Music and Book by James Valcq
Lyrics and Book by Fred Alley
Based on the Film by Lee David Zlotoff Aaron McAllister, director
Thursday, Sept. 24, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 25, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 26, 3 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 27, 3 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 30, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 1, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 2, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 3, 7:30 p.m.

In this heartwarming musical of hope and redemption, recently paroled Percy Talbott picks a place on the map to make a new start. Landing in small-town Gilead, Wis., Percy finds a job at the Spitfire Grill. With his fresh appreciation of the beauty of small town life, Percy reinvigorates the residents of Gilead and helps them rediscover themselves.

A play by Frank Wedekind
Translated by Jonathan Franzen
Steve Earnest, director
Music by Virtue Trap
Thursday, Oct. 22, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 23, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 24, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 29, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 30, 7:30 p.m.
Wheelwright Auditorium

First performed in Germany in 1906, Frank Wedekind's controversial play Spring Awakening closed after one night in New York in 1917 amid charges of obscenity and public outrage. Yet the play's subject matter--teenage desire, suicide, abortion and homosexuality--is as explosive and important today as it was a century ago. Spring Awakening follows three teenagers, Melchior, Moritz and Wendl, as they navigate their entry into sexual awareness. Unlike so many works that claim to tell the truth of adolescence, Spring Awakening offers no easy answers or redemption. Franzen's new version of the text--for so long poorly served in English--is unique in capturing the bizarre and inimitable comic spirit that animates almost every line of this unrelentingly tragic play.

A Second Stage Production

Joseph Rosko, director
Wednesday, Nov. 11, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 12, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 13, 7:30 p.m.
Black Box Theatre, Edwards College of Humanities and Fine Arts

On the day Eurydice is to marry her true love Orpheus, a tragic misstep sends her plummeting to the surreal depths of the Underworld. Memories are forbidden in this world of the dead, but an unexpected reunion with her father vividly awakens Eurydice's mind with the love she felt in life. When Orpheus braves the gates of hell to find her, Eurydice must decide whether to remain with her father or return to her Earthly love. A modern tale of loss and love, Eurydice is the classic myth of Orpheus retold from the heroine's point of view, with quirky humor and surprising plot twists.

A play by Bruce Norris
(A South Carolina Premiere)
Eric Hall, director
Thursday, Feb. 4, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 5, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 6, 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 10, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 11, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 12, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 13, 7:30 p.m.
Black Box Theatre, Edwards College of Humanities and Fine Arts

With a young daughter in serious need of attention and a ravenous creature possibly prowling the upstairs bedrooms, what begins as an average Thanksgiving for one privileged family unravels into an expose of disastrous choices and less-than-altruistic motives. The Pain and the Itch is a scathing satire of the politics of class and race, a controversial, painfully human examination of denial and its consequences. "There are heady, farcical peaks to this comedy that approach the manic genius of Preston Sturges. But Mr. Norris' real target is that great sentimental sham, the idealized American family." --NY Observer.

A play by Brian Friel
Monica Bell, director
Thursday, Feb. 18, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 19, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 20, 3 and 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 24, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 25, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 26, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 27, 7:30 p.m.
79th Avenue Theatre
79th Avenue North & Hwy 17 Bypass, Myrtle Beach, S.C.

This extraordinary play is the story of five unmarried sisters eking out their lives in a small village in Ireland, told through the memory of the illegitimate son of one of the sisters. He is only seven in 1936, the year his elderly uncle returns after serving for 25 years as a missionary in a Ugandan leper colony, the year the sisters acquire their first radio, and the year he meets his father for the first time. From these events spring the cracks that destroy the foundation of the family. Widely regarded as Brian Friel's masterpiece, this haunting play is his tribute to the spirit and power of the past.

Book by Peter Stone
Music composed and arranged by
Cy Coleman
Lyrics by Betty Comden and
Adolph Green
Inspired by the words of Will and
Betty Rogers
Barbara Hartwig, director
Thursday, April 15, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, April 16, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 17, 3 and 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, April 21, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, April 22 11, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, April 23, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 24, 7:30 p.m.
Wheelwright Auditorium

Will Rogers is famous for saying "I never met a man I didn't like." Subtitled "A Life in Revue," Will Rogers Follies stands out among musicals because of the magic of its protagonist, who transcends his times and rises to the level of legend. This show captures the essence of Will Rogers and his philosophy, which espouses respect for and confidence in the goodness of his fellow man. The play won Tony Awards for Best Musical, Best Original Score, Best Book of a Musical and Drama Desk Awards for Outstanding Musical and Outstanding Music.