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PETER PAN
Presented by Miami University
April 30-May 4
Oxford

Directed by Laura Feldmeyer
Choreographed by Tess Stanifer

Cast: Jeremiah Plessinger as Barrie/Hook/Twin/Peter, Adam Joesten as Peter, Lauren Kammerling as Jane/Tootles, JP Horton as Curly/John/Nana, Kaela Smith as Nibs/Starkey, Richard Dent as Second Twin/Smee, Kate Hendrickson as Michael/Tiger Lily, Tamara Ljbibratic as Mrs. Darling/Tink/Mermaid, Theresa Liebhart as Wendy, Meryl Juergens as Slightly/Hook

Long before Peter Pan ever appeared on stage or screen, it was a game played by playwright James Barrie and five young brothers among the stately promenades and climbing trees of London’s Kensington Gardens. In this adaptation, Barrie rejoins the game, and travels through his memory and imagination to revisit the moments of his life that influenced the creation of Peter Pan’s most iconic characters, moments, and places.

As Barrie slips between the timeless world of Never Land, 1870s Scotland, and war-torn early twentieth century London, he reveals how his relationship to his most famous and long-lived work changed throughout his life.

As Wendy flies to Never Land, Hook captures the Lost Boys, Tinker Bell drinks the poison, and Peter decides whether to grow up or stay a boy forever, the character of Barrie must choose whether or not to finish writing Peter Pan in this creative re-imagining of the original 1904 play. Pulling from his personal notebooks, published works, speeches, and letters, Barrie speaks in his own words – painting a personal portrait of one of the world’s most beloved writers.

• Wed-Fri, April 30-May 2 at 7:30pm
• Sat, May 3 at 2pm & 7:30pm
• Sun, May 4 at 2pm

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CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE OF JOY
Presented by Miami University
Feb. 26-March 2
Oxford

Directed by Paul K. Bryant-Jackson

Cast: Day Robinson as Ernestine Crump, Jaime Coaker as Ermina Crump, Vonzell Carter as Godfrey Crump, Ashley Dunn as Lily Ann Green & Lizzie Docel as Gerte Crump

The date is 1950 in Brooklyn, New York, a time where racial tensions in the U.S. are on the verge of spilling over. America is dealing with the after effects of World War II, the start of the Cold War, and is bracing itself for the Civil Rights movement. It truly is a time of change, something that is familiar with the Crump household. Crumbs is a memory play told through Ernestine, a seventeen year old, African American young woman whose family is dealing with their own realities of change. Reeling off of the loss of his wife, Godfrey Crump, Ernestine’s father, is left with the sole responsibility of raising his two maturing daughters. He finds peace in a televangelist named “Father Divine,” and moves his family from the south and customs of Florida to Brooklyn to follow his teachings. Adjusting to this culture shift, Ernestine and her younger sister, Ermina, seek to find their own way of coping. For Ernestine, her solace is to escape in the actresses she saw in the movies, and for Ermina, the attention of young boys. Laced with communist notions, and talks about the Black revolution, Aunt Lily, the sister to Ernestine’s mother, shakes up the conservative world that Godfrey desired to create by moving in with the family. Her aim is to mother her young nieces, and to release them of their father’s teachings. The tension between free thought, and conservative views proves to be too much for Godfrey, and he again runs away to find solace; this time without his girls. While away, he meets a German woman named Gerte, who he falls in love with and decides to marry. He returns home with his new wife, and his daughters must then grapple with the idea of having a German stepmother. Gerte and Godfrey’s relationship is challenged, as they are victims to the cruel world of racism. Can the family truly “cope” this time and how?

• Wed-Sat, Feb. 26-March 1 at 7:30pm
• Sun, March 2 at 2pm

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AS YOU LIKE IT
Presented by Miami University 
Nov. 16-20
Oxford

Shakespeare’s popular play was written at the height of the playwright’s genius, most likely at the same time as Hamlet. This timeless pastoral comedy is an unconventional love story that follows the trials and tribulations of the characters in their quest to find love.

• Thu-Sat, Nov. 16-19 at 8pm
• Sun, Nov. 20 at 2pm

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BETTER LIVING
Presented by Miami University
Oct. 26-30
Oxford

Acclaimed Canadian playwright George F. Walker portrays a blue-collar family living in the East End of Toronto. Their home renovations, séances, and attempts to piece together their fragmented family unit are all turned upside down when their long estranged, survivalist father returns home.

• Wed-Fri, Oct. 26-28 at 8pm
• Sat, Oct. 29 at 2pm & 8pm
• Sun, Oct. 30 at 2pm

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