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Based on the short stories of Sholem Aleichem, by special permission of Arnold Perl Directed by Dr. W. Douglas Powers "In the little village of Anatevka, Tevye, a poor dairyman, tries to instill in his five daughters the traditions of his tight-knit Jewish community in the face of changing social mores and the growing anti-Semitism of Czarist Russia. October 31 at
8 p.m.; November 1 at 2:30 p.m. and 8 p.m.; November 2 at 2:30 p.m.Degenstein Center Theater
by Tennessee Williams Directed by Dr. W. Douglas Powers "…an awesome and powerful new drama." —NY World Telegram & Sun. "…Williams' most mature work." —NY Daily News."…the most fruitful and versatile exercise by our best living playwright." —NY Journal-American. "…Tennessee Williams at the top of his form." —NY Times. "Within the brokendown environs of a cheap Mexican resort hotel [Williams] has created a mood of pervading loneliness and despair as intrusive as the Equinoxial storm that stirs sudden lightning flashes and gushes through the tattered room. The desolation, the emptiness are in his people: the tough, sex-starved widow who runs the hotel; the neurotic, defrocked minister, and the gentle maiden lady from New England. Thrown together in this squalid setting their human needs become explicit, and from their conflicts comes the realization that life must be endured, and that the spirit will somehow survive even beyond the limits of anguish. Mr. Williams veers off in many philosophic directions in this searing pastorale, but he is chiefly concerned with the relationship of the Reverend T. Lawrence Shannon and Miss Hannah Jelkes, the sad, fortyish lady who travels the world with her grandfather ('the oldest practicing poet in the world'), painting quick portraits, for a fee, while the nonagenarian recites poetry to hotel guests. Rev. Shannon, having been relieved of his cloth for sexual irregularities, has landed at the Costa Verde hotel, near Acapulco, on the verge of one of his periodic mental breakdowns. The proprietress, an old friend, is prepared to offer him a bed and will, in fact, share it with him if he wishes. But then Miss Jelkes and her grandpa arrive, penniless but prepared to offer their services to the guests in return for lodging. There is a strange and immediate rapport between the discredited cleric and the lonely artist. The play's most poignant moments—scenes of enormous compassion—grow out of the understanding of these two people, their mutual need for companionship and roots, their final moments of nobility in small gestures of unselfishness to aid one another." John McClain, Dramatists Play Service.
December 4, 5, 6, and 7 at 8 p.m. Degenstein Center Theater
The Eleventh Annual Student-Directed One Act Festival allows the most proficient and dedicated Susquehanna University theatre students to direct, design, act and manage challenging works from the canon of dramatic literature. Previous playwrights whose works have graced the Degenstein Theater include Tennessee Williams, Christopher Durang, Terrence McNally, Susan Glaspell, and Lady Gregory. February 5, 6, and 7 at
8 p.m.
Directed by Dr. W. Douglas Powers "Sheridan Whiteside, having dined at the home of the Stanleys, slips on their doorstep, breaking his hip. A tumultuous six weeks of confinement follow. The Stanley living room is monopolized by the irascible invalid; ex-convicts are invited to meals; and transatlantic calls bring a $784 phone bill. The arrival of strange gifts from his friends further destroys domestic tranquility. It would take a stoical housewife to harbor penguins in her library, an octopus in her cellar, and 10,000 cockroaches in her kitchen." Dramatists Play Service. Hijinks ensue in this beloved American classic. April 23, 24, 25, and 26 at
8 p.m. For ticket information, please call the box office at 570-372-ARTS. The Susquehanna University Box Office is open from 12 to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and is located at the Degenstein Center Theater. |
