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August 20th, 2008 - 8:31 am |
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TWELFTH NIGHT
July 16-20
By William Shakespeare
"If music be the food of love, play on."
From the inside cover of the Bantam Classic edition of the play text.
Set in a topsy-turvy world like a holiday revel, this comedy devises a romantic plot around separated twins, misplaced passions, and mistaken identity. Juxtaposed to it is the satirical story of a self-deluded steward who dreams of becoming "Count Malvolio" only to receive his comeuppance at the hands of the merrymakers he wishes to suppress. The two plots combine to create a farce touched with melancholy, mixed throughout with seductively beautiful explorations on the themes of love and time, and the play ends, not with laughter, but with a clown's sad song.
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WINNIE THE POOH
July 23-27
GUEST DIRECTOR our own Catie Belleveau
Dramatized by Kristin Sergel from the stories of A. A. Milne.
The following is the Dramatic Publishing Company catalog description:
Winnie-the-Pooh is Christopher Robin's fat little bear of Very Little Brain, who would like to drift peacefully through life, humming tunes and stopping frequently to eat "a little something." However, he finds himself involved in all sorts of frantic adventures, assisted by such friends as the dismal Eeyore, Piglet and Rabbit, with his countless relations. Pooh's intentions are always the best, but his passion for honey and condensed milk keeps getting him into trouble. When friend Piglet gets roped into Kanga's household and Kanga starts bathing him (with soap!) and forcing down spoonfuls of Strengthening Medicine, Pooh wants to fly to the rescue but he's had so many snacks he gets stuck in the door.
This fun production for the whole family is performed by Bemidji area youth.
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BRAVE NEW WORKSHOP
July 30-Aug 3
The oldest ongoing satirical comedy theatre in the U.S. joins the country's longest running professional summer stock theatre! This comedy improv troupe from the Twin Cities has a long list of successful alumni, including Louie Anderson, Pat Proft, and Franken and Davis. Today, the Brave New Workshop is the longest running, satirical comedy theatre in the country, and they'll use the Paul Bunyan Playhouse to try out their uproariously funny new show that will open next fall in the Twin Cities. |
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OKLAHOMA!
Aug 6-22
A Musical Play By Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, 2nd.
Based on Lynn Riggs' Green Grow the Lilacs.
Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein, 2nd.
From the Rodgers and Hammerstein catalog:
Set in a Western Indian territory just after the turn of the century, the high-spirited rivalry between the local farmers and cowboys provides the colorful background against which Curly, a handsome cowboy, and Laurey, a winsome farm girl, play out their love story. Although the road to true love never runs smooth, with these two headstrong romantics holding the reins, love's journey is as bumpy as a surrey ride down a country road. That they will succeed in making a new life together we have no doubt, and that this new life will begin in a brand-new state provides the ultimate climax to the triumphant OKLAHOMA!
Special Pulitzer Prize for Drama. , Special Tony Award, 1993.,
Best Musical of the Century: New York Drama League
"Songs, dances and story have been triumphantly blended…a striking piece of theatrical Americana!" - The New York Hearld Tribune, 1943.
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