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The Players Club of Swarthmore
2000 - 2001 Season

  

Barefoot in the Park
Author: Neil Simon
Directors: Bruce & Millie Nutting
Performance Dates:

September 14, 15, 16, 17
September 21, 22, 23, 24
September 28, 29, 30

 

The Bratters are newlyweds in their first home - a five story walk-up apartment in New York City.  Aside from the aerobic challenge of where they live, their marriage is tested by kooky neighbors, weather conditions and an ever-present mother-in-law.  Neil Simon at his best!

 

Macbeth
Author: William Shakespeare
Director: Bohdan Senkow
Performance Dates:

October 19, 20, 21, 22
October 26, 27, 28, 29
November 2, 3, 4

Shakespeare's great tragedy about Macbeth unfolds amidst victorious campaigns against rebels, the prophesies of witches and the ambition that lead some men to head countries.  Many will succumb before Macbeth reaches his end.

 

Oliver!
Author: Lyrics and Book by Lionel Bart
Director: Sheila Kutner
Performance Dates:

November 30; Dec 1, 2, 3
December 7, 8, 9, 10
December 14, 15, 16

Our curtain opens on the sinister interior of the orphans workhouse. Sitting at a bare dining table are the pale faces of these boys.  Looming above them is the legend "God Is Love".  And so begins this musical story of Oliver Twist.

Hit Songs:
 Food, Glorious Food
Where is Love?
` Consider Yourself
As Long As He Needs Me

 

The Playboy of the Western World
Author: J.M. Synge
Director: George Mulford
Performance Dates:

January 4, 5, 6, 7 (2001)
January 11,12, 13, 14
January 18, 19, 20

The handsome young Christy has been wondering for days after an encounter with his old father.  As luck would have it, life takes a brisk turn and Christy is in the loving company of two fine women, one younger and one older.  This tale comes to life with the rich, beautiful language of the emerald island. What a strange and wonderful tale indeed.

 

Communicating Doors
Author: Alan Ayckbourn
Director: George Ainslie
Performance Dates:

February 8, 9, 10, 11 (2001)
February 15,16, 17, 18
February 22, 23, 24

Alan Ayckbourn's play about partnerships - business and marriage - is set at the Regal Hotel, London in 1980, 2000 and 2020.  This door-slamming comedy thriller moves along the fourth dimension to create conflict and reach resolution.  Laughter across 5 decades and 2 millenniums!

 

Roar of the Greasepaint/
The Smell of the Crowd

Author: Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley
Director: Charles McWilliams
Performance Dates:

March 22, 23, 24,25 (2001)
March 29, 30, 31; Apr 1
April 5, 6, 7

Few get out of life everything they desire, yet true contentment lies in the heart, claim the Urchins in The Beautiful Land.  One who "gets" is Sir, and one who's always bested is his foil Cocky of the "have-nots".  They meet to play "The Game."  Cocky asserts himself more and more with Sir.  But neither Cocky nor Sir can make the grade alone.  Finally they reach a kind of understanding as they share the road and head for a future of mutual understanding.

Hit Songs: 
A Wonderful Day Like Today
Look At That Face
Who Can I Turn To

 

Harvey
Author: Mary Coyle Chase
Director: Chas Thomas
Performance Dates:

April 26, 27, 28, 29
May 3, 4, 5, 6
May 10, 11, 12

A Pulitzer prize winning comedy about a man whose companion is a 6 foot rabbit and about the chaotic disruption he causes in a single day.

 

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