Summer Season
Taming of the Shrew
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Special Guest Ellie Schwetye
June 19, 20, 26 & 27, 2019 at 7:30pm
June 21 & 28, 2019 at 2:00pm
Metcalf Theater
The Taming of the Shrew is a classic "battle of the sexes". Lucentio and other suitors pursue Bianca, but are told by her mother, Baptista, that her bad-tempered older sister, Katherine, must marry first. They encourage Petruchio, who has come to Padua to find a wealthy wife, to court Katherine and free Bianca to marry. This reimagining of the story in the era of the Nineteenth Amendment, incorporates speeches from real women who lead the fight for women's suffrage in the US, including Alice Paul, Anna Howard Shaw, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Susan B. Anthony, Mabel Ping Hua Lee, Teresa Villarreal, and Wilhelmina Kekelaokalaninui Widemann Dowsett.
9 to 5 The Musical
Music and Lyrics by Dolly Parton, Book by Patricia Resnick
Directed by Kate Slovinski
July 10, 11, 17 & 18, 2019 at 7:30pm
July 12 & 19, 2019 at 2:00pm
Dunham Hall Theater
9 to 5 The Musical, with music and lyrics by Dolly Parton, is based on the seminal 1980 hit movie. Set in the late 1970s. this hilarious story of friendship and revenge in the Rolodex era is outrageous, thought-provoking and even a little romantic. Pushed to the boiling point, three female coworkers concoct a plan to get even with the sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot they call their boss. In a hilarious turn of events, Violet, Judy and Doralee live out their wildest fantasy – giving their boss the boot! While Hart remains "otherwise engaged," the women give their workplace a dream makeover, taking control of the company that had always kept them down. Hey, a girl can scheme, can't she?
