HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, KY – Northern Kentucky University’s Department of Theatre and Dance is proud to present it’s 2012-2013 season lineup.
You Can’t Take It With You
By George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart
Directed by Mike King
Sept. 27 – Oct. 7, 2012
One of the most popular and successful plays of modern times; You Can’t Take It With You has been delighting audiences since 1936. This Pulitzer Prize winning comedy celebrates non-conformity as a man from a family of rich snobs becomes engaged to a woman from a good-natured but decidedly eccentric family. One dinner party and their families’ differences ignite! Will their love persevere, or will family ties pull them apart?
Royal Gambit
By Hermann Gressieker
Directed by Sandy Forman
Oct. 25 – Nov. 4, 2012
King Henry VIII has everything he wants, except a suitable heir. His legacy is all too well known, but what about the women he wooed? In this portrait of the infamous king and the six women in his life, Henry remains the same throughout but the women progress to modern times, showing their knowledge of the lasting effects of Henry’s deeds.
110 In The Shade
Book by N. Richard Nash, lyrics by Tom Jones, and music by Harvey Schmidt
Directed by Mark Hardy
Nov. 29 – Dec. 9, 2012
Nominated for 9 Tony Awards, this amazing musical is based on the play The Rainmaker. In the hot and drought-stricken American southwest, spinster Lizzie Curry’s loveless life is turned upside down when a rainmaker named Starbuck comes to town. Starbuck restores Lizzie’s self-confidence, all the while promising the local farmers he can provide them some much-needed rain.
Legally Blonde
Music and lyrics by Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin and book by Heather Hach
Directed by Jamey Strawn
Feb. 14 – Feb. 24, 2013
This hit Broadway musical is adapted from the motion picture and follows sorority star Elle Woods. Elle doesn’t take “no” for an answer, so when her boyfriend dumps her for someone “serious,” Elle puts down the credit card, hits the books, and sets out to go where no Delta Nu has gone before: Harvard Law. Along the way, Elle proves that being true to yourself never goes out of style.
YES Festival
To Be Determined (December, 2012)
Directors: Daryl Harris, Michael Hatton & Ken Jones
April 11 – 21, 2013
To get more information call the NKU Theatre & Dance Dept.’s Box Office @ 859.572.5464 or go online to http://theatre.nku.edu/boxoffice.
Box Office hours are Monday through Friday, 12-5pm.
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