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2011-2012 Season
The Complete History of America (Abridged) by Adam Long, Reed Martin, and Austin Tichenor
Wed September 14 through Fri September 16 at 8:00
Sat September 17 at 2:00
Comedy—An irreverent romp through millennia (no less!) of American history, this opening offering of the Drama Department is a reprise of Michelle Nieporte’s summer SURF project. Three actors narrate events and impersonate the figures who have made our political, economic and cultural history happen—though not always with a tender care for correctness, gravity or dignity. Don’t bother taking notes—there won’t be a quiz after.
Directed by Michelle Nieporte '13
Scenic Design by Mary Tschirhart '12
Lighting Design by Seth Litvin '13
The Box Office (a phone mailbox) begins taking reservations at (804) 752-7316 at 10:00 a.m. on September 5. Tickets are $5 per person, free to R-MC faculty, staff and students.
Radium Girls by D. W. Gregory
Wed October 19 through Sat October 22 at 8:00
Drama—Set in 1926 and inspired by a true story, Radium Girls traces the efforts of Grace Fryer, a watch-dial painter, as she fights for her day in court. Her chief adversary is her former employer, Arthur Roeder, an idealistic man who cannot bring himself to believe that the same element—radium—that shrinks tumors could have anything to do with a terrifying rash of illnesses among his employees. This production will be directed by Annamaria Diaz ’12, as her senior project in drama.
Directed by Annamaria Diaz ’12
Scenic Design by Gregg Hillmar
Lighting Design by Gregg Hillmar
The Box Office (a phone mailbox) begins taking reservations at (804) 752-7316 at 10:00 a.m. on October 10. Tickets are $5 per person, free to R-MC faculty, staff and students.
for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf by Ntozake Shange
Wed November 16 through Sat November 19 at 8:00
Choreopoem—for colored girls… is a series of 20 poems, encapsulating in poetry and movement, the struggles of generations of African-American women against repression, brutality and indifference. Performed by a cast of seven women, each of whom is abstracted and identified only by a color, the piece deals with the traumas and eventual triumphs of women whose collective story of endurance and transcendence remains as compelling as when the piece first played off-Broadway in 1977. This production will be directed by Shenochia Jordan ’12, as her senior project in drama.
Directed by Shenochia Jordan ’12
Scenic Design by Gregg Hillmar
Lighting Design by Gregg Hillmar
The Box Office (a phone mailbox) begins taking reservations at (804) 752-7316 at 10:00 a.m. on November 7. Tickets are $5 per person, free to R-MC faculty, staff and students.
"A Christmas Carol" by Marilyn Mattys
Fri December 9 at 7:30
Sat December 10 and Sun December 11 at 2:00
Mon December 12 through Thu December 15 at 7:30
Traditional—Now in its 21st year of production, this annual event in the Drama Department’s season features a cast of more than forty students, faculty and staff and their families, as well as local residents. After more than 100 performances of the piece, audiences continue both to treasure the traditions of the piece and to delight in the new touches that are added each year.
Directed by Joe Mattys
Scenic Design by Gregg Hillmar
Lighting Design by Gregg Hillmar
The Box Office (a phone mailbox) begins taking reservations at (804) 752-7316 at 10:00 a.m. on November 28. Tickets are $2.50 for adults and $1 for children 12 and younger, free to R-MC faculty, staff and students.
M Butterfly by David Henry Hwang
Wed February 15 through Sat February 18 at 8:00
Cobb Theatre
Drama—Based on the real-life story of a French civil servant in 1960’s China, and interwoven ironically with thematic threads of Puccini’s opera Madama Butterfly, the play chronicles the story and eventual trial for espionage of the diplomat who falls in love with a Peking Opera star, a man masquerading as a woman for the stage—and spying for the Chinese. The play is a dark love story, as well as a commentary on the West’s mistaken view of the exotic East. The play won the Drama Desk Award for Best New play and the Tony Award for Best Play in 1988 and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1989. (Audience alert: due to its content and images, the play should be considered R-rated.) This production will be directed by Charlotte Cathey ’12, as her senior project in drama.
Directed by Charlotte Cathey ’12
Scenic Design by Gregg Hillmar
Lighting Design by Gregg Hillmar
The Box Office (a phone mailbox) begins taking reservations at (804) 752-7316 at 10:00 a.m. on February 6. Tickets are $5 per person, free to R-MC faculty, staff and students.
Bedroom Farce by Alan Ayckborn
Wed April 25 through Sat April 28 at 8:00
Comedy—This unabashed British farce takes place one long night in three bedrooms, whose occupants all get drawn into trying to solve the marital spat of a fourth couple. The quarreling couple blunder into the bedrooms of family and friends to intrude upon the otherwise relatively peaceful lives of the other three couples, leaving havoc in their wake. This production will be directed by Aisha Odum ’12, as her senior project in drama.
Directed by Aisha Odum ’12
Scenic Design by Mary Tschirhart '12
Lighting Design by Gregg Hillmar
The Box Office (a phone mailbox) begins taking reservations at (804) 752-7316 at 10:00 a.m. on April 16. Tickets are $5 per person, free to R-MC faculty, staff and students.
Drama Guild productions are open to the general public. Admission to the general public is $5. "Christmas Carol" has special pricing; call for details. Reservations are recommended for all shows, especially "A Christmas Carol".
The box office line is (804) 752-7316, and we begin taking reservations for a given show ten days before its opening date. The box office line has a recorded message and will record your reservation. Additional details about a production, including directions to the Cobb Theatre and other information may be obtained by calling Professor Joe Mattys at (804) 752-4704.