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Act Two: Theatre Seasons
For a list of past performances, please see Past Theatre Seasons
2007-2008 USCA University Theater Twentieth Anniversary Season
Disney’s Aladdin, Jr. (October 2-3, 2007)
Welcome to Agrabah, City of Enchantment, where every beggar has a story and every camel has a tail! All of your favorite characters are here in this stage adaptation of the Disney hit, including Aladdin, Jasmine, and of course, the Genie. Filled with magic, mayhem, and flying carpet rides, audiences’ spirits will soar with excitement. Most of all, the tuneful, Academy award-winning score with songs including “A Whole New World” and “Friend Like Me” will certainly make this musical a favorite for many years to come!
The God Committee (October 25-28, 2007)
Medicine, money and morality clash when the Heart Transplant Selection Committee of St. Patrick’s Hospital have only minutes to decide which of three patients will receive a heart that has suddenly become available. A cross between Twelve Angry Men and E.R., the God Committee takes us into the inner workings of a transplant program and a decision. For both their candidates and their program, it is a matter of life and death.
The 12th Annual Feast of Carols (December 3-5, 2007)
Performed by the Department of Visual and Performing Arts Students
The 3rd Annual Ten Minute Play Festival (January 24-28, 2008)
Performed and Directed by the University Theater Player Students
Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) (March 27-31, 2008)
In this exuberant comedy—and original revision of Shakespeare’s Othello and Romeo and Juliet—Constance Ledbelly, a drab and dusty academic, deciphers a cryptic manuscript she believes to be the original source for the tragedies, and is transported into the plays themselves. She visits Juliet and Desdemona, has a hand in saving them from the deaths the Baird had planned for them, and finds out what these women are all about. In true Shakespearean spirit, Constance plunders the plays and creates something new, all the while engaging in a personal voyage of self-discovery. With an abundance of twists, fights, dances, seductions, and wild surprises, the play is an absolute joy of theatricality.
An Evening of Broadway Memories (April 24-27)
We hope you will join us for this very special inaugural event in which we will celebrate annually the Broadway Musical. This season, we are commemorating the renowned composers Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein. The best of the best from The Sound of Music, State Fair, South Pacific and Oklahoma will be presented in a staged concert. The evening is sure to have you tapping your toes and humming the tunes from these memorable shows.
For more information, please contact Jack Benjamin at jackb@usca.edu or call 803-641-3327.
