CONSERVATORY SEASON 08–09

 

Wilder! Wilder! Wilder!
Five One-Act Plays by Thornton Wilder Opens November 5, 2008
Five one act plays from the Pulitzer Prize winning playwright who transformed the American theatre by combining compassion and enormous heart with a brilliant sense of theatricality.  The entire second year class of students will be showcased in this evening of plays that range from bright comedy to moving and heartfelt sentiment.

Blur
by Melanie Marnich Opens January 7, 2009
an fsu/asolo conservatory production in the cook theatre
A charming and moving play by one of the brightest and most original voices writing for the theatre today. 15-year-old Dot DiPrima learns she has a degenerative eye condition, but in the process discovers a new way of looking at the world around her and opens the eyes of her circle of friends and family. A quirky and often outrageous comedy about becoming an adult in a complex and confusing world.

Miss Julie
by August Strindberg Opens March 4, 2009
an fsu/asolo conservatory production in the cook theatre
The classic play about love, lust and the battle of the sexes. A hot tempered upper class young girl reaches outside of her class to dance and flirt with the footman in her father’s household, and in so doing begins a battle for power that reaches a shattering conclusion. One of the great dramas of the 19th century that still has the power to shock today.

Three Postcards a musical play by Craig Lucas
with music and lyrics by Craig Carnelia Opens April 15, 2009
an fsu/asolo conservatory production in the historic asolo theater
Three old friends meet for dinner in a quiet restaurant in Greenwich Village and share memories, daydreams and fantasies while being waited on by a very proper waiter and the restaurant’s piano player.  As the evening progresses the women begin to move back and forth in time and space, revealing deeper and deeper layers of their lives in scenes and songs until the meal ends and they return to their quiet lives, unaware of just how much of themselves they’ve revealed. A charming and unique chamber musical.