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"Play"
March 2 at 7:00 p.m.; March 3 at 9:00 p.m.; March 4 at 7:00 p.m.
Performance: Play
Director: Jessie Dougherty Dean ’03.
Plot: Play is Becket’s minimalist, poetic No Exit as a man, his wife
and mistress ruminating on marriage, meaning and tricks of memory
from burial urns center front.
Play and Still Life play the same evenings and one
ticket is good for both performances.
Location: Conant Performing Arts Center on the campus of Oglethorpe
University (4484 Peachtree Road NE, Atlanta)
Cost: $7; $5 for seniors and students; free to the Oglethorpe
community with ID. For tickets call 404.504.1074.
More Info: Play represents collaboration with Oglethorpe alumni, a
trend Merola hopes to continue. In addition to the alumna director,
the production features Gabriel Dean ’03, a rising playwright at
Actor’s Express, playing the lead.
Dr. Merola goes on to say, "Play is a rehashing of the events
in three people’s lives, while Still Life’s (see below) three
characters are confessing to the audience."
"Still Life"
March 2 at 9:00 p.m.; March 3 at 7:00 p.m.; March
4 at 9:00 p.m.
Performance: Still Life by Emily Mann
Director: Deborah Merola
Plot: Mann places an explosive Vietnam veteran between his
wife and mistress as they sit and grapple with the after-effects of
war and love, haunted by the grotesque images the veteran creates in
the basement.
Play and Still Life play the same evenings and one
ticket is good for both performances.
Location: Conant Performing Arts Center on the campus of
Oglethorpe University (4484 Peachtree Road NE, Atlanta)
Cost: $7; $5 for seniors and students; free to the Oglethorpe
community with ID. For tickets call 404.504.1074.
More Info: Still Life, directed by Theatre Director
Deborah Merola, explores the after-effects of war and love between a
Vietnam veteran and his wife.
The combination of Play (see above) and Still Life makes sense to
Merola, who notes that “a triangle of characters is found in each
production, the staging is very similar and the female characters
are competing in both.” She goes on to say, “Play is a
rehashing of the events in three people’s lives, while Still
Life’s three characters are confessing to the audience
 "Waiting For Godot"
March 9, 10 and 11 at 8:00 p.m.
Performance: Waiting For Godot
Director: Chadwick Yarborough
Plot: On a deserted road, two ramps are waiting for the
elusive Godot. Balanced precariously between hope and
despair, comic farce and tragedy, Godot might be considered
Becket’s most Irish play.
Location: Conant Performing Arts Center on the campus of
Oglethorpe University (4484 Peachtree Road NE, Atlanta)
Cost: $10; $5 for seniors; free to the Oglethorpe
community with ID. For tickets call 404.504.1074.
More Info: Guest production of Waiting for Godot,
Affairs. Theatre Gael brings their highly praised production of
Waiting for Godot, directed by Oglethorpe’s technical director
Chad Yarborough, to Oglethorpe’s Conant Performing Arts Center for a
three-night run. Starring Gael Artistic Director and John Stephens
as Vladimir.
"subUrbia"
April 6-8 at 8:00 p.m.
Performance: subUrbia by Eric Bogosian
Produced by: Theatre Gael
Director: Chadwick Yarborough
Plot: Bogosian, the Obie award-winning playwright of
subUrbia, has created a cult classic. The New York Times
describes the play as "Chekhov on speed and Twinkies. A scathing
study of rootless youth." Newsweek writes, "The play’s
tornado energy and language ring out like a boom box with brains."
Location: Conant Performing Arts Center on the campus of
Oglethorpe University (4484 Peachtree Road NE, Atlanta)
Cost: Tickets $5-$7, free for OU-students with ID
For tickets call 404-504-1074.
"Beloved"
April 12-13 at 8 p.m.
Performance: Beloved
Director: Adapted for the stage and directed by Deborah Merola
Co-sponsered by Oglethorpe University Core Program
Plot: An intimate stage adaptation of the great novel Beloved by
Nobel Prize winner Toni Morrison that focuses on the story of Sethe
and Denver and the escape North.
Location: Conant Performing Arts Center on the campus of
Oglethorpe University (4484 Peachtree Road NE, Atlanta)
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