The Theatre Program at Blair Academy offers the serious actor and the newcomer to the stage opportunities all year round. Craig Evans, chair of performing arts, directs several productions each year, and teaches two levels of theatre classes, in addition to overseeing various student independent study projects.
The Blair Academy Players 2007-2008
DRACULA Adapted by Crane Johnson from the novel by Bram Stoker
This classic horror story comes to life (or is it undeath?) as a Halloween treat for the Academy Players’ audience. Johnson’s new adaptation brings the focus of Bram Stoker’s classic novel to the events that transpired in London, where Lucy has suddenly developed a strange malady, Renfield exhibits the bizarre behavior of eating flies and birds, and Lucy’s intended calls upon the renowned metaphysician, Dr. Van Helsing (here a female), whose dreadful suspicions lead them to their neighbor, Count Dracula. Thereafter it is a desperate race to save Lucy, and the others, and to drive a stake through Dracula’s schemes. Full of humor and horror, “Dracula” is sure to be bloody brilliant. Halloween, November 2 and 3
GUYS AND DOLLS Book by Abe Burrows and Jo Swerling, Music and Lyrics by Frank Loesser
Set in Damon Runyon's mythical New York City, this classic musical comedy brings
us some of Broadway’s most legendary characters: Sarah Brown, the upright
but uptight mission reformer; Sky Masterson, the slick, high-rolling gambler
who woos her on a bet and ends up falling in love; Adelaide, the chronically
ill nightclub performer whose condition is brought on by her 14-year engagement;
and Nathan Detroit, her devoted fiancé, gambling his love to keep alive
his floating crap game. Featuring some of Broadway’s best
songs, including “Luck Be a Lady,” “Fugue for Tinhorns,” Sit
Down You’re Rocking the Boat,” and “Adelaide’s Lament,” “Guys
and Dolls” is one of Broadway’s best. Click to watch a video of the
finale as a QuickTime
movie or Flash
file. February 14, 15 and 16
FORTINBRAS by Lee Blessing Lee Blessing’s hilarious play finds Fortinbras, in his ascension to the throne of Denmark, attempting to publically minimize the atrocities that culminated in the final scene of HAMLET much to the dismay and disatisfaction of the former inhabitants of Elsinore, who haunt him to distraction. February 21, 22 and 23
PROOF by David Auburn
David Auburn’s Pulitzer- and Tony-award winning play focuses on the complexities of familial and romantic love, as well as the relationship between genius and madness. April 30, May 2 and 3
METAMORPHOSES Mary Zimmerman
Mary Zimmerman’s “Metamorphoses” brings Ovid’s tales to the stage “with its emphases on love, loss, and the transforming powers of memory and the imagination” (The New York Times). Time said of the play, “Writer-director Mary Zimmerman’s lovely, deeply affecting work…recaptures the primal allure of the theater…It shows that theater can provide not just escape but sometimes a glimpse of the divine.” May 7, 9 and 10 Click here for more information.
TICKET INFORMATION
Unless otherwise noted, drama performances will be held in the DuBois Theatre or the Wean Studio Theatre, both located in the Armstrong-Hipkins Center for the Arts. An $8 donation is requested at the door. For information and ticket reservations, call 908-362-6121 ext. 5682.
Introduction
The Theatre Program at Blair Academy offers the serious actor and the newcomer to the stage opportunities all year round. Craig Evans, chair of performing arts, directs several productions each year, and teaches two levels of theatre classes, in addition to overseeing various student independent study projects. 