Based on recollections by over 100 students this is a docudrama about the journey of one college community during the Vietnam War years. Combining story theatre, monologues and music this is a thoughtful impassioned look at one of the most divisive eras in American history.

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VIATNAM 101:
WAR ON CAMPUS
by Rich Orloff, directed by: Nora Hussey


ARE YOU LISTENING?

created by the cast under the direction of Nora Hussey



An in depth look at American youth at the crossroads. Created through writing and acting workshops, this takes you inside the hearts and minds of the generation coming of age in this turbulent time. With humor and insight the issues of sexuality, identity and teen age depression are explored. This work in progress is presented in a workshop fashion with audience talk backs after every performance.

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MAJOR BARBARA
by George Bernard Shaw, directed by Valerie King An idealistic Major with the Salvation Army, finds her beliefs rocked when the charity accepts a donation from her arms dealer father.

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THE LAST FIVE YEARS

book music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown, directed by Sarah Moazeni
Explores the five-year marriage of Cathy and Jamie using a unique storytelling convention.
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THE MYSTERY AT TWICKNAM VICARAGE & ENIGMA VARIATIONS

by David Ives, directed by Elizabeth Stone
A screwball take on the classic murder mystery and a delectable discussion of duplicity and reality. SHNEIDER HALL
BLACK SHEEP

written and directed by Ruth Craig
An original and compelling look at the vagaries of the justice system where to be poor and in trouble with the law is to be powerless.
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This masterwork by one of Ireland’s most acclaimed playwrights caused riots when first performed at the Abbey Theatre. Romance,
humor and music abound in this story of a small village that  embraces a young stranger. Imagination and lyrical language abound
in this classic Irish tale.
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THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD
by John Millington Synge, directed by: Nora Hussey


Set in the late Victorian era the humor here derives from characters maintaining fictitious identities to escape unwelcome social obligations. It is replete with witty dialogue and satirizes some of the foibles and hypocrisy of that society. It is one of Wilde’s most
enduringly popular plays and has audiences howling with laughter.
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST

by Oscar Wilde, directed by: Nora Hussey and Valerie Von Rosenvinge
Returning for the third year in a row this troupe brings Shakespeare’s tale of love, betrayal and redemption to vivid life. Presented in the spare and elegant style of previous year’s wildly successful productions of Hamlet and Macbeth this acting company is a theatrical tour de force. As seen on the Barstow stage, this story unfolds with the powerful language, inventive staging and acting excellence that is the hallmark of this extraordinary acting ensemble. Performances on the barstow Stage in alumnae hall. OCtober 16- October 18 ACTORS FROM THE LONDON STAGE

THE WINTER’S TALE
by William Shakespeare




DUCK VARIATIONS

by David Mammet, directed by Caitlin O’Connell
Vintage Mammet examining friendship, law and death. “A beautiful fugue on the possibility of happiness”
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