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By Catherine Filloux

September 24-26, October 3-5          7:30 PM Buzz Oates Blackbox Theatre, CAB

In the summer of 1875, Mary Todd Lincoln (the President’s widow) resides in an insane asylum, sent there by her only living son.  Her progressive friend Myra Bradwell (America’s first woman lawyer) arrives to help Mary gain her release by exposing the injustices of her trial.  But Myra’s motives and Mary’s sanity are both up for debate, as they grapple with their pasts and their perceptions of freedom and womanhood.

Produced by special arrangement with Concord Theatricals.

By D. W. Gregory

November 6-7, 12-14                                7:30 PM Dixon Center

In 1926, radium was a miracle cure, Madame Curie an international celebrity, and luminous watches the latest rage—until the girls who painted them began to fall ill with a mysterious disease. Inspired by a true story, Radium Girls traces the efforts of Grace Fryer, a 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 that shrinks tumors could have anything to do with the terrifying rash of illnesses among his employees.

Produced by special arrangement with THE DRAMATIC PUBLISHING COMPANY of Woodstock, Illinois.

By Neil Simon

February 12-13, 18-20                             7:30 PM Buzz Oates Blackbox Theatre, CAB

Leon Tolchinsky is ecstatic.  He’s landed a terrific teaching job in an idyllic Russian hamlet.  When he arrives, he finds people sweeping dust from the stoops back into their houses and people milking upside down to get more cream.  The town has been cursed with Chronic Stupidity for two hundred years, and Leon’s job is to break the curse.  No one tells him that if he stays over 24 hours and fails to break the curse, he too becomes stupid. Will Leon break the curse, especially now that he’s fallen in love with a girl in the town? Time will tell in this comic fable by the award-winning playwright Neil Simon.

By PigPen Theatre Co.

April 2-3, 8-10                                                                Buzz Oates Blackbox Theatre, CAB

The Old Man has kept his post as the sole caretaker of the moon for as long as he (or his wife, the Old Woman) can remember.  When she is drawn away by the mysterious melody that sparks memories of their shared past, the Old Man must decide between duty (and routine) and love (and adventure).  Luckily for audiences everywhere, he chooses the latter, and what follows is an imaginative sea-faring epic, encompassing apocalyptic storms, civil wars, leviathans of the deep, cantankerous ghosts and the fiercest obstacle of all: change.

Produced by special arrangement with Concord Theatricals.

Dixon Center Auditorium

The Dixon Center Auditorium is a 450-seat proscenium arch theater located in the Dixon Center. The theater includes ample wing space, a full fly system, and a large apron with an adjustable platform for use as an orchestra pit.

The Buzz Oates Theatre

The Buzz Oates theatre is a state-of-the-art blackbox theatre space holding up to 175 audience members.  This space allow s for flexible seating and each show is uniquely arranged to best suit the particular show.

The Scene Shop

The Scene Shop is located on campus and is a fully-equipped shop where all sets, prop, special effects, and general construction for the theatre program are created and maintained. The stagecraft class works in the Scene Shop each semester to help build and paint sets along with student workers. The Scene Shop is supervised by the Technical Director.

The Costume Shop

The Costume Shop is located on campus and organizes, maintains, rents, alters, and builds costumes for all regular season offerings. The Costume Shop is staffed with student workers and supervised by the Costume Shop Manager.