Productions

"Master Harold"... and the boys

From Samuel French:

Halley, a white teen who has grown up in the affectionate company of Willie and Sam, two black waiters who work in his mother's tea room in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, learns that his viciously racist alcoholic father is on his way home from the hospital. An ensuing rage unwittingly triggers his inevitable passage into the culture of hatred fostered by apartheid.

This play contains strong language.

No advance ticket sales.
Groups can be accommodated. Phone ahead so seats may be reserved.
For information call 870-235-4257.
Production Dates: October 4, 5, 6, 2005.
Curtain Time: 7:30 p.m.
Admission: $2.00 for students, faculty, and staff; $4.00 for all others.
“Master Harold”…and the boys will also be presented at the Arkansas American College Theatre Festival.

The Voice of the Prairie

By John Olive
Directed by Laurie Kelley

From Samuel French:

As the play begins, an old hobo named Poppy and his grandson, young Davey Quinn, are telling a tall tale in a tavern. It is the early 1890s and itinerant storytellers like Poppy are the voices of the prairie. Years later, after Poppy’s death, Davey is discovered by Leon Schwab, a slick radio entrepreneur from New York. Schwab thinks that if Quinn will tell his stories about Poppy and Frankie, a blind girl he rescued from a cruel father, on the radio, it will help sell more radio sets. Quinn, reluctant at first, becomes famous on the radio as the Voice of the Prairie. Hearing Davey on the radio, Frankie reenters his life. Will Leon go to jail for tricking people out of their money with a fortune telling scam? Will the FCC jail all of them for broadcasting without a license? Will Davey and Frankie find the love that was lost so many years ago?

No advance ticket sales.
Groups can be accommodated. Phone ahead so seats may be reserved.
For information call 870-235-4257.
Production Dates: November 29, 30, December 1, 2005.
Curtain Time: 7:30 p.m.
Admission: $2.00 for students, faculty, and staff; $4.00 for all others.

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

By Edward Albee
Directed by Daryl W. Phillipy

From Dramatists Play Service:

George, a professor at a small college, and his wife, Martha, have just returned home, drunk from a Saturday night party. Martha announces, amidst general profanity, that she has invited a young couple—an opportunistic new professor at the college and his shatteringly naďve new bride—to stop by for a nightcap. When they arrive the charade begins. The drinks flow and suddenly inhibitions melt. It becomes clear that Martha is determined to seduce the young professor, and George couldn't care less. But underneath the edgy banter, which is cross-fired between both couples, lurks an undercurrent of tragedy and despair. George and Martha's inhuman bitterness toward one another is provoked by the enormous personal sadness that they have pledged to keep to themselves: a secret that has seemingly been the foundation for their relationship. In the end, the mystery in which the distressed George and Martha have taken refuge is exposed, once and for all revealing the degrading mess they have made of their lives. Winner of the 1963 Tony Award for Best Play.

This play contains strong language and adult situations.

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? will be presented in three-quarter round on the stage of the Harton Theatre. Seating will be limited and tickets will be sold in advance.
Groups can be accommodated. Phone ahead so seats may be reserved.
For information call 870-235-4257.
Production Dates: February 21 – 23, February 28, March 1, 2, 2006
Curtain Time: 7:30 p.m.
Admission: $2.00 for students, faculty, and staff; $4.00 for all others.

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)

By Adam Long, Daniel Singer, and Jess Winfield
Guest Director

From the Reduced Shakespeare Company:

The record breaking hit! All 37 Plays in 97 Minutes!

An irreverent, fast-paced romp through the Bard's plays, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) is London's longest-running comedy, now in its 8th year at the Criterion Theatre. Praised by the Los Angeles Times as "wildly funny" and by the Montreal Gazette as "the funniest show you are likely to see in your entire lifetime".

No advance ticket sales.
Groups can be accommodated. Phone ahead so seats may be reserved.
For information call 870-235-4257.
Production Dates: April 25, 26, 27, 2006.
Curtain Time: 7:30 p.m.
Admission: $2.00 for students, faculty, and staff; $4.00 for all others.

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