Drew University Theatre Dept./DUDS
fall 2003
 
For tickets call 973/408-3030 
from 5:00 - 7:00 pm 
Tuesday through Saturday 
of performance week.
 Tickets are $6.00 W,F,S
$5.00 Thur.
First Set
Oct  8 - 11
Dorothy Young Center
Black Box
WAITING FOR GODOT
 50th Anniversary
of Godot's premiere!
by Samuel Beckett
directed by
Rosemary McLaughlin

With Katie Stults, Jason Rogers, Jared Eberlein, Colleen Jordan, Abena Amoah, Esme Allen & Doug Cashell
Second Set

Hello Out There

by William Saroyan

Directed by
 Amanda Michaels

With Jordan Smith, Suzanne Watts, Abdel Gonzalez, Jen McCool, David Robinson, 
Evan Smith





Amphibians
Directed by Jessie Leto
Josh Sacks
Jonathan Silver
Max Kleinman

The Dumb Waiter
Director: Liz Green
Stage Manager: Julie Nelson
Ben: Abdel Gonzalez
Gus: Alex Barron

Apples
Director: Leigh Morlock
Stage Manager: Ben Weismann
Adam: Pat Goodwin
Eve: Sarah Gosnell

 


Third Set
Nov. 13 - 16
8 pm
Commons
The Bald Soprano
by Eugene Ionesco
dir. Leigh Morlock
Dukgannarala 
(The Bearer of Woes)
by Prasannajit Abeyurlya
dir. Christopher Van Houten

 

 
Fourth Set
Dec. 4 - 7
8 pm
Commons
Dance Show
directed by

Cheryl Clarke

[last show in the Commons???]
 
   
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First Set:  Wed. 10/16 -- Sat. 10/19

Two New Plays by Theatre Alums!

FEIGNING IGNORANCE
by Tim Sawicki   directed by Katherine Heberling

Feigning Ignorance: Murder!  Adultery!  Deceit!  It’s all in a day’s work for mild-mannered suburbanite Harold.  But when a bobby arrives at his house, the world starts to catch up with him–well that is until it’s time for afternoon tea.  Can Harold successfully battle the forces that be–dead mother-in-laws, vengeful wives, and plunging necklines?  Or is a brilliant smile and a Hallmark card really enough to make it through? 

Written by Tim Sawicki (CLA ‘02). Directed by Katherine Heberling (CLA ‘03) With Dan Bailey-Yavonditte, Jackie Bruchman, Doug Cashell, Christy Corcoran, Abdel Gonzalez, Tom Macy, Rachel Miller, Jason Rogers, and Ben Weisman. F.M KIRBY THEATRE.

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THE TALE OF JONATHAN FISHER
by Zach W. Davis       directed by Raelyn Richards

The Tale of Jonathan Fisher is a quirky story about a fisherman from turn-of-the-century Block Island and his dream of ganing fame and fortune. Jonathan shrugs off all his responsibilities to the island to pursue the capture of the giant cod that lives in the bay.  A band of town's people plot to foil Jonathan's great plan, but he is saved in the end by the former president, Grover Cleveland. This hilarious Robert Fisher Oxnam Award winning play is written by alum Szch W. Davis (CLA 02) and stars Rob Scherzer in the role of Jonathan with Megan Slater, Lawrence Douglas Weed, Benjamin Weisman, David Fusco, John Kubicek and Alex Barron. This play is directed by Raelyn Richards. F.M. KIRBY SHAKESPEARE THEATRE.

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Second Set:  Wed. Oct. 23 - Sat Oct. 26

Three Plays in One Set!

TRACES OF YOU
a new play by Megan Melnyk  directed by Paige Blansfield

GIN AND TONIC
a new play by Meghann Williams   directed by Jennifer McCool

Gin and Tonic  is a brief glimpse into the life of Beth (sophomore Esme Allen), a 21-year old woman who is forced to come home for an afternoon to care for the grandfather she can’t stand.  Ike (senior Adam Smith), is a mischievous, cranky old man on his deathbed who is sick and tired of his granddaughter’s attitude.  When these two give each other a piece of their minds, sparks fly, insults are hurled, and maybe, just maybe, a connection is made.
Written by Meghann Williams.  Directed by Jen McCool

'DENTITY CRISIS
by Christopher Durang   directed by Colleen Jordan

'Dentity Crisis,by Christopher Durang, directed by Colleen Jordan, is a satirical seven-dimensional comedy that would make even the perfect nuclear family question the reality of their home. Teenage Jane (junior Suzanne Watts) is going sane in an insane world. Her over-bearing delusional mother Edith (freshman Kristin Van Steemburg) and her split-personality father/brother/grandfather/Count from France (sophomore Matt Galen) try everything in their power to bring Jane back to their "normal" reality.  Jane's only hope is her seemingly normal psychologist Summers (sophomore Derek Slight) who leaves in a hurry after diagnosing Jane, only to return with a sex-change operation.  Summers and his wife Harriet (junior Natasha Mulla) hop on the train to insanity to help right Jane.  Durang questions the motives behind prescribed family behavior and everything winds up in a reality-twisted knot. COMMONS THEATRE

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Third Set:  Wed. Nov. 13 - Sat. Nov. 16

THE BALD SOPRANTO
by Eugene Ionesco  directed by Leigh Morlock


 
The Bald Sopranois the first play written by Eugene Ionesco, who is often called the father of absurdism. Ionesco attempted to write an anti-play where the presence of a traditional plot is absent, but instead the dialogue and language assume the role of plot. The Bald Soprano is a commentary on the English in post World War Two Britain when men were returning from war, family and gender were being redefined, a youth movement was beginning, and the labour party was emerging. Against this historical lanscape, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Martin, Mary and the Fire Chief are entangled in a very unique and distorted world where human connection
and empathy are rare, and where rising generational differences further complicate understanding and communication. 
Directed by Leigh Morlock. Starring Alex Barron, Doug Cashell, Amanda "Bertie" Michaels, Heather Parrish, Jason Rogers and Megan Slater.
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DUKGANNARALA
(The Bearer of Woes)
by Prasannajit Abeysurlya    translated by Ranjini Obeyesekere
directed by Christopher Van Houten


Dukgannarala("The Bearer of Woes") will become the first modern Sri Lankan play produced on American soil. When a woman rushes into a theater seeking asylum from her abusive husband she forces the cast and audience to question traditional assumptions about a woman's place in the world and an individual's responsibility to their family, their community, and the world at large. Blending poetic dialogue, music from around the world, and a variety of dance from classical South and Southeast Asian to modern, this multicultural play is a journey through the political and social turmoil of 1980s Sri Lanka on a personal level and a compassionate cry for the rejection of violence on any level. 
Directed by Christopher Van Houten. Starring Melissa Cardiello, Abdel Gonzalez, Danna Gutman, Vickie Jones, Kate Martin, Valery McKeon, Peter Midgley, Takena Russell, Andrew Sotiriou, and Jennifer Troya.

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