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Info on school of drama productions. 


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     BALM IN GILEAD

     By Lanford Wilson
     Directed by Jed Allen Harris, Senior Lecturer in Directing 

Performance dates: February 18-19, February 22-26, 2000

Performance times: Tuesday - Saturday at 8:00 p.m.  Saturday matinee,
February 26 at 2:00 p.m.

Patrons of an all-night coffee shop give voice to the turmoil of New
York City's seething masses. As the customers reveal the secrets of
their past and the tragedies of their present, these disparate,
desperate souls create a symphony of poetic realism and gritty
determination.


        A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC

        Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
        Book by Hugh Wheeler
        Directed by Nikki Harris

Performance dates: March 17 & 18, March 21-25, April 5-8, 2000

Performance times: Tuesday - Saturday at 8:00 p.m.  Saturday matinees,
March 25 & April 8 at 2:00 p.m.

Suggested by the Ingmar Bergman film Smiles of a Summer Night, A
Little Night Music is the tale of three mis-matched couples and their
tangled relationships. Winner of five Tony Awards, including Best
Musical, Best Music & Lyrics and Best Book, this touching and
beautiful Sondheim classic features the songs "Now, Soon, Later" and
"Send in the Clowns."


       THE COUNTRY WIFE

       by William Wycherly
       Directed by Gregory Lehane, Professor of Directing

Performance dates: April 28 & 29, May 2-5, 2000 

Performance times: Tuesday - Saturday at 8:00 p.m.  Saturday matinee,
April 29 at 2:00 p.m.

This Resotration comedy is a witty and pointed commentary on the roles
of husband and wife, love and lust, honor and class.  Horner a
devilish rascal, devises a plan to seduce the "innocent" wives of his
friends. Horner's lusty antics, coupled with the men's jealousy and
the women's desire for independence create a hilarious mix of
innuendo, pride and honor.



Graduate BONUS Productions


  'Tis Pity She's a Whore
  
   by John Ford

Performance dates:  April 12-15 at 8PM, Matinee Fri. April 14 at 3:30 PM
 and Sat April 15 at 2 PM (in the Studio Theater)

Underneath the beauty and pageantry of Renaissance Italy lies a dark
web of corruption, incest, jealousy and revenge.  One of the most
controversial love stories ever written, this licentious, torrid
tragedy dares to expose the political and sexual passions that drive
humanity toward self-destruction.



   A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

   Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
   Book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbert

Performance dates: May 3-4 at 8 PM, Matinee Fri. May 5 at 3:30 PM and
Sat May 6 at 10:00 AM (in the Studio Theater)

Pseudolus, a slave in ancient Rome will do almost anything to gain his
freedom.  When Pseudolus is left in charge of his owner's young son
who has fallen madly in love with a beautiful courtesan, it
complicates things.  The young boy promises Pseudolus his freedome if
he can arrange a marriage before his father returns.  Pseudolus, of
course, agrees.  But not even the conniving slave can foresee the
tangled web that he is about to weave.  This hilarious musical farce
of mistaken identities, bumbling Roman Citizens and scheming slaves
features the songs "Comedy Tonight" and "Everybody Ought to Have a
Maid".