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2012-13 Season

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Open 2-5pm Monday-Saturday during the season

402.465.2384

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theatre@nebrwesleyan.edu

Ticket Prices: 

Musicals: 
Adults - $15
Seniors - $10
Students (K-12, college) - $7.50

All other theatre productions: 
Adults - $10
Seniors - $7.50
Students (K-12, college) - $5

A Chorus Line
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Broadway dancers audition for spots on a chorus line in this 1975 musical.

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Lend Me A Tenor
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Tito Merelli is the famous opera tenor, “Il Stupendo.” Before his next performance, his wife discovers an autograph-seeker in his hotel room, takes her for a secret lover and leaves him.

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Brighton Beach Memoirs
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This hillarious, semi-autobiographical play draws the portrait of a Jewish-American family as seen through the eyes of a 15-year-old boy.

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The Glass Menagerie
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Tom's father abandoned the family long ago, leaving him with the dull responsibility of supporting his mother and sister.

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Pirates of Penzance
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Frederic becomes free from his apprenticeship with the Pirates of Penzance on his 21st birthday.

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Dracula
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Count Dracula is determined to transplant his particular brand of evil from Transylvania to England.

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Cabaret
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Every performance is different in its combination of songs and stories.

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Animal Farm
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America’s longest running touring company, National Players, will make a stop at Nebraska Wesleyan University to perform “Animal Farm.”

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The Farnsworth Invention
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It’s 1929. Two ambitious visionaries race against each other to invent a device called “television.”

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The Complete Works of Christmas [Abridged]
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This collection of Christmas musical numbers, stories and skits will get you in the holiday spirit.

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The Cripple of Inishmaan
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Natives of Inishmaan are excited to learn of a Hollywood film crew’s arrival in neighboring Inishmore to make a documentary about life on Ireland’s Aran Islands.

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Legally Blonde
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Sorority girl Elle Woods heads to Harvard Law to prove that staying true to yourself never goes out of style.

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The Tempest
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The Tempest is set on a remote island, where Prospero, the exiled Duke of Milan, plots to restore his daughter Miranda to her rightful place, using illusion and skillful manipulation.

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Phaedra
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When an aging warrior king embarks upon his next foreign battle, he leaves behind his beautiful young queen to rule an unfamiliar kingdom and care for her handsome stepson.

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Spoon River Anthology
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The dead in an Illinois graveyard relay details from their lives.

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Mother Courage
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Anna, nicknamed “Mother Courage,” is determined to profit from the Thirty Years’ War as she works in the Swedish Army.

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  • 2012-13 Season
    • A Chorus Line
    • Lend Me A Tenor
    • Brighton Beach Memoirs
    • The Glass Menagerie
    • Pirates of Penzance
    • Dracula
    • Animal Farm
    • The Farnsworth Invention
    • The Complete Works of Christmas [Abridged]
    • The Cripple of Inishmaan
    • Legally Blonde
    • The Tempest
    • Phaedra
    • Spoon River Anthology
    • Mother Courage
    • Cabaret
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