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2018 - 2019 Season
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September 7-8, 2018
FusionFest V
A 24-Hour Play Festival
Starting at 7:30 pm
Friday
Performance Saturday 7:30 pm
Playbill
Video of Production
Press Release
What happens when
entire plays are created, rehearsed, staged, and performed for an
audience – all in the span of 24 hours?
Just about
anything. And it’s a whole lot of fun to watch!
Welcome to FusionFest V – Monmouth College Department of Theatre’s fifth annual 24 hour
play festival!
Here’s how it
works: At 7:30 PM on Friday, September 7, a group of playwrights
will each randomly draw a team of actors, a director, and a random
phrase. The intrepid (and soon to be sleep-deprived) playwrights
then have a mere 12 hours to write a short play featuring their
actors and, at some point in the dialogue, their random phrase. At
7:30 AM, the playwrights hand off their brand-new creations, and the
director and actors then have until 7:30 PM to rehearse, stage, and
memorize it all before performing before a live audience on Saturday
night.
Hilarity and
hijinks are bound to ensue as part of this chaotic and exciting
theatrical event!
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October 25-28, 2018
A Midsummer Night's Dream
by
William Shakespeare
7:30 pm Thurs.-Sat.
2 pm-Sun.
Cast of Characters
Playbill
Photos of Production
Video of Production
Press Release
With
a royal wedding approaching in Athens, four lovers take refuge in
the forest. There they become pawns in the fervant battle between
Oberon and Titania, the king and queen of the fairies. The antics of
Oberon's servant Puck take the audience on an adventure of magic,
mistaken identities and love.
directed by Todd Quick
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October 30-31, 2018
The Pitchfork Disney
by Philip Ridley
7:30 pm Tues., Wed.
Cast of Characters
Playbill
Photos of
Production
Press Release
The
Pitchfork Disney marked the arrival of a new and disturbing
brand of contemporary drama know as “in-yer-face.” Ridley’s
dreamlike vision of a post-apocalyptic world will be certain to
challenge and leave the audience unsettled. Very adult situations.
Nobody under 16 will be admitted. This encore production will be
staged in the Wells Theater for two performances only.
directed by Doug Rankin
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November 15-18, 2018
Almost Maine
by John Cariani
7:30 pm Thurs.-Sat.
2 pm-Sun.
Cast of Characters
Playbill
Photos of
Production
WMOI Podcast
Press Release
Set in the remote,
mythical almost-town called Almost, Maine, this romantic comedy
explores themes of love and loss. The action transpires in nine
short plays, bookended with a Prologue and Epilogue.
directed by students in Principles of Directing
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February 21-24, 2019
The Wolves
by Sarah DeLappe
7:30 pm Thurs.-Sat.
2 pm-Sun.
Cast of Characters
Playbill
Photos of Production
Orange Slices!
Set Design
1853 Podcast
Press Release 1
Press Release 2
Left
quad. Right quad. Lunge. A women’s indoor soccer team warms up. From
the safety of their suburban stretch circle, the team navigates big
questions and wages tiny battles with all the vim and vigor of a
pack of adolescent warriors—or Wolves! Sarah DeLappe’s The Wolves
follows nine American girls who just want to score some goals.
directed by Doug Rankin
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April 11-14, 2019
Oliver!
by Lionel Bart
7:30 pm Thurs.-Sat.
2 pm-Sat.-Sun.
Cast of Characters
Playbill
Photos of Production
Scene Design
Press Release
S et in Victorian
England, Oliver! follows a malnourished orphan boy who
escapes a workhouse and flees to London. There, Oliver finds
acceptance in Fagin’s gang of pickpockets, and later comes under the
care of Mr. Brownlow. Throughout, Oliver yearns
to discover the true love of family. Oliver! is a
co-production with the Buchanan Center for the Arts and the Monmouth
College Department of Music.
directed and choreographed by Vanessa Campagna
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