The Washington College Department of Theatre is pleased to present its fall 2016 schedule of performances, which will include Cross-Dressers, Drunks, & Fools, The Pillowman, Macbeth,and The Glass Menagerie. All performances begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Tawes Theater in the Gibson Center for the Arts unless otherwise noted. Admission is free, though a $1 donation to the Kent County Food Pantry is requested. All are welcome.
Tickets are available at the door, and for reservations, which are suggested, go to the eventbrite page: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/washington-college-department-of-theatre-and-dance-8344600158 . If you have any questions, send an email to [email protected].
Cross-Dressers, Drunks, & Fools, an evening of Shakespeare’s clowns, will be co-directed by professor Dale Daigle and senior theatre major Maggie Campbell’ 17 on Thursday, October 6, Friday, October 7 and Saturday, October 8. This is a compilation of Shakespeare’s comic scenes from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo and Juliet, The Tempest, and Hamlet and is, quite frankly, 60 minutes of laughs and some of the funniest scenes ever written for the stage.
The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh is a senior thesis directed by Brian Klose ’17 performed on Friday, November 4 and Saturday, November 5. Katurian, a troubled writer living in a totalitarian state struck by a series of gruesome child murders, is brought in for questioning by two hotheaded detectives who suspect he’s behind the killings. The detectives torture his older brother Michal as Katurian defends himself and his stories. In this tale of wit, deception, and horror, the brothers will do everything to clear their names, and Katurian will do anything to save his stories. John R. Porter ’83 is the honorary producer.
Macbeth by William Shakespeare is a senior thesis directed by Kaitlyn Fowler ’17 and will be presented on Friday, November 11 and Saturday, November 12. Macbeth, Thane of Glamis, is one of King Duncan’s greatest war captains. But when Macbeth hears three mysterious witches’ prophecy that he will someday be king, his allegiances dangerously change. With his power-hungry wife by his side Macbeth plots and kills his way to the Scottish throne. But Macbeth’s reign is a bloody one, and as the death count rises a rebel force slowly begins to grow in the south, avenging their true king. Suddenly the Macbeths’ are forced to fight wars on all fronts in a desperate attempt to survive on the battlefield, and in their guilt-ridden minds.
The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams is a senior thesis directed by Erin Coffman ’17 which will take place Friday, November 18 and Saturday, November 19. When Tom Wingfield decides to revisit a pivotal period in his life, he finds that eventually, the ghosts of the past come back to haunt you—no matter how much you try to leave them behind.
The Gibson Center for the Arts is located on the Washington College campus, 300 Washington Avenue, Chestertown. For more information: https://drama.washcoll.edu/
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