2007-08
SPRING SEMESTER
Fox Hunt by Slawomir Mrozek AND Far Away by Caryl Churchill directed by Roger Babb will be performed Thurs-Sat, April 24-26 at 8 pm and Sat & Sun, April 26 & 27 at 2 pm at the Rooke Theatre.
These short pieces will be extravagantly staged to emphasize both their theatricality and their humor. Both pieces use animals as allegorical devices to critique and illuminate what it means to be human
Ticket prices: $5 / $3 (Free to MHC students w/ID on opening night)
Box Office is staffed beginning Mon, April 21, 3-6 pm M-F and one hour prior to performance. Seating is limited.
Voicemail reservations are currently being accepted . Please spell your last name and leave a phone number as all reservations are confirmed.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Lenya by Holger Teschke, translated by Karen Remmler, directed by Michael Birtwistle
Friday, May 23 & 30 at 8 pm in McCulloch Auditorium, Pratt Hall, MHC
It is November 27,1981 the day the great singer/actress, Lotte Lenya, passed away. In New York, Anna Kaplan, a German/Jewish
immigrant and Lenya fan, interrupts her rehearsal to remember and celebrate Lenya’s life and career through stories and songs.
Joyce Devlin plays Anna and Larry Baione accompanies her on guitar.
Free and Open to the Public
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
bash by Neil LaBute
a
senior performance project featuring Cassandra Cushman '08, directed by Anna Langer '08. A collection of three darkly brilliant one-act plays that form unforgettable personal accounts of the complexities of evil in everyday life, exhibiting LaBute's signature raw lyrical intensity.
Performances in the Rooke Theatre
March 6-8 at 8 pm and March 9 at 2 pm
For Mature Audiences only.
For reservations: (413) 538-2406
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
=============================================
FALL SEMESTER
The Two Margarets
a play reading on the work of Margaret Sanger
by Elaine Kendall '49, directed by Stephanie Williams '08
Family & Friends Weekend - October 19 & 20 at 8 pm
Free and Open to the Public.
Seating on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Brecht on Broadway
a comedy by Holger Teschke, translated by Karen Remmler, and directed by Joyce Devlin
The play takes place during the last days of Bertolt Brecht's exile in the United States in October 1947. The playwright has been subpoenaed before the House Committee of Un-American Activities in Washington.
Rooke Theatre
Thurs-Sat, November 8-10 at 8 pm
Sat & Sun, November 10 & 11 at 2 pm
Admission: $5. general, $3. students & senior citizens.
Free to MHC students w/ID on opening night.
For reservations: (413) 538-2406 (on campus x2406)
or email: rooke-boxoffice@mtholyoke.edu
Voicemail reservations accepted. Please spell your last name and leave a phone number, all reservations are confirmed.
The Palmwine Drinkard
an African Folk Opera
in collaboration with the Music Department
Sunday, December 9, 2 & 8 pm
Rooke Theatre
Box Office is staffed M-F beginning Nov. 26, 3-6 pm and one hour prior to the performance on Dec. 9.
For reservations:
(413) 538-2406 (on campus x2406)
Admission: $5. general / $3. students & senior citizens.
Voicemail reservations accepted. Please spell your last name and leave a phone number, all reservations are confirmed.
|
