The BGSU Department of Theatre and Film has scheduled a full season of performances addressing contemporary issues and historical issues that still resonate today, with a comic nod to a classic drama and a musical version popular teen flick.
Tickets are $5 for students, $15 for adults, and $10 for seniors in advance. The box office will go live on August 21st at this site:https://www.bgsu.edu/the-arts.html
Mainstage Season
“Venus” by Suzan-Lori Parks
Directed by D. Amy-Rose Forbes-Erickson
Oct. 19, 20, 21, 26, 27, & 28 at 8 p.m. & Oct. 21, 22, & 28 at 2 p.m.
Eva Marie Saint Theatre
From Dramatist Play Service: In 1810, The Venus Hottentot (as she is dubbed)—a young black woman with an enormous posterior—is lured away from her menial job in South Africa to tour the world and make lots of money. Once in England, however, she is sold to a freak show and becomes a star. She shows off her attribute, bringing in crowds and raking in money for the side show owners. Quickly becoming adept at displaying herself and understanding what the people want from her as a freak, she even tries to break out on her own, but can’t quite master that in those social times. Eventually, she is procured by a white doctor who is more than fascinated with her. He falls in love with her and keeps her as his mistress until he is in danger of losing his medical reputation and social standing. Venus, who journeyed to Europe with high hopes, at the end of her short life, was dissected by the man she loved.
Winner: 1995-1996 OBIE Award for Playwriting for Suzan-Lori Parks
“POTUS: or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive” by Selina Fillinger
Directed by Jonathan Chambers
Nov. 16, 17, & 18 at 8 p.m. & Nov. 18 & 19 at 2 p.m.
Thomas B. and Kathleen M. Donnell Theatre
From Concord Theatricals: One four-letter word is about to rock 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. When the President unwittingly spins a PR nightmare into a global crisis, the seven brilliant and beleaguered women he relies upon most risk life, liberty, and the pursuit of sanity to keep the commander-in-chief out of trouble.
Winter Dance Concert
Feb. 2 & 3 at 8 p.m.
Thomas B. and Kathleen M. Donnell Theatre
Choreography by Department of Theatre and Film Associate Teaching Professor Colleen Murphy and BGSU undergraduate students.
“John Proctor Is the Villain” by Kimberly Belflower
Directed by Sara Chambers
Feb. 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, & 24 at 8 p.m. & Feb. 17, 18, & 24 at 2 p.m.
Eva Marie Saint Theatre
From Dramatist Play Service: At a rural high school in Georgia, a group of lively teens are studying “The Crucible” while navigating young love, sex ed, and a few school scandals. Holding a contemporary lens to the American classic, they begin to question, who is really the hero? And what is the truth? They discover their own power in the process. Alternately touching and bitingly funny, this new comedy captures a generation in mid-transformation, running on pop music, optimism, and fury, writing their own coming of age story.
“Heathers: The Musical” by Kevin Murphy & Laurence O’Keefe
Based on the film written by Daniel Waters
Directed by James Stover
April 11, 12, & 13 at 8 p.m. & April 13 & 14 at 2 p.m.
Thomas B. and Kathleen M. Donnell Theatre
From Concord Theatricals: Based on the classic 1989 film. Westerberg High is ruled by a shoulder-padded, scrunchie-wearing junta: Heather, Heather and Heather, the hottest and cruelest girls in all of Ohio. But misfit Veronica Sawyer rejects their evil regime for a new boyfriend, the dark and sexy stranger J.D., who plans to put the Heathers in their place – six feet under.
Nominee: Two 2014 Drama Desk Awards, including Outstanding Musical
Nominee: 2014 Off Broadway Alliance for Best New Musical
Winner: Two 2019 WhatsOnStage Awards, including Best New Musical
Elsewhere Season
“Latina” by Milcha Sánchez-Scott
Directed by Haley Anissa Alvarez and Sara Hopson
Sept. 22 & 23 at 8 p.m.
Eva Marie Saint Theatre
“Latina” is a self-reflective narrative with a blend of expressionism on the experiences of Milcha Sánchez-Scott’s job at the Beverly Hills Domestic Agency in California.
“The Lover” by Harold Pinter
Directed by Donovan Callahan
Nov. 3 & 4 at 8 p.m.
Eva Marie Saint Theatre
“The Lover” is a quirky, tense, intriguing one-act by Harold Pinter that examines the private intricacies of modern marriage.
“Dear Flower” by Jo Jae A
Directed by Jaehoon Kim
Jan. 26 & 27 at 8 p.m.
Eva Marie Saint Theatre
The tragic story of the Korean military comfort women in the Korean Madanggeuk style. It is the stories of those who forget the painful history, those who try to use it, and those who try to remember it.
“The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [revised]” by Adam Long, Daniel Singer, and Jess Winfield
Directed by Evelyn J. Berry and Frankie Gross
March 15 & 16 at 8 p.m.
Eva Marie Saint Theatre
An irreverent, fast-paced romp through the Bard’s plays. Madcap men in tights weave their wicked way through all of Shakespeare’s Comedies, Histories and Tragedies in one wild ride.
