Arcadia Theatre 2006-07 Season
From a heart-wrenching story of a Vietnam vet retuning home to an energetic, show-stopping musical, a look what Arcadia Theatre offered during the 2006-07 season.
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MAINSTAGE
The Heidi Chronicles
by Wendy Wasserstein
Oct. 20 to 29, 2006Follow Heidi Holland from a young high school student in the 1960s to her job as a successful art historian more than 20 years later. The play, which won the 1989 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the 1989 Tony Award for Best Play, deals with the challenging roles of women during the '60s, '70s and '80s.
Heidi Chronicles Program (PDF)
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CHAT
Medal of Honor Rag
by Tom Cole
Nov. 10 to 12, 2006A Medal of Honor-winning Vietnam vet returns to America and has difficulty readjusting to civilian life. Medal of Honor Rag is a moving exposé of the horrors of war and its after-effects. (Medal of Honor Rag will be directed by theatre major Josh Hitchens '07).
Medal of Honor Rag Program (PDF)
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Godspell
Based on the Gospel of St. Matthew,
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Scwartz, Book by John-Michael Tebelak
Nov. 30 to Dec. 10, 2006
A hip re-telling of the Gospel of St. Matthew featuring a variety of musical styles, including pop, folk-rock, gospel and vaudeville. Godspell was one of the longest running off-Broadway musicals before moving to Broadway in 1976.
Godspell Program (PDF)
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SPRING 2007
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The Three Sisters
by Anton Chekhov
Feb. 22 to March 4, 2007
Considered by many as the best drama of the 20th century, The Three Sisters tells the story of the Prozorov sisters, Olga, Masha and Irina, and their brother, Andrei, and their hope for a better life.
The Three Sisters Program (PDF)
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CHAT
Anton in Show Business
by Jane Martin
March 30 to April 1, 2007
A play within a play about a small theatre company putting on Anton Chekhov's The Three Sisters and realizing that the world of the theatre is growing further and further away from the art of telling stories.
Anton in Show Business Program (PDF)
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Hearsay
World Premiere Production by acclaimed playwright Kathryn Petersen
April 19 to 29, 2007
Come and see the world premiere play by the celebrated author of The Icarus Box and Through the Glass Looking, written especially for the Arcadia Theatre. In the quiet Ivy Manor Apartments, the walls are thin and the residents mind their own business. That's what good neighbors do. But if these walls could talk, what secrets would they reveal? If these walls could talk, what would they say about us?
Hearsay Program (PDF)
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