The Theatre at Marietta College
"Fight or Flight"
The Theatre at Marietta College is proud to announce its 2011-2012 performance season on the theme of "Fight or Flight." All animals share this pair of primitive, automatic survival instincts. What will we pick when faced with danger, death, injustice, greed, lust, or deepest love? Full committment and engagement at all costs? Or escape into ourselves or to another place? So much can change in an instant of crisis. Our inborn drives may conquer our better angels. We hope the six powerful plays in this 65th season will start a conversation for our audiences about how we - as human animals responding individually and collectively - act under stress and make choices when challenged. Join us for three compelling Studio evenings, and exciting Mainstage repertory of masterpieces, and two festivals showcasing our talented students.
And Then
by Ameila Arenas, directed by TianQi Jin
&
Ashes to Ashes
by Harold Pinter, directed by Renee M. Bell
Two challenging plays about gender, power, and violence. In And Then, inspired by Euripides' Medea, five women involved in recent headline news confess thier actions and dark motivations. Ashes to Ashes questions the nature of reality, human relationships, and communications. Nobel laureate Harold Pinter makes these concerns political by examinig the Holocaust as history, memory, and as an international trauma.
Studio Theatre
September 23 at 8:00 p.m.
September 24 at 2:00 p.m. & 8:00 p.m.
September 25 at 2:00 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.
$8/adults
$7/Seniors
$6/children and students
FREE/MC Students and Employees
The Woman in Black
adapted by Stephen Mallatratt from the book by Susan Hill
directed by Sara Gable
A chillingly theatrical English ghost story perfect for Halloween! Witness the tale of a young solicitor sent to settle funeral affairs at isolated Eel Marsh House who becomes haunted by its tragic past. With the aid of a professional actor, he hopes to exorcies his ghostly memories . . . but can anyone ever escape her? Will you? This play contines to spook London audiences since opening in 1989.
Studio Theatre
October 21 at 8:00 p.m.
October 22 at 2:00 p.m. & 8:00 p.m.
October 23 at 2:00 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.
$8/adults
$7/Seniors
$6/children and students
FREE/MC Students and Employees
At Home at the Zoo
by Edward Albee
Directed by Thomas Daniels
A ferociously personal drama. Peter lives the American Dream: a steady job, a good home, a wife, 2 daughters, 2 cats, 2 parakeets. But is Peter only sleepwalking through life? His wife, Ann, wakes him up. THena complete stranger in Central Park shatters the dream. Edward Albee, America's greatest living playwright, returns to and expandes upon "The Zoo Story," the critically acclaimed one-act play that launched his career fifty years ago.
Studio Theatre
November 18 at 8:00 p.m.
November 19 at 2:00 p.m. & 8:00 p.m.
November 20 at 2:00 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.
$8/adults
$7/Seniors
$6/children and students
FREE/MC Students and Employees
6th Annual New-Plays-in-One-Day Festival
New works written, rehearsed, and performed in just one day!
Studio Theatre
December 3 at 8:00 p.m. - one night only!
FREE
The Seagull & Arms and the Man
Directed by Jeffrey M. Cordell & Andy Felt, respectively
Join us as we present two modern classics in a true repertory format! Actors, designers, and theatre technicians will swap roles as the shows alternate performances over three exciting weekends. You won't want to miss either of these great plays about fighting for, fleeing from, and figuring out what it means to be in love.
The Seagull
by Anton Chekhov
Directed by Jeffrey M. Cordell
A During a dreamlike summer on a lakeside estate, a young playwright pines for his muse, yet she falls in love with a famous writer, but he is the lover of the young playwright's actress mother. Chekhov's characters feel the tragic sting and comic futility of unrequited love in this 1896 masterpiece that forged new directions in stage realism.
Friederich Theatre
February 17 at 8:00 p.m.
February 18 at 2:00 p.m.
February 23 at 8:00 p.m.
February 25 at 8:00 p.m.
March 2 at 8:00 p.m.
March 3 at 2:00 p.m.
$10/adults
$9/Seniors
$8/children and students
FREE/MC Students and Employees
Arms and the Man
by G. B. Shaw
Directed by Andy Felt
When a soldier who would rather carry chocolates than cartridges seeks refuge in a young girl's bedroom, her romantic ideals and her household are turned upside-down. Shaw's timeless satire on war and romance has delighted the world since its 1894 premiere.
Friederich Theatre
February 18 at 8:00 p.m.
February 19 at 2:00 p.m.
February 24 at 8:00 p.m.
March 1 at 8:00 p.m.
March 3 at 8:00 p.m.
March 4 at 2:00 p.m.
$10/adults
$9/Seniors
$8/children and students
FREE/MC Students and Employees
One-Act Festival
Final projects for the Directing 2 class presented in alternating programs.
Studio Theatre
Program A: April 12 at 9:30 p.m.; April 14 at 7:00 p.m.
Program B: April 13 at 7:00 p.m.; April 14 at 9:30 p.m.
Program C: April 13 at 9:30 p.m.; April 15 at 2:00 p.m.
FREE
