2019 Theatre Season

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  A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder

  Fall 2019
  Poor Monty Navarro. Just as he is reeling from losing the girl he loves to a wealthier man, he learns that he actually is ninth in line to inherit a Dukedom - but only if he can eliminate the eight heirs who stand in his way! Described as an “uproarious hit,” this musical comedy won four Tonys, including Best Musical, in 2014.

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  DePauw One Acts

  Spring 2019
  DePauw Theatre is once again proud to present an evening of student written one-act plays. Giving new writers a voice and venue has been a priority for nearly thirty years in DePauw Theatre, and this year we present three short plays by women writers. In Where’s the PA? by senior Megan Mannering, a production assistant on a popular reality show finds herself thrust into a starring role when the lead actress stomps off the set. As a popularity storm roars on social media, our spotlighted heroine finds herself forced to confront her true self rather than her mediated fabrication. A Father’s Joy, by senior Kate Woods, finds an estranged daughter tasked with eulogizing the dead father she blames for her mother’s untimely death. The problem is the dead father wants the last word. And in Online Classes, by senior Caroline Knight, good intentions go south when a young teacher creates a falsified online persona to “friend” a social outcast from her class.

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  Spring Spectacle of Shakespeare

  Spring 2019
  In its 8th year, the Spring Spectacle is a partnership between DePauw University and Putnam County schools. The program trains DPU students to direct local middle and high school students (Cloverdale Schools, South Putnam Schools, North Putnam Schools, Greencastle High School) in the mounting of fully staged 90-minute Shakespeare plays. The Spring Spectacle is inspired by and produced in association with Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, MA.

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  The Wolves

  Fall 2019
  A girl's indoor soccer team warms up. From the safety of their suburban stretch circle, the team navigates big questions and wages tiny battles with all the vim and vigor of a pack of adolescent warriors. A portrait of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for nine American girls who just want to score some goals.

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  Trojan Women

  Spring 2019
  Euripides’ Trojan Women is the one of the greatest anti-war plays ever written. It depicts the suffering of women and children after every war. It has been used many times to protest against war and to act as a warning for audiences who see it. It can also be a consolation for those who are suffering, because in it they see that over the ages, others too have suffered. In our moment in time when war should be obsolete, it is a time filled with perpetual war, fueled by a hunger for power, and yet rather than spreading democracy, the tragedy of displacement, death, and destruction is spread and must be endured by those current victims of war, just like the Trojan women. In contrast to the grief of the women, the barbarism of the so-called civilized Greeks is an indictment of all imperialists. Hence, the unfortunate relevance today of this story that was written over 2,000 years ago.