2007 - 2008 Season
To order tickets call 262-551-6661 or email theatretickets@carthage.edu
Adults: $12
Students and Senior Citizens: $8
Groups of 10 or more: $5 a ticket
Crimes of the Heart
The year is 1974, and in the tiny town of Hazelhurst, Mississippi, Lenny Magrath leads a lonely, frustrating life. Her days are spent laboring at a brickyard; her nights are dedicated to caring for her aging granddaddy. But life takes a surprising turn when her youngest sister Babe is arrested for attempted murder—and on Lenny's 30th birthday! When middle sister Meg flies in from Los Angeles, the three sisters find themselves wrestling with old flames, new loves, nosy neighbors, family secrets, getting old, and letting go of the past.
Performances (Wartburg Theater)
- Friday, Oct. 12, 7:30 PM
- Saturday, Oct. 13, 7:30 PM
- Sunday, Oct. 14, 7:30 PM
- Friday, Oct. 19, 7:30 PM
- Saturday, Oct. 20, 2:00 PM
- Sunday, Oct. 21, 3:00 PM
Postmortem
This clever thriller by the author of Lend Me a Tenor and Sullivan & Gilbert has delighted audiences nationwide. Actor manager and playwright William Gillette, known for his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes, has invited his sister and the cast of his latest Holmes revival for a weekend at his magnificent castle home. For entertainment, Gillette arranges a séance, setting the scene for life to imitate his greatest role: someone is trying to murder William Gillette and he suspects his guests. Intrepid, eccentric Gillette works to solve the case himself a la Sherlock Holmes.
Performances (Wartburg Theater)
- Thursday, Nov. 8, 7:30 PM
- Friday, Nov. 9, 7:30 PM
- Saturday, Nov. 10, 7:30 PM
- Sunday, Nov. 11, 7:30 PM
- Thursday, Nov. 15, 7:30 PM
- Friday, Nov. 16, 7:30 PM
The Serpent: A Ceremony
The 1960s were shaped by social and political turbulence punctuated by a series of terrible and dispiriting assassinations. These events prompted Joseph Chaikin and the members of the Open Theater to seek an explanation for these vicious crimes. This search led them back through history and myth to the beginning—to the Garden of Eden and mankind's first sins. This inventive, Obie Award-winning retelling of the stories of Adam and Eve and Cain and Abel renders the biblical accounts strangely unfamiliar yet strikingly relevant to 2007.
Performances (Wartburg Theater)
- Friday, Feb. 15, 7:30 PM
- Saturday, Feb. 16, 7:30 PM
- Sunday, Feb. 17, 7:30 PM
- Thursday, Feb. 21, 7:30 PM
- Friday, Feb. 22, 7:30 PM
- Saturday, Feb. 23, 7:30 PM
Independence
The setting is the lifelong home of Evelyn Briggs in the small town of Independence, Iowa. Her oldest daughter, Kess, is a professor in Minneapolis, but she has come home at the request of her sister Jo due to concerns over their mother's mental health. Kess wants to cut her family ties once and for all; Jo, an incurable romantic, is pregnant; while Sherry, salty-tongued and amoral, wants only to finish high school so she can leave home for good. Ultimately, each is seeking a measure of independence—a pursuit that unexpectedly draws the family together, if only for a moment.
Performances (Wartburg Theater)
- Friday, Apr. 4, 7:30 PM
- Saturday, Apr. 5, 7:30 PM
- Sunday, Apr. 6, 7:30 PM
- Thursday, Apr. 10, 7:30 PM
- Friday, Apr. 11, 7:30 PM
- Saturday, Apr. 12, 7:30 PM
Children of Eden
Loosely based on the first few chapters of Genesis, Children Of Eden is a frank, heartfelt, and often humorous examination of the age-old conflict between parents and children. Adam, Eve, Noah and their common "Father" all deal with the headstrong, cataclysmic actions of their offspring. Boasting a melodic, energetic score by Stephen Schwartz (Godspell, Pippin) and an imaginative book by John Caird (Les Misérables), Children Of Eden delivers the bittersweet but inspiring message that "the hardest part of love is letting go."
Performances (Wartburg Theater)
- Friday, Apr. 25, 7:30 PM
- Saturday, Apr. 26, 7:30 PM
- Sunday, Apr. 27, 3:00 PM
- Thursday, May. 1, 7:30 PM
- Friday, May. 2, 7:30 PM
- Saturday, May. 3, 7:30 PM
Studio Season
Two Rooms
Two Rooms by Lee Blessing is a story set in the late 1980's about an American professor, Michael Wells, taken hostage in Beirut. The story goes back and forth between Michael's cell in Beirut and America where his wife, Lainie, has stripped his office of everything in attempt to connect with Michael through sharing in the pain of his isolation.
Performances (Studio Theatre)
- Thursday, Dec. 6 at 7:30 p.m.
- Friday, Dec. 7 at 7:30 p.m.
- Saturday, Dec. 8 at 7:30 p.m.
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