IPFW Music Department

IPFW Department of Theatre
2101 E. Coliseum Blvd.
Ft. Wayne, IN 46805-1499
(260) 481-6551

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2007-08 Season

The Lark
September 28 - October 7, 2007

Waiting for Godot
November 30 - December 9, 2007

A Doll's House
February 22 - March 2, 2008

Wonderful Town
April 25 - May 4, 2008

2008-2009 Season

How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying

Music and Lyrics by Frank Loesser
Book by Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock and Willie Gilbert
Based on the book by Shepherd Mead

Directed by Craig A. Humphrey

Williams Theatre

Oct. 3, 4, 9, 10, 11 at 8 pm    Oct. 12 at 2 pm

With the help of the instructional guide How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, eager and ambitious J. Pierrepont Finch is determined to do just that. On his climb up the corporate ladder, Finch encounters J. B. Biggley, the company president; Rosemary Pilkington, a romantically-inclined secretary; Bud Frump, a wily competitor and the boss’s nephew; and Hedy La Rue, a sexy ex-cigarette girl with ambitions of her own.  The intrepid Finch dodges, parries and plans until victory is his. How To Succeed…, which received a Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1961, is a comic masterpiece of satire and song.

The Sign Language Interpreted Performance is scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008

Admission for IPFW students with I.D. is free
$16 Adults, $12 Seniors
$14 Faculty/Staff/Alumni/Arts Advocates
$10 All other students with ID
Theatre Box Office opens on Sept. 22, 2008
Call 260-481-6555   TTD 260-481-4105

For more information contact the Department of Theatre at 260-481-6551.    

Two Rooms

by Lee Blessing

Directed by Jeffrey Casazza 

Studio Theatre in Kettler Hall

Nov. 14, 15, 20, 21, 22 at 8 pm   Nov. 16 and 23 at 2 pm

Two Rooms, an intense, intellectual experience focuses on Michael, an American professor, who   has been taken hostage in Beirut; and his wife Lanie, back in the States, who awaits word of his fate.  Michael is in one small room being held and tortured by Shi’ite Muslims and Lanie, 10,000 miles away, is in a second room, stripped of furnishings, that was once Michael’s den. Isolated from each other for years, Lanie allows a select few into her inner sanctum–including a newspaper reporter who believes that by speaking out publicly, Lanie can save her husband. It is within these confines that Two Rooms unfolds.

 The Sign Language Interpreted Performance is scheduled for Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008

Admission for IPFW students with I.D. is free
$14 Adults, $10 Seniors
$12 Faculty/Staff/Alumni/Arts Advocates
$8 All other students with ID
Theatre Box Office opens on Nov. 10, 2008
Call 260-481-6555   TTD 260-481-4105

Purely Dance 2008

Brittney Tyler Coughlin – Artistic Director
Mark Ridgeway – Producer

Williams Theatre

Dec. 5, 6, 12, 13 at 8 pm   Dec. 7 and 14 at 2 pm

Purely Dance 2008, choreographed by the dance minor program faculty and alumni, will feature dance and nothing but dance.  An audience favorite, Purely Dance 2008 will be presented in Williams Theatre, just in time for the holidays and a great evening out.

Admission for IPFW students with I.D. is free
$14 Adults, $10 Seniors
$12 Faculty/Staff/Alumni/Arts Advocates
$8 All other students with ID
Theatre Box Office opens on Dec. 1, 2008
Call 260-481-6555  

There will be no sign language interpretation of this free form presentation.

 The Taming of the Shrew  

by Williams Shakespeare

Directed by John O’Connell

Williams Theatre

Feb. 20, 21, 26, 27, 28 at 8pm    Feb. 22 and March 1 at 2 pm
High School Matinee Wed. Feb. 25 at 10:00 am

 Kate and Petruchio embody the classic battle of the sexes.  He would love to marry her for a variety of financial and strategic reasons and she hates everything about him.  Kate’s lovely and unquenchable younger sister Bianca cannot marry until she does, but Kate will have none of it.  Especially in the marriage her father has arranged for her with the arrogant, self-serving and boisterous Petruchio.  Sparks fly as Petruchio tries The Taming of the Shrew, only to find that he has been her captive all along.

 The Sign Language Interpreted Performance is scheduled for Sunday, March 1, 2009

Admission for IPFW students with I.D. is free
$14 Adults, $10 Seniors
$12 Faculty/Staff/Alumni/Arts Advocates
$8 All other students with ID
Theatre Box Office opens on Feb. 16, 2009
Call 260-481-6555   TTD 260-481-4105

 The Diviners 

by Jim Leonard, Jr.

Directed by Jeffrey Casazza            

Williams Theatre

April 17, 18, 23, 24, 25 at 8 pm   April 26 at 2 pm

 New Haven, Indiana native Jim Leonard’s earthy, funny, poignant and profoundly tragic play echoes some of our nation’s greatest depression era writings.  In the mythic town of Zion, in southern Indiana, Buddy Layman has the incredible gift of divining for water. His talent for water witching comes from his terrible fear of water.  A tragic accident left him brain damaged and motherless as his mother drowned while trying to save him.   A charismatic preacher questioning his faith “stumbles” into this town befriending Buddy, helping him overcome this intense phobia, and propelling The Diviners to its tragic finale.

 The Sign Language Interpreted Performance is scheduled for Sunday, April 26, 2009

Admission for IPFW students with I.D. is free
$14 Adults, $10 Seniors
$12 Faculty/Staff/Alumni/Arts Advocates
$8 All other students with ID
Theatre Box Office opens on April 13, 2009
Call 260-481-6555   TTD 260-481-4105

Sign language interpreter services will be offered during all Thursday night performances of all productions in Williams Theatre. Braille program books are available for all productions, as well as TTD services in the box office. The SoundMate� Personal Listening System is available to all patrons with any type of hearing loss.

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