2008 - 2009 Season Calendar

"Southern Theatre”

September 16-20

Beyond Therapy

by Christopher Durang

Directed by Brandi Hoofnagle

Bruce and Prudence are deeply into therapy. Prudence’s macho therapist is urging her to be more assertive while Bruce’s wacky female therapist wants him to meet women by placing a personal ad. Bruce doesn’t know how to handle poor nervous Prudence and Prudence doesn’t know what to make of her unpredictable new boyfriend.

“Offers the best therapy of all: guaranteed laughter.” Time

(M) Bud Walton Theatre

October 14-18

Gas

by Georg Kaiser

Directed by Dr. James Lile

For the Germany Semester, Southern Theatre presents a work by one of the most influential playwrights who pioneered expressionism in Germany at the time of World War I. Ethan Mordden defines expressionism as “forms of composition and stagecraft through which the wishes, fears, and obsessions of the human psyche are made audible and visible.” Gas (1918) is the second play in a trilogy – the others are Coral (1917) and Gas II (1920) – that explores whether the realization of human potential is possible in a society that too often tends to dehumanize. Kaiser takes us to a future where the entire planet is dependent on a single energy source: a gas that is made in only one factory. What happens when that source of energy is threatened? Are alternatives possible? Can people change? Will they?

(G) Bud Walton Theatre

December 6 and 7

The Elves and the Shoemaker

Adapted by Karen Boettcher-Tate

Based on a story by the Brothers Grimm

Directed by Lyndall Burrow

Lockhart Cobblestone, the shoemaker, has a kind heart but little money in his pocket. Moved by the plight of an old beggar woman, he gives her his last pair of shoes. Poor Lockhart has leather enough to make only one more pair of shoes and sets it out to work on the next morning. Then, the fun begins! Out pop five weird, endearing little elves who whip up the most fantastic and magical shoes the town of Clankbottom has ever seen. This is a whimsical romp of a fantasy that also holds a gentle message about the nature of kindness.

(CT) Taylor Performing Arts Center

January 20-24

Saved or Destroyed

by Harry Kondoleon

Directed by Jade Leggott

Saved or Destroyed is a play about a play. We in the audience watch as a group of troubled actors try to portray some rather dysfunctional characters. Their rehearsal takes an unexpected turn as the line between reality and illusion becomes less and less distinct.

(M) Bud Walton Theatre

February 21 and 22

The Commedia Cinderella

By Lane Riosley

Directed by Ann Lile

Our players are poor travelers who have made all of their props and costumes from left-overs, hand-me-downs, and objects they have found. They have come to play the story of Cinderella. Because they each bring their special talents to the performance, they tell our familiar old story in a brand new way.

(CT) Taylor Performing Arts Center

April 13-18

An Evening of One-Acts

Our student directors take center stage with this eclectic program of short plays

(M) Bud Walton Theatre

Ticket Information:

General Admission $3.00 adults;

$1.00 senior citizens and high school students.

Children’s Plays: $1.00 adults; $0.50 for children 12 and under.

Sorry, no free passes for Children’s Theatre shows.

Curtain Time:

Adult series -7:30 p.m. • Children’s Plays - 2:30 p.m.

For audience comfort and security; children under 5 will not be admitted
to general admission performances.

(G) adult series for general audiences.

(M) for mature audiences only. May include explicit language and action.

(CT) children’s theatre plays.

For reservations: 417.625.3190

For theatre production information:

417.625.9393

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