2008-2009 Schedule
College of DuPage Student Theater
Town Mouse/Country Mouse
Directed by Connie Canaday HowardJune 19 to July 12, 2009
Tickets: $9, or 5 for $40
MAC Courtyard; Rain stage: Studio TheatreBack by popular demand, this show will continue College Theatre’s tradition of family theatrical fare in the pleasant Arts Center Courtyard. Scripted through improvisation and interweaving the characters from Aesop’s original fable with several updates, such as Town Mouse and Country Mouse, but also the big yellow cat and the owl, this production will be a look at the balance asked of all of us for adventures and the need to open ourselves to more than the familiar, with the ultimate security and warmth of ‘home.’ Bring your picnic baskets, blankets or lawn chairs, and join us for some interactive fun with this classic story.
Performance Schedule
Friday, June 19, 7 p.m.
Saturday, June 20, 7 p.m.
Sunday, June 21, 7 p.m.
Saturday, June 27, 5 p.m.
Sunday, June 28, 5 p.m.
Thursday, July 2, 7 p.m.
Saturday, July 4, 5 p.m.
Sunday, July 5, 5 p.m.
Thursday, July 9, 7 p.m.
Saturday, July 11, 5 p.m.
Sunday, July 12, 5 p.m.Town Mouse Country Mouse Study Guide
Of Mice and Men
By John Steinbeck
Directed by Amelia BarrettJune 26 to July 12, 2009
Ticktes: $13 adult/11 youth
Studio TheatreJohn Steinbeck’s stage adaptation of his classic Of Mice and Men chronicles the journey of George and Lennie, two itinerant ranch hands traveling through the Salinas Valley, in search of the American Dream. The companions are opposites and their unlikely friendship fuels both men with hope for the future, but “the best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men” prove to be perhaps beyond their reach. Their story is one of hope, loneliness, devotion, and great loss that addresses deep moral questions about the nature of faith, friendship, and dreams.
*This production deals with mature themes and contains adult language
Performance Schedule
Friday, June 26, 7 p.m.
Saturday, June 27, 7 p.m.
Sunday, June 28, 7 p.m.
Friday, July 3, 7 p.m.
Saturday, July 4, 7 p.m.
Sunday, July 5, 7 p.m.
Friday, July 10, 7 p.m.
Saturday, July 11, 7 p.m.
Sunday, July 12, 7 p.m.
Support is made possible by a generous gift from the College of DuPage Foundation’s Dr. Donald and Helen (Gum) Westlake Fund for Student Productions.
Previous Events:
Summer Repertory Theater
Wonderland Runs Amok
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The Day Before Alice Went Down the Rabbit Hole
June 20 to July 13, 2008
$9 or 5 for $40
MAC Courtyard (Studio Theatre, Rainstage)Back by popular demand, this show continues College Theater’s tradition of family theatrical fare in the pleasant Arts Center Courtyard. Scripted through improvisation and interweaving the characters from both of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, such as the Cheshire Cat, the White Rabbit, Alice and more, the final production looks at what might have happened in both Wonderland and Alice’s world BEFORE she went on her adventures, ultimately helping us learn the lessons of community, patience and tolerance. Bring your picnic baskets, blankets or lawn chairs, and join us for some interactive fun. You may then want to see the full version of Alice in Wonderland (see below), which College Theater is producing in repertory with this production.
Wonderland Runs Amok study guide
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Alice In Wonderland
June 27 to July 13
$14 adult/$11 senior and under 17
MAC Courtyard (Studio Theatre, Rainstage)Complete with all of the Carroll characters from Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass we know and love, and staged in the delightful Courtyard, it promises to be a true delight.
All performances are at 7 p.m.
Friday, June 27
Saturday, June 28
Sunday, June 29
Saturday, July 5
Sunday, July 6
Thursday, July 10
Saturday, July 12
Sunday, July 13Alice in Wonderland study guide
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Actors’ Theatre in the Studio
Cinzano and Smirnova’s Birthday
By Ludmilla Petrushevskaya
Translation by Stephen Mulrine
Directed by Robert Jordan Bailey
Preview: Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008, $8
Oct. 10 to 26, 2008
$10 adult/$9 senior and youth
Studio Theatre
Set in Soviet Russia, Cinzano and Smirnova’s Birthday are companion plays about how one momentarily escapes from the lives each have set for themselves. In the masculine piece, Cinzano, three friends meet to drink and discuss their woes and wants. Smirnova’s Birthday acts as the feminine counterpoint, in which the women in the Cinzano men’s lives meet to honor a birthday.
News Release
StageWorks
Pillar of Fire and The Foghorn
By Ray Bradbury
Directed by William (Sandy) Smillie
Preview: Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008, $9
Nov. 7 to 16, 2008
$12 adult/$11 senior and youth
Theatre 2
From the master-of-science fiction come two thought-provoking and bone-chilling one-acts. In Pillar of Fire, a dead man escapes his grave to discover that Earth has done away with its natural order and has instead converted completely to scientific reasoning, void of any artistic form. In The Foghorn, a lighthouse operator and another man are disrupted by the arrival of a mystery from the sea, lured by the call of the horn.
StageWorks
A Christmas Carol
By Charles Dickens
Adapted by William J. Norris
Directed by Amelia Barrett
Friday, Nov. 28, 2008, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 29, 2008, 2 and 7 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008, 2 and 7 p.m.
$12 adult/$11 senior and youth or 5 for $50
Mainstage
Adapted by the originator of the Scrooge character for the Goodman Theatre, William J. Norris. Join us for the story of Ebenezer Scrooge’s chance to redeem himself and his future, with the help of the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future. A timeless story of everyone’s ability to change and forgive, it is a production with appeal for all ages. This adaptation had its premiere production in November 2006, produced by College Theater at the MAC.
Theater-goers also are invited to help feed the hungry of DuPage County this season by donating non-perishable food items to the People’s Resource Center, a county-wide food pantry serving more than 2,100 families each month. Food items will be collected throughout Thanksgiving weekend at “A Christmas Carol” performances.
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Actors’ Theatre in the Studio
Anton in Show Business
By Jane Martin
Directed by Connie Canaday Howard
Preview: Thursday, Feb. 26, 2009, $8
Feb. 27 to March 15, 2009
$10 adult/$9 senior and youth
Studio Theatre
A satirical and comic look at the challenges of producing theater in our contemporary world, the play is set in a regional theater rehearsal hall. It explores how art sometimes takes a backseat in the business of mounting a play.
Program
StageWorks
The Careless Husband
By Colley Cibber
Directed by Kelly Roush
Preview: Thursday, April 2, 2009, $9
April 3 to 12, 2009
$12 adult/$11 senior and youth
Theatre 2
A Restoration comedy that deals with a woman’s effort to restore her husband’s waning affections despite his unfaithful romps with women from both high and low society. Using her devotion to win him back, The Careless Husband is a classic tale of how love, not vengeance, can conquer over life’s upsets.
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