2011-2012 Season
Real Girls Can’t Win!
October 14-16 & 21-23, 2011
by Merri Biechler
When ‘real girl’ Katie Rogers competes against ‘copy girl’ (and beauty queen) Dakota Evans for Miss Freshman B Dorm, she realizes how hard it can be for a real girl to stay true to her values when competition gets fierce. This exploration of body image, popularity and self-expression in the Internet age in the 2009 Centenary Stage Company Women Playwrights Series winner.
How I Learned to Drive
January 27-29 & February 3-5, 2012
by Paula Vogel
This 1998 Pulitzer Prize Winner is a moving and often funny memory play about one young woman’s complicated relationship with her uncle. Li’l takes us along as she jumps back into moments in her life, conjuring up people from her past, and in the process, finds answers to her life and a path for her future. Vogel’s play, which is intened to “get the audience to go along for a ride they wouldn’t ordinarily take, or don’t even know they’re taking,” is one you won’t want to miss.
Bat Boy
April 27-29 & May 4-6, 2012
Story & Book by Keythe Farley and Brian Flemming
bq. Music & Lyrics by Laurence O’Keefe
Described in the New York Times as a “jaggedly imaginative mix of skewering humor and energetic glee,” this wonderfully off-beat musical has become a cult favorite since it debuted in 1997. Based on a character created by the tabloid publication Weekly World News, the story concerns the plight of a half-bat, half-boy creature who is discovered in a cave in West Virginia. His dream for a normal and happy life disintegrates as he is forced to confront the prejudices of the narrow-minded citizens of Hope Falls. Join us for this exciting collaboration between the Department of Theatre Arts and Opera@Augustana.
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Sundays at 1:30
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