This Week in Theater, Nov. 5

How He Lied to Her Husband
George Bernard Shaw's one-act satire will have you laughing and ... well, laughing some more.
ONLY ONE MORE SHOW

Tuesday, Nov. 6
Rm. 308, Kantner Hall
8:00
FREE
Limited seating, get there before 7:45


MacBett
Eugene Ionesco, the master of absurdism, takes on Shakespeare’s most sinister play, and the result is a wildly theatrical comedy about good, evil and the horrors of war. Both thought-provoking and funny, MacBett is a play for our time.

October 31 - November 3
Forum Theater, RTV Building, 8 p.m.
FREE for OU Students
$10 General Admission
$7 Seniors and Students
Presented by the OU School of Theater

Arsenic & Old Lace

A drama critic learns on his wedding day that his beloved maiden aunts are homicidal maniacs, and that insanity runs in his family.

Saturday, Sunday (Nov. 9, 10)
Mitchell Auditorium, Seigfred Hall
8:00 p.m.
$4

Midnight Madness
Fridays at 11:00
The Hahn, Kantner Hall
FREE
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Hosted by grad playwright Ryan, this week is Hand Job Madness.

The Hahn Theatre has only limited seating. Tickets are given out at 10, so come early to get a seat for the madness!

A view from the hole in the curtains

How He Lied to Her Husband, the OU School of Theater lab show, opened yesterday (Sunday) afternoon. Performed in a blackbox-like classroom in Kantner, the theatre only seats 40 people. But at the opening of her first School of Theater show, this young actor might have been performing for thousands.

That is, until I found the holes in the curtains. From backstage, laced into my corset and bumble-bee-esque period dress, I peeked through the humble openings and at the audience: In the front row, two of my studio classmates; in the back, my roommate; in the middle, my friend's mom who I just met, but who said she might extend her Athens visit to see my show.

Any anxiety that was trying to root itself into my shoulders evaporated. No one in the audience wanted anything but to see me succeed; no one was sitting in the audience waiting to revel in any of my screw-ups. For my studio-mates, every individual success reflects the improvement of the group. My older peers were turning out to support me and the cast and crew, just as I had supported them by attending their shows so many times. My teachers -- when they do show up -- will be there hoping to see their work in action, if only rudimentarily.

What really hit me was that I was a part of this community. A community that extends beyond just the OU School of Theater. The theater community can be judgemental, clicky, and can feel very small, but it is also most definitely a "community." If nothing else, there will always be other theater people in the audience! We're all in this, and we're all in this together.

Cheesy? Perhaps -- let me know what your experiences with the theater community. What are outsider's perspectives on the theater community?

RENT

From Ohio University:

The Ohio University Performing Arts Series is proud to welcome back the Broadway Sensation RENT!

By popular demand, RENT will return to Ohio University's Memorial Auditorium on February 20, 2008 at 7:30 PM. A special Ohio University student-only presale will begin on Monday, November 5th and will run through November 16th. Presale tickets will only be available through the Memorial Auditorium ticket office. The ticket office is open Monday through Friday from noon to 5 PM.


For more information, visit:
http://www.ohio.edu/performingarts
or
http://www.myspace.com/ouperformingarts

Resources for Theater-goers

I would like to use this post to invite anyone who has something to say about shows he/she has recently seen to comment. (Recent shows: Betty's Summer Vacation, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Some Girl(s), MacBett.)

Whether a performer or spectator, how was the experience? What did you think of the show? Feel free to post anything!

Also, I would suggest friending Arts for Ohio on Facebook. With regular updates and messages, this friend will keep you informed on many of the arts performances on the OU campus.

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How He Lied to Her Husband

I almost forgot to mention the OU School of Theater lab show How He Lied to Her Husband. This farcical play is particularly interesting in that it features the writer of this humble blog. That is correct: I am the role of She. If that's not enough to get you to come out to the show, read on:

How He Lied to Her Husband
Sunday, Nov. 4 -- 2 p.m.
Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 5/6 -- 8 p.m.
Kantner Hall, rm 308
FREE

Marriage, theater, and missing love letters...

The venue has limited seating; arrive at least 15 minutes prior to the show, and I would suggest hopping in line earlier -- these shows fill up quickly.

OVST Auditions

Athenians: planning to be around the area during Winter intercession? Feel like doing a little acting?

Ohio Valley Summer Theater (don't be fooled by the "Summer" in the title) is presenting Huck Finn's Story.

Huck Finn's Story
- auditions/interviews; during the 2 to 3 weeks prior to Thanksgiving
- rehearsals (8 hrs a day - daytime) begin Nov 19

If you are an adult who has does not have daytime commitments, and you are interested in trying out for Huck Finn (our Holiday show) do please contact Bob Winters by email at winters@ohio.edu, 593-5326. 590-6411.

An ominous beginning/This week in Theater

My original first post tragically disappeared mid-post.
A quick recap:

This Week in Theater

MacBett
Eugene Ionesco, the master of absurdism, takes on Shakespeare’s most sinister play, and the result is a wildly theatrical comedy about good, evil and the horrors of war. Both thought-provoking and funny, MacBett is a play for our time.

October 31 - November 3
Forum Theater, RTV Building
8 p.m.
FREE for OU Students,
$10 General Admission, $7 Seniors and Students
Presented by the OU School of Theater

The Post preview


Rocky Horror Picture Show
The cult classic returns to stage for Halloween night.

October 31
The Union Bar & Grille
$5 Admission
A Lost Flamingo Company production

Post Review




Never Too Late
A comedy by Sumner Arthur Long, in which middle-aged Edith and Harry discover they are going to have another baby, 24 years after their previous child was born.

November 1-4, 2007
8 p.m. (Nov. 4th 2 p.m.)
Stuart's Opera House, Nelsonville
$10 presale tickets, $12 at the door
An Athenian Players production


OU playwright's Friday Midnight Madness is canceled this week for MacBett opening.