Photo by Andrew Beers
Erin Ulman (The Witch), Kevin Thiel (The Baker) and Jenna Miller (The Baker's Wife) in the Otterbein University production of Into the Woods, the closing show of the University's 2014-15 season.
Otterbein University Theater's 2015-2016 season includes productions both classic and contemporary. Theater subscriptions are available, and individual tickets will be available starting Aug. 31.
Rent
Sept. 24-Oct. 3
Fritsche Theatre at Cowan Hall
This story follows the hardships and dreams of a group of impoverished friends living in Manhattan’s East Village in the late 1980s.
Based off of Giacomo Puccini’s opera La Bohème, Rent replaces consumption with HIV/AIDS in an emotional portrait of a gritty and footloose side of New York.
Much Ado About Nothing
Oct. 22-31
Campus Center Theatre
William Shakespeare wrote plays that were similar to romantic comedies, and did it centuries before people had time and money to spend on movies.
Two people who won’t admit to how much they love one another – Beatrice and Benedick – are one of Shakespeare’s witty and endearing pairs of lovers in this tale of comedy and dramatic suspense.
Dance 2015
Nov. 19-22
Fritsche Theatre at Cowan Hall
This one-act dance theater piece is based on Gottfried Helnwein’s painting “Boulevard of Broken Dreams,” which depicts Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, James Dean and Humphrey Bogart seated at a minimalist late-night diner – itself a reinterpretation of Edward Hopper’s painting “Nighthawks.”
This performance was choreographed by Otterbein’s Director of Dance Stella Kane.
Is He Dead?
Feb. 18-27
Fritsche Theatre at Cowan Hall
A young painting prodigy fakes his own death because only dead painters become famous, and in his new fortune and fame poses as his own sister while trying to win over his love.
This play comes to the Otterbein stage after a 2007 run on Broadway that included Norbert Leo Butz and Otterbein graduate Jeremy Bobb. It's based on a play by Mark Twain.
Fiddler on the Roof
April 7-16
Fritsche Theatre at Cowan Hall
This rendition of a play that won nine Tony Awards when it debuted in 1964 will feature chair of the Otterbein University Department of Theatre and Dance John Stefano in the lead role of Tevye, a poor dairyman. The father of five daughters, Teyve tries to protect his children and instill in them traditional values in a small Jewish community, under the shadow of anti-Semitism in Czarist Russia.
