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University Theatre
2011-2012 Season
For information call: 803-641-3305 or 641-2847.
Purlie Victorious
Written by Ossie Davis
Directed by Jack Benjamin
Main Theatre -- October 13 - 16, 2011
Purlie Victorious has come back to his shabby cabin to reacquire the local church and ring the freedom bell. An inheritance due to a cousin would supply the needed cash, but unfortunately it is controlled by the plantation colonel. When Purlie sends an imposter to the colonel to claim the inheritance, she is unmasked and the colonel makes a pass at her. Eventually the church is saved, services are held and the freedom bell rings. "A bucketful of bristling laughs. Wild, outrageous fantasy.... A rick and rollicking irony. Unique in style, rich in its highly indiviual humor." - NY Herald Tribune
University Theatre's production of Purlie Victorious is part of USC Aiken's 50th Anniversary Celebration!
The Velveteen Rabbit
Music & Lyrics by James Still; Music by Jimmy Roberts
Directed by Dewey Scott-Wiley
Main Theatre -- November 21 - 22, 2011
Though the most modest toy in the nursery, the Velveteen Rabbit earns love of a young boy and learns about the joys and pain of becoming "Real." Margery Williams' classic book springs to magical life in this enchanting musical about love, loss and self-esteem, with music by the composer of the smask Off-Broadway revue I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE.
Experimental Relief
Created by Students
O'Connell Theatre -- February 16-19, 2012
You have heard all about the accolades that University Theatre students have earned throughout their tenure at USCA. Now it is time to join us for a benefit performance created by students to showcase their work as playwrights, directors, actors, and designers and support a worthy cause that will be selected by the students and faculty.
Intimate Apparel
Written by Lynn Nottage
Directed by Dewey Scott-Wiley
O'Connell Theatre -- April 18 - 22, 2012
Winner of the 2004 New York Drama Circle and the Outer Critics Circle Awards. "...a deeply moving portrait of Esther, a middle-aged African-American woman...Nottage's play has a delicacy and eloquence that seem absolutely right for the time she is depicting...New York has no richer play..." --NY Daily News. "...thoughtful, affecting...The play offers poignant commentary on an era when the cut and color of one's dress--and of course, skin--determined whom one could and could not marry, sleep with, even talk to in oublic." --Variety. "Ms. Nottage has done so much good historical research...I want Ms. Nottage to keep working with this form; we see it so little, and we need it so much." --NY Times. "...a near-perfect balance between content and execution..." --Associated Press