molière's Les Fourberies de Scapin by Bill Irwin and Mark O'Donnell Wilderness of Mirrors by Charles Evered Damn Yankees words and music by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross, book by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop Return to top 2000 ~ 2001 Season The Misanthrope by Molière translated and adapted by Lauren Goldman Marshall - based on a concept by Alan Craig DiBona And The World Goes 'Round: The Songs of Kander and Ebb conceived by Scott Ellis, Susan Stroman, and David Thompson A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen Popcorn by Ben Elton Annual Student One-Act Play Contest Moon Over Buffalo by Ken Ludwig An Actor's Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens; adapted by Frank Barrie Shakespeare's R & J by Joe Calarco Cabaret by Joe Masteroff, John Kander, and Fred Ebb Return to top 1999 ~ 2000 Season   Ruthless! The Musical by Joel Paley and Melvin Laird Love's Labour's Lost by William Shakespeare Agnes of God by John Pielmeier Picasso at the Lapin Agile by Steve Martin Annual Student One-Act Play Contest The Last Night of Ballyhoo by Alfred Uhry The Playboy of the Western World by John Millington Synge The Hyacinth Macaw by Mac Wellman The Pirates of Penzance by William S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan Return to top 1998 ~ 1999 Season Simpatico By Sam Shepard Stepping Out By Richard Harris The Triumph of Love By Marivaux Filumena By Eduardo de Filippo The Cover of Life By R.T. Robinson Annual Student One-Act Play Contest subUrbia By Eric Bogosian Sudden Death and The Crack By Sabina Berman Anything Goes By Cole Porter Return to top 1997 ~ 1998 Season The Diva Classification System By Jeff Resta The Constant Wife By William Somerset Maugham Thugs By Alan Averill The Man of Mode or, Sir Fopling Flutter By George Etherege The Barber of Seville By Giochino Rossini and Cesare Sterbini Annual Student One-Act Play Contest Forever Plaid By Stuart Ross and James Raitt Iphigenias From the plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides The Comedy of Errors By William Shakespeare Return to top 1996 ~ 1997 Season The Middle Ages by A.R. Gurney Don't Dress for Dinner by Marc Canoletti Macbeth by William Shakespeare The House of Bernarda Alba by Federico Garcia Lorca One-Act Play Contest Arcadia by Tom Stoppard Private Eyes by Steven Dietz City of Angels by Larry Gelbart, Cy Coleman, and David Zippel Return to top 1995 ~ 1996 Season The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe by Jane Wagner A Small Family Business by Alan Ayckbourn All in the Timing by David Ives A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, adapted by Jerry Patch Baby Dance by Jane Anderson The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams Seventh Annual One-Act Play Contest An Evening of One-Act Operas As You Like It by William Shakespeare Return to top

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