The Season
Under the Artistic Direction of Mark Harry Creter
The TTU Tech Players’ 57th Season in the BACKDOOR PLAYHOUSE
AUTUMN 2011 PRODUCTION
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Music and Lyrics by William Finn, Book by Rachel Sheinkin
This one act musical comedy centers on a fictional spelling bee set in a geographically ambiguous Putnam Valley Middle School.
Six quirky adolescents compete in the Bee, run by three equally-quirky grown-ups.
Directed by Mark Harry Creter,
Musical Direction by Mendy Richards.
November 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 2011 at 8:00 p.m.
Late Show: November 10, 2011 at 10:00 p.m.
Matinee: November 12, 2011 at 2:00 p.m.
Produced in cooperation with Music Theatre International
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WINTER 2012 PRODUCTION
Oedipus Rex
by Sophocles
Considered by many to be the greatest Greek tragedy.
"So, you mock my blindness? Let me tell you this. You [Oedipus] with your precious eyes, you're blind to the corruption of your life..." Tieresius
Student-Directed by Matt Wilson
February 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 17, 18, 2012 at 8:00 p.m.
Late Show: February 16, 2012 at 10:00 p.m.
Matinee: February 18, 2012 at 2:00 p.m.
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SPRING 2012 PRODUCTION
The 21st Annual Dorothy Printz Pennbaker Memorial Spring Production
Love’s Labour’s Lost
by William Shakespeare
“I take more unmixed pleasure from Love’s Labour’s Lost than from any other Shakespearean play.” Harold Bloom
Directed by Mark Harry Creter
April 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 20, 21, 2012 at 8:00 p.m.
Late Show: April 19, 2012 at 10:00 p.m.
Matinee: April 21, 2012 at 2:00 p.m.
The Tech Players will host a number of concerts this season in the Backdoor Playhouse as well as public play-readings and film nights.
