KINGSTON, R.I. \u2014 September 12, 2016 \u2013 Edgy, scandalous, witty and opulent describes the four productions of the 溏心vlog免费B站 Theatre Department\u2019s 2016-2017 season.<\/p>\n
The award-winning department is committed to providing audiences with a unique theatrical experience and will again perform in the Robert E. Will Theatre and J Studio of the Fine Arts Center, 105 Upper College Road, Kingston campus.<\/p>\n
On the docket for the 2016-17 season are:<\/p>\n
\u201cGood People\u201d Performances of \u201cGood People,\u201d directed by Bryna Wortman, begin Oct. 13 and run through Oct. 23 in the Robert E. Will Theatre.<\/p>\n \u201cSpring Awakening\u201d Performances of \u201cSpring Awakening,\u201d directed by Paula McGlasson, begin Dec. 1 and run through Dec. 11 in The Robert E. Will Theatre.<\/p>\n \u201cThe School for Lies\u201d Performances of \u201cThe School of Lies,\u201d directed by Alan Hawkridge, begin Feb. 23, 2017, and run through March 5, 2017, in J Studio of The Fine Arts Center.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Great Gatsby\u201d Performances of \u201cThe Great Gatsby,\u201d directed by Bryna Wortman, begin April 20, 2017, and run through April 30, 2017 in the Robert E. Will Theater in The Fine Arts Center.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Written by David Lindsay-Abaire, \u201cGood People\u201d is an edgy, witty powerful and funny investigation of class differences in today\u2019s America, and it probes the theme of this fall\u2019s 溏心vlog免费B站 Honors Colloquium topic, \u201cInequality and the American Dream.\u201d The plot follows Margie Walsh, a mother living in South Boston with her disabled adult daughter, who is about to lose her Dollar Store job and could face eviction. In desperation, she seeks help from her recently-back-in-town high school boyfriend of long ago, now a well-to-do doctor, husband and father living in the upper class milieu of Chestnut Hill.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The winner of eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical, \u201cSpring Awakening\u201d is a celebration of youth and self-discovery that combines classic text and rock and roll. Based on the play by Frank Wedekind, with book and lyrics by Steven Sater and music by Duncan Sheik, \u201cSpring Awakening\u201d follows a group of 19th century German teens as they grapple with sexuality, morality and rebellion with scandalous consequences in a world of unresponsive adults. \u201cSpring Awakening\u201d explodes the boundaries of musical theatre to reveal the touching and passionate journey of growing up. This production includes mature language and subject matter, including brief nudity. Not recommended for children.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>\u201cThe School For Lies\u201d is set in Paris in 1666 at a fashionable salon run by a sharp-tongued and witty young widow, Celimene. She is pursued by a number of shallow suitors whom she is able to live off of without ever taking them up on any of their offers. Enter Frank, who has recently changed his name while away in London. He is determined to live up to his new name by being frank and rude to everyone. When Frank and Celimene meet, the sparks fly in this hilarious adaptation of Moli\u00e8re’s \u201cThe Misanthrope\u201d written by award-winning playwright, David Ives.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel The Great Gatsby<\/em>, adapted for the stage by Simon Levy, remains the ever evocative story of the pursuit of wealth and romance in the roaring 1920s \u2014 The Jazz Age. Enigmatic self-made millionaire Jay Gatsby pursues the married, moneyed Daisy Buchanan as his party guests drink and dance their frenzied way through life at his opulent Long Island mansion. Their greed, as evidenced by the surrounding consumerism and materialism, is revealed through subtle and obvious class differences of old money, the newly rich, and the working class that includes Tom Buchanan’s mistress Myrtle Wilson. Fitzgerald artfully discloses the careless, callousness of the untouchable upper class with whom we are entranced as they literally get away with murder.<\/p>\n