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Gypsy, February 12 – 23, 2008
Theatre Sheridan
In this enduring musical classic, overbearing stage mother Rose is determined to get her younger daughter June into big time vaudeville. However, unwilling to tolerate her mother’s ruthless manipulations, June elopes with a dancer. Rose then turns all of her attention on her older and less talented daughter Louise. Soon
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Five Women Wearing the Same Dress, November 29 – December 8, 2007
Theatre Sheridan
The setting is a large estate in Knoxville, Tennessee. A group of five widely different bridesmaids hide out in the bride’s bedroom, taking refuge from the ostentatious wedding reception below – each for her own very personal reasons. Over the course of the afternoon. These women discover that they share
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110 in the Shade, November 27 – December 8, 2007
Theatre Sheridan
It is the middle of a scorching drought in mid-1930s Texas. Despite her widower father’s and two brothers’ positive encouragement, Lizzy Curry begins to realize that she is becoming a hopeless old maid. Even the town Sheriff, for whom she harbours a secret longing, keeps a guarded distance. It is
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Marathon of Hope, February 15 – 24, 2007
Theatre Sheridan
A miracle play is an ancient tradition of story and song. Theatre Sheridan follows in this tradition to bring the story of Terry Fox to life. The people around Terry have assumed different personas and parts of the play are fictional. It is an interpretation of his journey. However, some
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Company, November 8-9, 2005
Theatre Sheridan
Company is set in New York City, 1970. For musical theatre fans and historians, it is a very important work, since it marks the beginning of the "concept" musical, a form created by the team of Stephen Sondheim and Hal Prince (Follies, A Little Night Music, Pacific Overtures, Sweeney Todd,
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream, April 14 – 23, 2005
Theatre Sheridan
A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare is his most original play in terms of plot, and it blends characters from disparate worlds with no regard for historical authenticity or even consistency.
Director: Mimi Mekler
Choreographer: Gillian Herron-Saunders
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Catch a Rising Star, April 12 – 23, 2005
Theatre Sheridan
Catch a Rising Star showcased the 3rd year Performance Critiques and the 2nd year Dance Critiques, as a true collaboration of creativity. As part of their curriculum, each student was assigned the task of creating a showcase for their singing and dancing talents. For Catch a Rising Star, the Directors
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Bold Strokes: Elizabeth & Tunnel Vision, February 17 – 26, 2005
Theatre Sheridan
BOLD STROKES productions are Sheridan’s Independent Student Productions. This year’s production is two one-act productions entitled Elizabeth, and Tunnel Vision.
Elizabeth
Conceived, Directed & Choreographed: Kyle Golemba
Artistic Direction: Scot Denton
Lighting designed: Adam Stewart
Tunnel Vision
Story by Dan Falk, music & lyrics by Daniel Abrahamson
Directed & Choreographed:
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The Music Man, February 15 – 26, 2005
Theatre Sheridan
Once a flautist and piccolo player for John Philip Sousa's famous marching band then turned NBC radio orchestra conductor, Meredith Willson would spend many an evening entertaining dinner guests with whimsical stories of his childhood in Mason City, Iowa. Amongst his closest friends was Broadway composer-lyricist Frank Loesser (Guys and
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Sweet Charity, November 9 – 20, 2004
Theatre Sheridan
The musical is translated to an American context by Neil Simon from a Frederico Fellini film, Nights of Cabiria, about an aging Roman prostitute. Sweet Charity opened in 1966 at Broadway's Palace Theatre with four-time Tony winner Gwen Verdon as Charity. Directed and choreographed by Fosse, the production was nominated
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Triumph of Love, April 21 – May 1, 2004
Theatre Sheridan
Marivaux (1688-1742) the author of the play on which this delightful chamber musical is based, was a commissioned playwright for the Comedie Italienne, a troupe of exiled Italian actors who performed Commedia dell' Arte inspired comedies in Paris. Marivaux wrote one play a year for this company over a period
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Catch a Rising Star, April 14 – May 1, 2004
Theatre Sheridan
Catch a Rising Star showcased the 3rd year Performance Critiques and the 2nd year Dance Critiques, as a true collaboration of creativity. As part of their curriculum, each student was assigned the task of creating a showcase for their singing and dancing talents. For Catch a Rising Star, the Director
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A Workshop of ‘The Boys’, February 25 – March 6, 2004
Theatre Sheridan
This was a workshop production of The Boys by Joey Miller and Frank Peppiatt.
Though they come in different styles and venues, workshop productions share four similar qualities:
1) They are presentations of brand new plays which have never been seen by an audience anywhere before.
2) They change night-to-night
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Into The Woods, February 18 – March 6, 2004
Theatre Sheridan
Based on Fairy Tales by the Brothers Grimm, Into the Woods is an intricate weaving of the tales of Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, Little Red Riding Hood and Rapunzel, with a brand new story about the Baker and his Wife. When you add an ugly Witch who always tells
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Piaf – A Life In Song, November 19 – 29, 2003
Theatre Sheridan
Born in Paris in 1913 - legend has it she came into the world on top of a gendarme's cape under a gas street-lamp - Edith Piaf at the peak of her career was France's own superstar. Her tragic life, a life full of death, abandonment, destructive relationships, and substance
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Man of La Mancha, November 12 – 29, 2003
Theatre Sheridan
Man of La Mancha, is based on episodes from Miguel de Cervante's original 1615 novel Don Quixote, and written by three relatively novice writers - Mitch Leigh, a Madison Avenue commercial jingle-composer, Joe Darion, a journalism graduate, and Dale Wasserman, a television script writer.
The Time: Spain at the end
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Bold Strokes: Cry for Rain, Scooby-Doo and the Sequined Sceptre, Flamingo at the 24-Hour Bingo, Blue Hour, April 23 – 26, 2003
Theatre Sheridan
BOLD STROKES productions are Sheridan’s Independent Student Productions.
Cry For Rain
A new one-act musical, book and lyrics by 2nd Year student Dan Falk and music by 1st Year student John Connolly, directed by Tom Delbello and musically directed by Andrea Dlouhy, both 2nd Year students. (Approximately
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Bold Strokes: The Vagina Monologues (Excerpts), Writer's Block, The Great Gatsby: The Musical, April 16 – 19, 2003
Theatre Sheridan
BOLD STROKES productions are Sheridan’s Independent Student Productions.
The Vagina Monologues
The Vagina Monologues-selections from Eve Ensler's powerful feminist piece compiled and directed by graduating student Virginia Cowan, assisted by Phedra L' Abbe, another graduating student. (Approximately 35 minutes)
Director: Virginia Cowan
Writer’s Block
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Crazy for You, April 9 – 26, 2003
Theatre Sheridan
A musical of glitter and glamour, of style and show tunes and incessant laughter.
Music and lyrics by George & Ira Gershwin. Book by Ken Ludwig, co-conception by Ken Ludwig & Mike Ockrent, inspired by material by Guy Bolton & John McGowan.
Director: David Connolly
Choreographer: Jim White
Musical Director:
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The Heiress, February 12 – 22, 2003
Theatre Sheridan
The Heiress is an adaptation of the 1881 novel Washington Square by Henry James. James crafted a minutely detailed portrait of life among the New York aristocracy with his characteristic attention to historical accuracy. (James drew on his personal knowledge of Washington Square society for the novel. His grandmother had
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Catch a Rising Star, February 5 – 22, 2003
Theatre Sheridan
Catch a Rising Star showcased the 3rd year Performance Critiques and the 2nd year Dance Critiques, as a true collaboration of creativity. As part of their curriculum, each student was assigned the task of creating a showcase for their singing and dancing talents. For Catch a Rising Star, the Directors
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On The Town, November, 2002
Theatre Sheridan
Three sailors on a 24-hour shore leave in New York City during wartime 1944. Each of the three sailors meets and quickly connects with a woman.
Music by Leonard Bernstein, book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green
Based on an idea by Jerome Robbins
Director: Rod Maxwell
Choreographer:
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A Summer or Two Ago, June 7 – 13, September 18 – 21, 2002
Theatre Sheridan
A fantastic song and dance revue! Style 2002 is back in September after a successful summer tour and they're hotter than ever!
Director: Rod Maxwell
Choreographer: Stephen Greig
Musical Directors: Dafydd Hughes & Jean Minielly
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Measure for Measure, April 17 – 27, 2002
Theatre Sheridan
In this comedy about justice, the Duke of Vienna attempts to strengthen the laws that govern sexual conduct in his city. A straight moralistic tale, it would seem, until the man charged with cleaning up the city falls for the beautiful Isabella, who is pleading for the life of her
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Where’s Charley?, April 10 – 27, 2002
Theatre Sheridan
Where's Charley?, a musical spoof of a classic English farce, is a hilarious parody of Victorian social lunacy. The only collaboration between Broadway veterans George Abbott and Frank Loessor, Where's Charley? is a captivating and very funny romp. Set in 1902 in Oxford University, Two Oxford chums, Jack and Charley,
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