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2008—2009 Subscription Season
Our Annual Subscription Season is our one main source of fundraising for production and instructional expenditures. We offer:
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Academy Theatre 2008-2009 Season
Mainstage Series
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October
23, 24, 25, 30, 31 & November 1, 2008
 The Elephant Man by Bernard Pomerance This Tony Award winning play is the true story of a hideously deformed man who is exploited by Victorian society. He is befriended by an ambitious young surgeon who cares for him in a London hospital. Introduced to high society, the novelty of his deformity attracts the attention of a famous actress whose attempt to bond with him is thwarted by acts of hypocrisy. Ultimately even those who love him cannot help him. 7pm – Lowden Theater for the Performing Arts, 9th St and Clark Ave Click Here for Map. |
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December 11, 12, 13,
18, 19 and 20, 2008
 The Concrete Rose
Conceived and written by Jeneane Gallo Huggins 7pm – Lowden Theater This annual Dance Drama, presented in collaboration with Academy Dance, is always a visual treat. Brimming with passion, poetry and dance, this show promises an experience for your senses. Over forty performers weave this intricate story about breaking barriers through relationships and challenging ourselves to face issues on racism, sexism, and cultural bias. This poignant show ultimately will show us how to celebrate our humanity and will resonate in your soul long after you leave the theater. |
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February 19, 20, 21,
26, 27, 28 & March 5, 6 and 7, 2009
7 pm Saturday Matinee on February 28 at 2 pm  The Wiz Music by Charles M. Smalls Book by William F. Brown The Wiz is based on "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" by L. Frank Baum, and is one of Broadway's most popular contemporary musicals. This hip, soulful version is a multicultural journey that follows this well-known and beloved story of courage, brains, heart and home, through a fusion of multimedia, special effects and fresh orchestrations that will incorporate contemporary musical idioms. 7pm – Lowden Theater for the Performing Arts, 9th St and Clark Ave Click Here for Map. Click Here for Tickets |
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April 23, 24, 25, 30
and May 1 and 2, 2009
 You Can't Take It With You By George Kaufman & Moss Hart This whimsical Pulitzer Prize winning Broadway comedy by Kaufman and Hart is one of the best-loved plays of the American theatre. Adapted into the Academy Award winning film directed by Frank Capra film in 1938, this show helped to define the screwball genre of classical film. LVA Theatre's live production is a tribute to the Swing Generation, featuring the fun-loving Sycamore family "busting out" into swing dance. Add some pyrotechnical special effects, and you're sure to get a real bang out of this one! 7pm
– Lowden Theater for the
Performing
Arts, 9th St and Clark Ave
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The Studio
Series
focuses on the actor and the idea.
This allows student actors to explore acting techniques and dramatic literature that provide special challenges or are out of the mainstream of popular theatre fare, without worry about box office receipts, the pressure of large crowds or the compromise of literature or technique. The Studio Series provides audience members with something unique and daring, that stretches the idea of high school educational theatre into a form that challenges theatre tradition and convention. This form is constantly reinventing itself, but at its core lies the idea that the fundamentally important aspect of live theatre is the connection between actor, audience and play. |
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November 13, 14, 15,
20, 21 and 22, 2008
 The Diviners by Jim Leonard Set in the southern Indiana town of Zion, The Diviners tells of an unexpected friendship between a former preacher, C.C. Showers, and a "touched" teenager, Buddy, who has a special gift for divining water. While the town looks to Buddy to use his gift to save their crops, they look to Showers to save their souls. Buddy and Showers are fighting for their right to choose their own paths when fate takes a tragic turn. 7pm - Academy Theatre Black Box, 10th St and Lewis Ave Click Here for Map. |
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March 26, 27, 28, April
2, 3, & 4 @ 7pm
 An Evening of One Act Plays Ascension Day by Timothy Mason On the banks of a beautiful lake, several teenagers pursue normal church-camp activities. But the moon is full and the cries of the loons carry a message of menace and loss. Set in 1947, a single week is seen entirely through the eyes of these young people. Above the campers hovers the rumor of a phenomenon not heard of until the late '40s; beneath them, the depths of the lake itself hold a dark and foreboding legend. Bang Bang You're Dead The World Premiere of the Newly Revised 10th Anniversary Edition by William Mastrosimone Yesterday Josh was an average teenager; tonight he sits in his holding cell, wrestling with the souls of his fellow school mates that he callously murdered in the lunchroom that morning. During the course of this disturbingly compelling story, Josh is revealed as a hostile young man who is obsessed with violent video games, his grandfather’s guns and his feelings of loneliness and isolation. The premiere of this newly revised play stands as a symbol of a broken world that is violent, unhealthy, unfair, and beyond the power of anyone to fix except today's generation. This production is not recemmended for children under 12. 7pm - Academy Theatre Black Box, 10th St and Lewis Ave Click Here for Map. |
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