Main Stage Series

GYPSY

Music by Jules Styne

Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim

Book by Arthur Laurents

Directed & choreographed by

W. Robert Sherry

November 9-17

Two girls travel the vaudeville circuit guided by their powerhouse stage mother. Often called the perfect musical, Gypsy features Sondheim classics like "Everything's Coming Up Roses" and "All I Need Is the Girl."

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST

by Oscar Wilde

Directed by Fred Chappell '64

February 15-23

Girl meets boy. Boy misleads girl. the undisputed champion of wit, Oscar Wilde, skewers social convention and creates delicious comic mayhem laced with fabrication, confusion and deceit. This may be the funniest play ever written.

Featuring Dana Ivey '63 as Lady Bracknell

ROLLINS DANCE XXII

Choreography by W. Robert Sherry, Lesley Brasseux & Guests

March 21 & 22

See why Albert Einstein once said, "Dancers are the athletes of God" as our faculty and students meld jazz, ballet and modern dance in the once-a-year collaboration.

MURDER WE WROTE: The Improvised Whodunit

Created & directed by David Charles

April 18-26

The victim. The weapon. The motive. The killer. These classic murder mystery elements are randomly determined by the audience at every performance. Eight actors tell the tale in this one-of-a-kind, first-of-its-kind improvisational comedy.

Second Stage Series

Fred Stone Theatre

Productions in the Second Stage Series are completely student produced.

Performances are Thursday-Saturday at 8pm with matinees on

Saturday and Sunday at 2pm.

Seating is general admission; first come, first served.

Performances are free!

** Subscribers to the Annie may receive priority seating by calling the Box Office at 407.646.2145.

Desdemona: a play about a handkerchief

by Paula Vogel

Directed by Scottie Campbell '96

October 25-28

Pulizer Prize-winner Paula Vogel re-imagines Shakespeare's Othello, challenging our perceptions of women through the ages.

Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead

by Bert V. Royal

Directed by Roberto A. Pineda '08

January 31-February 3

Irreverent characters -- who bear a striking resemblance to the Peanuts gang all grown up -- sturggle with Big Questions about life and afterlife.

Two Rooms

by Lee Blessing

Directed by Alea Figueroa '08

March 27-30

In the first room, a cell in Lebanon, a hostage is held by terrorists; in the second room, an office in Washington, DC, his wife awaits his fate.