Current Season

Overview

The Theatre Program at Wayne State College strives to produce provocative, stimulating, and educational theatre. It is our goal to provide our students with a broad experience concerning genres, styles, historical perspectives, and challenges. To this end, we proudly announce our current season.

Quills
by Doug Wright
Ramsey Theater
Sunday, 9 Oct – 2:00 pm
Monday, 10 Oct – 7:30 pm
Tuesday, 11 Oct – 7:30 pm
Free will donation at door – proceeds go to Drama Club
Genre: Comedy/Drama/Melodrama/Farce
Adult subject matter
Winner of an Obie Award

The infamous writer, The Marquis de Sade of 18th Century France, is imprisoned for unmentionable activities at Charenton Insane Asylum. He manages to befriend the young beautiful laundress named Madeline. Things go terribly wrong when it is found out that the Marquis' books are being secretly published. It could mean the end of Charenton and possibly the Marquis himself.

Reviews:
Doug Wright’s raffish new comedy, part theater of the ridiculous, part comedy of manners and part Grand Guignol, successfully blends intentional archness, grotesque exaggeration and bold humor to create a theatrical experience of real wit – NY Times

Exuberant theatre making. . . gory, depraved, revolting and – uh-oh – sentimental. On top of all that, the play has something to say about censorship and what happens when you try to suppress art. . . Smirky gross-out fun with a purpose - Variety

Antigone
by Sophocles
Ramsey Theatre
Saturday, 19 Nov – 7:30 pm
Sunday, 20 Nov – 2:00 pm
Monday, 21 Nov – 7:30 pm
Free will donation at door – proceeds go to Drama Club
Genre: Ancient Greek Tragedy

Sophocles’ classic tale of the repetition and continuation of errors of the past. Antigone, daughter of Oedipus, disobeys the orders of King Creon of Thebes. She buries the body of her brother, Polyneices, a traitor to the city. Creon condemns her to death and has her buried alive in a cave. Though warned by the prophet, Tiresias, Creon sticks to his decree. He eventually relents and decides to free Antigone, but he arrives at the cave too late. With a tragic end, Sophocles presents a dark look at human history and the human capacity to learn from mistakes of the past.

Guys and Dolls
Book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows
Score by Frank Loesser
Ramsey Theatre
Friday, 17 Feb – 7:30 pm
Saturday, 18 Feb – 7:30 pm
Sunday, 19 Feb - 2:00 pm
Free will donation at door – proceeds split between Drama Club and MENC
Genre: Musical/Comedy

Tales with “guy gets reformed by good girl” sensibility never seem to go out of style. This rollicking fable of Broadway features the competing love stories of (1) gambler Sky Masterson and Salvation Army worker Sarah Brown and (2) Nathan Detroit, impresario of the “oldest established permanent floating crap game in New York,” and his 14 year fiancé, Adelaide, a stripper at the Hot Box Club. Great music and great fun!

Children’s Show - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
April 6 – 13
Call for Reservations - (402) 375-7407
Ramsey Theatre

Contact Information
For more information, please contact:
Janet Roney , M.F.A.
Professor, Technical Director, and Designer
Dept. of Comm. Arts
FA 110A
Wayne , NE 68787
(402) 375-7354
FAX: (402) 375-7130
jaroney1@wsc.edu

Gwen Jensen , Ph.D.
Professor and Director
Dept. of Comm. Arts
FA 111A
Wayne, NE 68787
(402) 375-7422
FAX: (402 375-7130
gwjense1@wsc.edu