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Theatre at Grand Valley announces its 2009-10 season, a Season of Societies, and invites you join us for another year of outstanding theatre performance.
In its 39th season, Theatre at Grand Valley continues to offer compelling and entertaining theatre that is artistically exceptional as well as challenging and educating to our students and community. Scan our “society” page to see who’s who and what’s what, and then get your tickets to join the high society in our audience.
Our Mainstage Season of Societies includes a range of offerings that explore and present various social and interpersonal themes. How societies combine, interact, and relate provides good conflict for drama as well as thought-provoking introspection and rich entertainment. Opening the season is the Grand Valley Shakespeare Festival “Sweet Sixteen” Season production of Romeo and Juliet. This classic tragedy depicts two young lovers whose society is embroiled in a family feud. The season continues with the West Michigan premiere of the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winning rock musical, Rent. This production, a joint venture with the Heritage Theatre Group, features a range of marginalized young characters trying to discover their place in contemporary society. Winter brings a lighter tone to the season with another Tony Award winning musical, Into the Woods presented by Opera Theatre. This Sondheim favorite combines the socialites of various fairy tales into a single story filled with humor and memorable music numbers. The season concludes with Eugene Ionesco’s absurdist drama, Rhinoceros which holds up a somewhat skewed carnival style mirror to society to exaggerate and reveal the flaws and more bestial human qualities that exist in us. Don’t miss your chance to join in our society this season. Use the calendar provided inside to make your plans to be part of Theatre at Grand Valley.
| Grand Valley Shakespeare Festival Presents
Romeo and Juliet
By William Shakespeare
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GVSU Opera Theatre presents
Into the Woods
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Book by James Lapine
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What’s in a name? When the names are Romeo and Juliet, then there is the beauty of young love and the tragedy of that love cut short. Come see the star-cross’d lovers and discover what the fuss is about, or come rediscover why the story moved you the first time. For the “Sweet Sixteen” Grand Valley Shakespeare Festival Season, there is no more fitting play than this classic, “For never was a story of more woe / Than this of Juliet and her Romeo.”
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An ambivalent Cinderella? A blood-thirsty Little Red Riding Hood? A Prince Charming with a roving eye? Based on classic fairy tales, Into the Woods begins as a lively irreverent fantasy in the style of The Princess Bride. In the end it becomes a moving lesson about community responsibility and the stories we tell our children.
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| October 2, 3, 8, 9, 10 |
7: 30 p.m. |
| October 3, 4, 11 |
2 p.m. |
October 6, 7, 8
Secondary School Student Matinees Only |
10 a.m. |
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Advanced Ticket Prices
(All tickets are $1 higher when purchased at the event)
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| General Admission |
$14 |
| Faculty/Staff/Alumni/Seniors |
$12 |
| Students |
$6 |
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| February 5, 6, 12, 13 |
7: 30 p.m. |
| February 7, 14 |
2 p.m. |
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Advanced Ticket Prices
(All tickets are $1 higher when purchased at the event)
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| General Admission |
$14 |
| Faculty/Staff/Alumni/Seniors |
$12 |
| Students |
$6 |
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Theatre at Grand Valley and
Heritage Theatre Group present
Rent
Book, Music, and Lyrics by Jonathon Larson
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Rhinoceros
By Eugene Ionesco
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Rent, “a raw and riveting milestone in musical theater” (Rolling Stone) tells the story of struggling artists and the American Dream. Loosely based on Puccini’s’ opera La Boheme, Rent explores the real-life story of a multi-ethnic people with modern day problems with a message of embracing your life in the moment that is timeless. Rent is an emotionally charged musical that captures an audience and doesn’t let go until the last note has faded. This joint production with Grand Rapids Heritage Theatre Group directed by Manley Pope will take the musical back to its New York Theatre Workshop roots for a raw and emotional experience. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award.
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Tragic, timely and thought-provoking, this classic from France’s “Theatre of the Absurd” reminds us of the unprecedented scale of political brutality in our times. Ionesco’s grotesque sense of humor propels his hero on an existential journey to discover the depths of mankind’s capacity for evil. When we band together in conformity, does it become easier for us to do evil? Or more frighteningly, do we unconsciously crave it?
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| November 13, 14, 19, 20, 21 |
7: 30 p.m. |
| November 15 |
2 p.m. |
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Advanced Ticket Prices
(All tickets are $1 higher when purchased at the event)
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| General Admission |
$14 |
| Faculty/Staff/Alumni/Seniors |
$12 |
| Students |
$6 |
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April 2, 3, 8, 9, 10
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7: 30 p.m. |
| April 11 |
2 p.m. |
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Advanced Ticket Prices
(All tickets are $1 higher when purchased at the event)
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| General Admission |
$12 |
| Faculty/Staff/Alumni/Seniors |
$10 |
| Students |
$6 |
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A double bill of student-directed one-act plays
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The Hardy Boys and the Mystery of Where Babies Come From
By Christopher Durang
Directed by Sarah McDowell
Remember the fun and exciting mysteries of the Hardy Boys? Well, now they’re back in action with the most hilarious mystery yet. Frank and Joe are on another sleuthing adventure to find out where babies come from, what “a bun in the oven” really is, and what this has to do with Nancy Drew. Come see this entertaining one-act comedy about innocence and miscommunication.
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Zoo Story
By Edward Albee
Directed by Evin Anderson
Zoo Story is multiple Pulitzer Prize winner Edward Albee’s first play. Watch as Peter, an Average-Joe, crosses paths with a lonely extrovert, Jerry, in a clash of middle-class America and the outcasts of society. Have you been to the Zoo?
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February 25, 26, and 27
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7:30 p.m.
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Advanced Ticket Prices
(All tickets are $1 higher when purchased at the event)
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All Seats General Admission
and General Seating |
$6 |
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Additional Performances
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"A Night at the Fights"
Featuring stage combat scenes and performances
by Grand Valley students.
Ian Borden, a former Grand Valley visiting professor, returns to work with students on stage combat techniques, creating a very enjoyable demonstration of the art of stage combat.
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Admission is free with general seating and is open to the public.
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Directing II Evenings of One-Acts
Public performances of one-act plays directed by students from the CTH 465 Directing II Class. Each evening will feature a different line-up of 3-4 one-act plays from different directors. Caution, the pieces contain strong language and adult content comparable to an R-rating in film.
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April 26, 27, and 28
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7:30 p.m.
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Admission is free with general seating and is open to the public.
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All performances will be held in the Louis Armstrong Theatre in the Performing Arts Center located at the Allendale Campus. All performnances are produced through the Theatre Arts Major of GVSU's School of Communications
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Also try our new "FLEXPASS" offering multiple admissions anytime, at a drastically reduced price, for single or multiple shows, for the entire season!
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