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2020 - 2021 Season
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September 18-19, 2020
FusionFest VII
A 24-Hour Play Festival
Starting at 7:30 pm
Friday (lobby)
Performance Saturday 7:30 pm (in Fusion Auditorium)
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 VII – Monmouth College Department of Theatre’s
seventh annual 24-hour
play festival!
Here’s how it
works: At 7:30 PM on Friday, September 18, 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 22-25, 2020
An
Enemy of the People
by
Arthur Miller7:30 pm Thurs.-Sat.
2 pm-Sun.
When
Dr. Stockmann discovers that the water in the small Norwegian town
in which he is the resident physician has been contaminated, he does
what any responsible citizen would do: reports it to the
authorities. But Stockmann’s good deed has the potential to ruin the
town’s reputation as a popular spa destination, and instead of being
hailed as a hero, Stockmann is labeled an enemy of the people.
Arthur Miller’s adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s classic drama is a
classic in itself, a penetrating exploration of what happens when
the truth comes up against the will of the majority. A story
for our politically challenging times.
directed by Doug Rankin
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November 19-22, 2020
The Thanksgiving Play
by
Larissa FastHorse
Good
intentions collide with absurd assumptions in Larissa FastHorse's
wickedly funny satire, as a troupe of terminally "woke"teaching
artists scrambles to create a pageant that somehow manages to
celebrate both Turkey Day and Native American Heritage Month.
directed by the Theatre Directing Class
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February 11-14, 2021
Black Mountain
by Brad Birch
Rebecca
and Paul are running away. Away from memories and mistakes.
They're trying to save their
relationship. They need time and space. An isolated house in the
country is the perfect place to work things out. They set themselves
rules: they have to be honest, they have to listen and they have to
be fair.
But you can't
run forever. Especially when you're being followed.
Black Mountain is
a tense psychological thriller about betrayal and forgiveness by
winner of the Harold Pinter Commission Brad Birch.
directed by Todd Quick
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April 15-18; 22-25, 2021
Beauty and the Beast
Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice; Book by Linda
WoolvertonMusic by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice; Book by Linda
Woolverton
Step
into the enchanted world of Broadway's modern classic, Disney's Beauty
and the Beast, an international
sensation that played a remarkable 13-year run on Broadway and has
been produced in 37 countries worldwide. Based on the Academy
Award-winning animated feature, the stage version includes all of
the wonderful songs written by Alan Menken and the late Howard
Ashman, along with new songs by Mr. Menken and Tim Rice. The
original Broadway production ran for over thirteen years and was
nominated for nine Tony Awards, including Best Musical.
The classic story tells of Belle, a young woman in a provincial
town, and the Beast, who is really a young prince trapped under the
spell of an enchantress. If the Beast can learn to love and be
loved, the curse will end and he will be transformed into his former
self. But time is running out. If the Beast does not learn his
lesson soon, he and his household will be doomed for all eternity.
directed by Vanessa Campagna
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