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| Activities Calendar Band Chorus Clubs Drama |
Clubs/Activities Drama Theater Director: Les Caulfield Spring 2008 Production: William Shakespeare’s The Tempest Edgewater's Theater Department presents The Tempest by William Shakespeare. Prospero was a Duke who preferred his library to politics so his wicked brother slowly took control of the country and had Prospero set adrift with his young daughter, Miranda, certain that they would die at sea. They survived, however and landed on a tropical island where Prospero, because of his studies, took control of the spirits of the island and where Miranda grew to womanhood. By chance, one day, a ship carrying Prospero’s brother and several of his rivals passed by the island and Prospero sent his most powerful spirit, Ariel, to sink the ship and strand the survivors on his island. Miranda falls in love with the son of the King of Milan, and Prospero finally confronts his brother and fellow conspirators. All shows will be in the school auditorium. Admission is $7.
Fall 2007 Production: Paul Zindel’s The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds Edgewater's Theater Department presents The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds by Paul Zindel. This is a wonderful but dark drama about a young girl who finds escape from an abusive mother in her science class. Her teacher (the only one in her world who helps her develop self-worth) explains the wonder of atoms and how she is really made up of particles from the sun. This play won the Pulitzer Prize for drama and is considered a classic of hope and despair. All shows will be in the school auditorium. Admission is $7.
Spring 2007 Production: Rogers and Hammerstein's The King and I Edgewater's Theater Department presents The King and I by Rogers and Hammerstein. Anna Leonowens is a widow who moves to Siam with her son to become a teacher for the king of Siam’s children. The cultures collide, but with time, the king and the teacher find themselves getting along much better. All shows will be in the school auditorium. Admission is $8.
Fall 2006 Production: You Can't Take It With You - November 16-19, 2006 Edgewater's Theater Department presents You Can't Take It With You by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman. Alice Sycamore has to introduce the family of her fianceé, Tony Kirby, to her own family. The Kirbys are a wealthy, stuffy family of great self-importance, while the Sycamores are a collection of good-hearted lunatics. When the two families come together, lifestyle and philopsophy collide head-on. This classic and timeless play won the Pulitzer Prize for drama as a theater piece and went on to win Oscars for the film version. All shows will be in the school auditorium. Admission is $7.
Spring 2006 Production: Comedy of Errors - March 30 - April 2, 2006 Admission is $7.
Winter 2005 Production: Alice in Concert - December 8-11, 2005 In the early 1970’s Meryl Streep made a great impression in New York, in the creative musical, Alice in Concert, first produced and directed by Joseph Papp at his public theatre. This extremely imaginative rendering of the Alice in Wonderland story is performed by 12 actors, impersonating many of the delightful and timeless Lewis Carroll characters. The music ranges from reggae to rock during Alice’s journey through Wonderland and is captivating to audiences both young and old. Admission is $7.
Fall 2005 Production: Accidental Death of an Anarchist - Sept. 28 - Oct. 2, 2005 The Edgewater Drama Department will be performing Accidental Death of an Anarchist Wednesday, September 28 and Thursday, September 29 at 7:30pm. We are skipping a Friday show so everyone can enjoy our great football team, then it’s two more shows; one on Saturday, October 1 at 7:30pm and a matinee on Sunday, October 2 at 1:30pm. All shows will be in the school auditorium. Admission is $5.
Dario Fo, the Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, has created a wonderful political comedy in his play, Accidental Death of an Anarchist. This really is an amazing show with an extremely funny and creative cast. Don’t let the title or the label “political comedy” scare you away… it is a comedy in the true spirit of wacky and often absurd Italian comedy.
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