The Moravian College Theatre Company
Spring 2010

Derelicts and fairytale-kings; doctors and hatbox-wielding-sociopaths; wizards and comedian-maids. The 2009-10 season has colorful characters showing up in musicals, comedies, and tragedies. The plays’ themes range from Reality TV, to fairytales, to the meaning of life. We may go to the theatre for different reasons . . . but ultimately, we’re all just trying to make sense of our world and our lives. Each of the plays we present this season attempts in some way to help us on that quest. We hope you’ll join us at the theatre to take that journey together.

All performances are in the Arena Theater, located on the lower level of the Haupert Union Building on Monocacy Street between Locust and Laurel Streets, one block west of Main Street. (Unless otherwise noted.)

Information Meeting for the Student Cabaret

Wednesday, January 20 at 7PM in the HUB Rec Room—see flyer for details!
(Get Involved:  come find out more!)  

CONTACT: Kimberly Van Orden  stkkv01@moravian.edu

AUDITIONS for the Student Cabaret

Wednesday, January 27 at 7PM in the HUB Rec Room—see flyer for details!
(Get Involved:  singers, actors, poets, comedians, etc!)

CONTACT: Kimberly Van Orden  stkkv01@moravian.edu

PERFORMANCE! “Clytemnestra’s Daughters”

January 28 @ 8pm only!

A concert reading of a new play by Christopher Shorr. Adapted from the ancient Greek plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, the play revised the myth of Agamemnon, focusing on issues of power and powerlessness among the women in the story.

Performed by a cast of Touchstone Theatre ensemble members and apprentices combined with Moravian Students

Directed by Christopher Shorr
8 p.m. ONLY
at Touchstone Theatre

Produced by Touchstone Theatre
Admission is FREE!

AUDITIONS for the Spring play “The Clean House”

Wednesday, February 3 from 6-9PM or by appointment in the HUB Rec Room
(Get Involved:  Audition for a role, or contact us today if you’re interested in working back stage!)  

CONTACT: Christopher Shorr  cshorr@moravian.edu

PERFORMANCE!  “Waiting for Godot”

February 18 – 21

By Samuel Becket
Directed by Sophomore Alanah Cervantes

The quintessential existential absurdist play.  (Try saying that 3 times fast!)  Two characters wait on a road for a mystery person named Godot.  Open to interpretation, the play raises questions about meaning and meaninglessness in life.

Thursday, Friday, Saturdat at 8pm
Sunday at 2pm
Arena Theatre, Moravian College

Produced by the Moravian College Theatre Company
Tickets: $12 general admission; $5 Moravian college faculty; $3 Moravian College students

PERFORMANCE!  “The Clean House”

April 8 – 11

By Sarah Ruhl
Directed by Christopher Shorr

A romantic comedy about a physician who can't get her depressed Brazilian maid to clean her house...  because the maid would rather be dreaming up the perfect joke.   “…visionary, tinged with fantasy, extravagant in feeling, maybe a little nuts.” (New York Times)  Sarah Ruhl is considered by many to be one of the top new voices in the American theatre.

Thursday, Friday, Saturday at 8pm
Sunday at 2pm
Arena Theatre, Moravian College

Produced by the Moravian College Theatre Company
Tickets: $12 general admission; $5 Moravian college faculty; $3 Moravian College students

PERFORMANCE!  “Student Cabaret”

April 22 – 25

Celebrate the coming of spring and the end of the school year with an evening of performances by Moravian students.  Singing, dancing, comedy, monologues…  Students are invited to get involved on stage, or just sit back and enjoy the fun!

Thursday, Friday, Saturday at 8pm
Sunday at 2pm
Arena Theatre, Moravian College

Produced by the Moravian College Theatre Company
Tickets: $3 for Moravian Students; $5 for everyone else!