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2009-10
FOTAD Brochure


FOTAD is a membership organization devoted to promoting and supporting the arts of theater and dance as taught and performed at SIU Edwardsville.



 

 

2009-10 events

A Season
for the Child*

Cinderbottom......................................................Oct. 24
Piwacket Theatre for Children re-enacts this story of a girl who teaches her friends the value of kindness in a world that is not always so kind.

Bah! Humbug!.........................2 p.m. & 7 p.m. Dec. 12
In the Imaginary Theatre Company’s version of A Christmas Carol, Mr. Scrooge throws his television remote at ghosts, while Bob Cratchit works inside an ATM. Come travel with the three spirits on a journey through past, present and future as old Scrooge learns the joys of kindness and giving.

The Emperor's New Clothes............................... Jan. 23
In this Hans Christian Andersen tale, Piwacket Theatre for Children show us how those who point out the pretensiousness of powerful people or institutions are often compared to the child who says that the emperor has no clothes.

All the World's a Stage.........................March 20, 2010
Thrill to scenes from Shakespeare’s most beloved plays, including Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Tempest, Macbeth, Hamlet and The Taming of the Shrew. Fascinating theatrical anecdotes and Shakespearean lore weave together this entertaining, educational portrait of the Bard’s stunning career as a playwright, actor and entrepreneur who would transform the theater forever.

 

*Curtain at 7 p.m. Saturdays and all at Katherine Dunham Hall theater, unless otherwise noted

Tickets are $5; call the
SIUE Fine Arts box office for info,
(618) 650-2774
Subscription rates also available


FOTAD
Mystery Dinner Theater

The Ghost
in Lovejoy Library!

A farce by S.J. Morrison

November 1

When a professor goes missing, only a ghost who lives in SIUE’s Elijah P. Lovejoy Memorial Library can help.
But, he, too, has a secret.

SIUE’s Morris
University Center
(Second-floor Conference Ctr.)

Call (618) 692-0874
For information

Trivia Night

Jan. 16, 2010

SIUE’s Metcalf Theater

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