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2010-11 Season

The Last Five Years
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This 2002 one-act off-Broadway musical follows the five-year relationship between Jamie, a novelist, and Cathy, an actress.

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Reefer Madness
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This boisterous musical is a tongue-in-cheek reinterpretation of the 1936 film warning against the pitfalls of “reefer madness.”

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How I Learned to Drive
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This Pulitzer Prize winning play follows the relationship between Li’l Bit and her Uncle Peck.

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Iphigenia
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This ancient Greek story is reshaped for contemporary audiences by acclaimed Irish novelist and playwright Edna O’Brien.

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The Odd Couple
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This 1965 play captures the relationship between Felix Ungar, an uptight neat freak, and Oscar Madison, his slovenly and messy roommate.

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The Female Odd Couple
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Written in 1985, The Female Odd Couple is Neil Simon’s female version of his play The Odd Couple.

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Oklahoma!
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Oklahoma! is the first “book musical” ever written. Set in Claremore, Oklahoma! follows the love story of Curly McLain and Laurey Williams.

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Romeo and Juliet
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Romeo and Juliet has variously been called “the greatest love story of all time”, a “lyric tragedy”, and a “hymn to youth, to passion, to speed, to danger.”

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A Christmas Carol
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This classic play captures the spirit of what Christmas should be.

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The Seafarer
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James “Sharky” Harkin is an alcoholic who’s moved in with his blind and aging brother, Richard.

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Dead Man’s Cell Phone
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Dead Man’s Cell Phone is a 2008 comedy about the power that a piece of technology can have over our lives.

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Company
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Bobby is 35 and single. Several of his friends and ex-girlfriends come together to celebrate his birthday.

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Listen to Me
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Rather than a linear story, Stein envisioned a poetic landscape centering on the characters of Sweet William and his Lillian.

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The Mousetrap
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The Mousetrap, written by “the Queen of Crime,” is the world’s longest running play.

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Charlotte’s Web
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This play brings back to life the enchanting characters of E.B. White’s highly acclaimed children’s book.

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Sweeney Todd
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Todd, a barber, meets Mrs. Lovett who owns a pie shop beneath Todd’s old home. Both work together to get revenge on the world by killing as many people as they can and baking them into Mrs. Lovett’s pies.

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      • Reefer Madness
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      • Iphigenia
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      • The Female Odd Couple
      • Oklahoma!
      • Romeo and Juliet
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