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Beloit College Theatre 2011-2012 Season

Box office Hours: 12:30-5pm Monday – Friday

Show Nights: Box office opens 7pm

Tickets may be purchased by 7:45pm Night of the Show

Season Tickets:  Regular Season Tickets $34.00 (Must be ordered before start of first show)

Senior Season Tickets:  $20.00 age 62 and over

Faculty Season Tickets:  $20.00 Beloit College faculty & staff only

Student Season Tickets:  $16.00 Copy of student ID with order

Single ticket orders:  Regular $8.50, Senior, Faculty & Staff $5, Students $4

The Exonerated

By Jessica Blank & Erik Jensen

Directed by Amy L. Sarno

Oct 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 2011

8 p.m. Kresge Theatre

Five men and one woman are each starting over.  Sunny teaches yoga.  David struggles with his addictions.  Robert and Georgia have just gotten married.  Kerry and Sandra are expecting a baby any moment.  Delbert’s writing poetry and Gary’s harvesting another crop of organic produce.  All of these individuals understand justice and freedom in a way very few of us really ever will.  Each of these individuals received the death penalty for crimes they didn’t commit.  Each one traded in his or her dreams for an orange jumpsuit.  All of them spent years waiting to die.  And every single one was cleared by DNA evidence.  None of them can believe what they survived and not a single one of these people has given up on life or hope.  All of these people are real.  All of their stories true.  This is a riveting play about the biggest decision any jury can make.

The Dining Room

By A.R.Gurney

Directed by John Kaufman

Nov 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 2011

8 p.m. Neese Theatre

In a world of drive-through windows, smart phones at the table and dinner in front of the TV, The Dining Room celebrates a forgotten gathering place.  Rather than the scenery changing around the characters, the dining room itself becomes the centerpiece of the play.  Through comic and serious vignettes, the play spans decades and generations of the room’s colorful inhabitants.  Among them are a father teaching his son the proper way to treat a lady, two teenage girls sneaking gin from their parents’ liquor cabinet, and two lovers discussing their affair as they chaperone a children’s birthday party.  Come to our table and feast on scenes of family, joy, sorrow and the shared community that binds us together.

Chelonia Dance Concert 2012

 8 p.m. Feb. 2, 3, 4, 2012

2 p.m. Matinee Feb. 5

Neese Theatre

Chelonia 2012 features an encore performance of Wreath of Memories, a dance choreographed by Chris Johnson inspired by children in the Holocaust. This award-winning piece premiered in 2002, and has been performed in Washington, D.C. as well as Moscow, Russia.  The stirring evening will also feature the premiere of a new work performed by Beloit students and choreographed by guest artist in West African Dance, Andrea Markus. Additionally the breathtaking concert will include the imaginative choreography by dance faculty Gina T’ai and Sarah Wolf, and of course it will exhibit the finest work by select student choreographers.

Pretty Theft

By Adam Szymkowicz

Directed by John Kaufman

Feb 23, 24, 25, March 1, 2, 3, 2012

8 p.m. Kresge Theatre

Allegra feels stuck in place.  It’s the summer before college and she has a dying father, a clueless boyfriend and a part time job at a group home.  Her most meaningful relationship is with an autistic savant obsessed with ballerinas and fixing mechanical devices.  When her new friend Suzy invites her on a rebellious road trip, Allegra gladly accepts.  But instead of leaving her troubles behind, she falls into the trap of a smooth talking master criminal.  With minimal ballet training and a history of missteps, will Allegra be able to dance her way out of this one?

The Sugar Wife

By Elizabeth Kuti

Directed by Amy L. Sarno

April 19, 20, 21, 26, 27, 28, 2012

8 p.m. Neese Theatre

“No one writes their name on me.  Never again,” confides Sarah Worth, former American slave to her Irish host, Hannah Tewkley.  The Tewkleys are prosperous Quakers in 1850s Dublin.  They’ve made their fortune in the tea and sugar trade and now use their wealth to support abolition in America.  Mr. and Mrs. Tewkley are leaders in the Dublin Quaker meeting and while sponsoring a speaking tour of a former slave turned activist, Hannah Tewkley begins to question her own charitable work:  are good works truly in someone else’s best interests?  Or, is good work really an attempt to find a new slave to free?  These questions rock the Tewkleys’ faith, marriage, and self-perceptions as they witness their actions reflected back to them through the relationship between Sarah and her white lover, Alfred.  A searing story of power, passion and pride that confronts how doing good sometimes does little good.