Tobacco Road

In desolate farm country in Georgia, the profitable tobacco crop has given way to cotton plantations, but poor planting practices have depleted the soil. The Lester family were once sharecroppers, but are now poverty-stricken and unable to cope with the bleak life they face. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobacco_Road_(play)https://digitalcommons.otterbein.edu/summer_production_1976/1000/thumbnail.jp

See How They Run

See How They Run is an English comedy in three acts by Philip King. Its title is a line from the nursery rhyme Three Blind Mice . It is considered a farce for its tense comic situations and headlong humour, heavily playing on mistaken identity, doors, and vicars. In 1955 it was adapted as a film starring Roland Culver. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/See_How_They_Run_(play)https://digitalcommons.otterbein.edu/summer_production_1973/1003/thumbnail.jp

Count Dracula

This is a witty version of the story of a suave vampire whose passion is sinking teeth into the throats of young women. There are many surprising but uncomplicated stage effects including mysterious disappearances, secret panels, howling wolves and bats that fly over the audience. Magically, Dracula vanishes in full view of the spectators. http://www.samuelfrench.com/p/2218/count-draculahttps://digitalcommons.otterbein.edu/production_1974-1975/1004/thumbnail.jp

Kiss Me, Kate

Egotistical leading man, director, and producer Fred Graham is reunited with his ex-wife, Lilli Vanessi, when the two are forced to play opposite one another in a new production of Shakespeare\u27s Taming of the Shrew. The battle of the sexes continues onstage and off, as it becomes clear that, as much as this couple profess to hate each other, they are also still in love. Alongside their bickering liaison, the show’s supporting actress, Lois Lane, supports her gambling boyfriend, Bill, as he attempts to evade the the clutches of local gangsters. Throw in a number of cases of mistaken identity, the mob, and comedic routines into the mix and you get Kiss Me, Kate -- a dazzling Broadway classic that earned the very first Tony award for Best Musical. https://stageagent.com/shows/musical/1645/kiss-me-katehttps://digitalcommons.otterbein.edu/production_2002-2003/1004/thumbnail.jp

California Suite

Neil Simon’s hilarious Broadway comedy is set in the suite of a California hotel. Four couples hide, fight, reconcile then inevitably tangle in scenes which vary from poignant to madcap.https://digitalcommons.otterbein.edu/summer_production_1982/1000/thumbnail.jp

Top Girls

Top Girls is a 1982 play by Caryl Churchill. It is about a woman named Marlene, a career-driven woman who is only interested in women\u27s success in business. In the famous opening scene, she hosts a dinner party for a group of famous women from history. As the play unfolds we find Marlene has left her \u27poor\u27 life, and illegitimate child with her sister Joyce, in order to tread the path to \u27success\u27. The play is contemporary and examines the role of women in society and what being a successful woman means.https://digitalcommons.otterbein.edu/production_2016-2017/1003/thumbnail.jp

Into the Woods

Into the Woods is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. The musical intertwines the plots of several Brothers Griimm and Charles Perrault fairy tales, exploring the consequences of the characters\u27 wishes and quests. The main characters are taken from Little Red Riding Hood, , Jack and the Beanstalk , Rapunzel , and Cinderella , as well as several others. The musical is tied together by a story involving a childless baker and his wife and their quest to begin a family (the original beginning of The Grimm Brothers\u27 Rapunzel), their interaction with a witch who has placed a curse on them, and their interaction with other storybook characters during their journey. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Into_the_Woodshttps://digitalcommons.otterbein.edu/production_1991-1992/1001/thumbnail.jp

Blue Window

An Off-Broad way hit and winner of the prestigious George and Elisabeth Marton playwriting award, as well as the Los Angeles Drama Critics Award, Blue Window is a funny, inventive account of the lives of seven New Yorkers gathered together for a Sunday evening dinner party. During the course of the play we get an intimate glimpse of the before, during and after of the party and its wonderfully bizarre party guests; most of whom are artists of various kinds. There’s a narcissistic actor, an aspiring musician, a noted writer, a family therapist, a secretary and a parachuting instructor; all of whom come to life in this truly original ensemble comedy. Written by relative newcomer Craig Lucas (whose other plays include Reckless and the current Broadway smash Prelude to a Kiss), “Blue Window is a joy! A terrific new play ... “—Michael Feingold, The Village Voice.https://digitalcommons.otterbein.edu/summer_production_1991/1001/thumbnail.jp

2008 - 2009 Season Brochure

Annual promotional piece of the upcoming season\u27s shows.https://digitalcommons.otterbein.edu/theatre_dance_brochures/1058/thumbnail.jp

The Mikado

Since its premiere in 1885 at the Savoy Theatre in London, The Mikado (or The Town of Titipu) has become one of the most-performed pieces of musical theatre in history. As with many of Gilbert and Sullivan’s productions, the show satirizes aspects of Victorian Britain’s politics and aristocracy; in The Mikado, however, the duo cleverly cloaked these criticisms behind a charming story set not in Britain, but in exotic Japan. Nanki-Poo, the son of the Mikado (the Japanese emperor), has fled in disguise to avoid marrying a much older suitor, and to find and marry his own beloved, the beautiful Yum-Yum. Yum-Yum, however, is the ward of Ko-Ko, the lord high executioner, and has become betrothed to him against her will. In the meantime, Ko-Ko finds his job difficult to carry out as the Mikado puts pressure on him to fulfill his quota of killings, but the executioner realizes he is too soft-hearted to kill anyone. His solution is to trade a month of marriage to Yum-Yum for Nanki-Poo’s life (though he only pretends to kill him), but, of course, the plan backfires as Ko-Ko finds himself subject to capital punishment for allegedly killing the Mikado’s son. As usual in Gilbert’s imaginative plots, the tangled web unravels, and everyone lives happily ever after. This complex satire is characterized by the clever wordplay, memorable tunes, and endearing characters that have allowed Gilbert and Sullivan’s popularity with audiences to endure for well over a century. https://stageagent.com/shows/operetta/200/the-mikadohttps://digitalcommons.otterbein.edu/production_2001-2002/1001/thumbnail.jp