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Evansville Civic Theatre's Evansville Civic Theatre kicked off it's spectacular 81st Season with the sixth in the Nunsense Series: Nunsensations - The Nunsense Vegas Revue. Our sold out weekend crowds howled with laughter as those wacky nuns paraded and cavorted about the stage, joking, laughing and singing their way out of yet another predicament. Special thanks goes out to Dick Engbers who came out of retirement to direct the nuns once again in what has become a Civic Theatre Tradition. And with that, we wish to let the Civic Theatre Tradition continue with three more productions along the same vein of what our audiences have come to expect over the years. New Managing Artistic Director Lynn Kinkade took the helm with Bus Stop in December and will move on to direct the remaining two regular season shows, Visiting Mr. Green and Over The Tavern. Additionally, Civic Theatre introduces ECT: NEXTWAVE - our new series of educational productions - shows that are approached with the same professional quality as our regular season shows and designed to educate not only our performers, but also our audiences. Director of Education, Christopher Tyner heads up these upcoming productions. The latest additions to our lineup of exciting shows for 2006-2007 have just been announced! First up is a wonderful opportunity for the family, and a craze that has been sweeping the nation in recent years. The Sound of Music finds its way to Evansville Civic Theatre this summer in the form of Sing-Along Sound of Music. Civic Theatre will present the film in it's entirety along with captions and a bag full of goodies to use during the show. Come dressed as your favorite character from the show or even a "brown paper package tied up with strings" and bring the whole family to this great escape! Later this summer, one of today's most sought after musicals makes its' premiere on the main stage at Civic Theatre. The Last 5 Years will be the debut of Civic Theatre: Other Voices - a new program to introduce our audiences to an alternative faire of shows that would normally not be seen in our regular season.
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Nunsensations: Sponsored by Fifth/Third Bank & Casino Aztar
Directed by Dick Engbers. The showbiz savvy sisters hit the jackpot in their brand new adventure which takes them to the Pump Room Lounge, high atop the third floor of the Mystique Motor Lodge in the soul of the Las Vegas Strip. And that means—More Fans! More Feathers! More Glitz! More Hoopla! And More Hijinks than Ever! Praise the lord and pass the sequins. The Sisters present a flashy, outrageous, winning Vegas Revue.
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Bus Stop
by William Inge
Sponsored by Vectren & Toyota
December 1, 2, 8, 9, 10*, 15, 16, 17*, 2006 During a howling snowstorm, a busload of weary travelers must hole up at a roadside diner until morning. A nightclub singer named Cherie has been kidnapped by a young cowboy who is ready to sling her over his shoulder and carry her, kicking and screaming, down the aisle. Overnight, the café owner and the bus driver explore a long-overdue friendship, a middle-aged scholar faces his past, and a small-town girl gets her first taste of romance. “William Inge should be a great comfort to all of us. His classic Bus Stop brings to the theatre a kind of warm-hearted compassion, creative vigor, freshness of approach and appreciation of average humanity that can be wonderfully touching and stimulation.” – The New York Post |
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Visiting Mr. Green Sponsored by DSM Engineering Plastics & WIKY
Visiting Mr. Green is a quiet, passionate play about human relationships that will touch your heart and make you think about your life choices. There are plays that touch you, plays that make you laugh, and plays that make you glad you went to the theatre. Jeff Baron’s Visiting Mr. Green is all of those. “It is doubtful you are likely to encounter a play more enjoyable, more honestly funny and, in the end, more moving than this quite delightful two-hander by Jeff Baron.” - New York Newsday
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Over The
Tavern Sponsored by Koch Air & Bristol-Myers Squibb/Mead Johnson Nutritionals
Set in 1959 in Buffalo. Rudy, a 12-year-old parochial student, has suddenly discovered that questioning your faith is part of growing up, even when your tavern-owner parents would do anything to keep you from doing so. When Sister Clarissa, a seventy-year-old nun of formidable might, shows up on their doorstep, they are desperate to appear as the perfect Catholic family. This intelligently irreverent comedy about growing up Catholic in 1950’s America is a beguiling and hilarious tale with humor, heart and hope. |
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Acts of God by Mark Rigney November 16-19, 2006
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SING ALONG SOUND OF MUSIC June 8, 9, 10*, 15, 16, 17* Have you ever been to a film musical and had the uncontrollable urge to burst into song? Sing-a-long-a Sound of Music is your chance to test your vocal range with countless other assorted nuns, Von Trapp family members and Julie Andrews look-a-likes. The evening begins with a live show in which your host will lead you through a vocal warm-up, judge the fancy dress competition and award the prizes. Costumes are not compulsory but they are highly recommended and you will be amazed at the inventiveness on display. The host will then show you how to use your free goody bag throughout the film and suggest some appropriate heckles and accompanying actions (such as hissing the countess, barking at Rolf and, of course, cheering for Julie). Then, you sit back and watch the original 1965 movie in glorious Technicolor ™ with the lyrics for all the songs on the screen, so you won’t miss a chance to sing your hearts out. The audience takes over as the star of the show from this point and almost anything can happen – the first rule of Sing-a-long-a is THERE ARE NO RULES!
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THE LAST 5 YEARS July 27, 28, 29* August 3, 4, 5* A fresh and contemporary musical from Tony-Award winning composer Jason Robert Brown, The Last Five Years chronicles a young couple's romance in a new and exciting way: her story starts at the end of their relationship; his begins on the day they met. Funny and uplifting, the show captures some of the most heartbreaking and universally felt moments of modern romance. “…. heartfelt insights, energized by a seductive, rhythmic drive” — Newsday
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