Current Season
The Grapes of Wrath
October 28 – 31 & November 4 – 7, 2009
The Grapes of Wrath deals with a poverty stricken family heading west toward California during the Great Depression. Celebrate the human spirit and goodness of the “common man” in us all. Arranged in conjunction with Triumph Over Tragedy, this two month commemoration is centered upon “The Big Read” of the book The Grapes of Wrath, written by John Steinbeck. "Triumph Over Tragedy: The Great Depression & New Deal Era in North Louisiana," is the inaugural collaboration of the EYE-20 CREATIVE CORRIDOR, which is a unified effort of three North Louisiana Arts Councils. To learn more about Triumph Over Tragedy go to www.shreveportbossierfunguide.com beginning in September or contact Julia Foley, Marketing Director, at (318) 673-6500.
Directed by Paul B. Crook
Nunsense
January 27 – 30 & February 3 – 6, 2010
Nunsense, written by Dan Goggin, is the winner of four Outer Critic Circle Awards including Best Off-Broadway Musical. When soup prepared by Sister Julia kills 52 of the convent’s sisters by botulism, the remaining 5 nuns have no funds to bury them. These sisters must therefore manage a fund raiser in order to properly bury the rest of their convent. Through the misadventures of these five nuns, their banter with the audience, and songs such as “Nunsense is Habit-Forming,” “Just a Coupl’a Sisters,” and “We’ve Got to Clean our the Freezer,” Nunsense will prove you don’t have to be Catholic to enjoy the “convent humor.” You won’t want to miss this laugh-out-loud performance!
Directed by Cherrie Sciro
Seascape
February 23 – 25, 2010
This year we will be bringing back the student directed show by a director to be announced! We present the1975 Pulitzer Prize Winner Seascape by Edward Albee. A man and woman picnicking near the ocean are soon joined by an evolutionary advanced lizard couple wishing to embark in life on dry land. The lizards have many questions regarding this existence and the answers they receive will reverberate in your mind long after the play has ended. (Graduate Directing Project)
Fiddler on the Roof
May 5 – 8, 2010
Closing our season in the spring is the beloved family musical Fiddler on the Roof. Fiddler on the Roof, written by Joseph Stein, music by Jerry Bock, and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick was the winner of nine Tony Awards in its original Broadway production in 1965. The story follows a Jewish family of Tevye, a dairyman, his wife Golde, and their 5 daughters in a small village in Anatevka, Russia in 1905. With the familiar songs of “Matchmaker,” “Tradition,” and “If I Were a Rich Man,” you will laugh and cry alongside poor Jewish parents as they cope with their children leaving the nest. The Daily News says “One of the great works of the American musical theatre. It is darling, touching, beautiful, warm, funny and inspiring. It is a work of art.” If you were a rich man, you couldn’t buy a better show!
Directed by Dr. Kenneth Robbins
