St. Scholastica Current Season

2009 - 2010 CSS Theatre Season

Season of Social Commentary

Smash
directed by Scott Smith
Nov. 6, 7, 12, 13, 14 at 7:30pm
Nov. 8, 15 at 2:00pm

Two Rooms
directed by Benjamin Borchert
Feb. 12, 13, 18, 19, 20 at 7:30pm
Feb. 14, 21 at 2:00pm

The Misanthrope
directed by Liz Larson
April 16, 17, 22, 23, 24 at 7:30pm
April 18, 25 at 2:00pm

More information on each production:

Smash  A comedy adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher. Based on the novel An Unsocial Socialist by George Bernard Shaw, the story centers on Sidney Trefusis, a millionaire Socialist who leaves his bride on their wedding day because he fears his passion for her will get in the way of his plans to overthrow the British government.

Two Rooms  A drama by Lee Blessing. The two rooms of the title are a windowless cubicle in Beirut where an American hostage is being held by Arab terrorists and a room in his home in the United States, which his wife has stripped of furniture so that, at least symbolically, she can share his ordeal.  . . . In the end there are no winners, only losers, and the sense of futility and despair that comes when people of goodwill realize that logic, compassion and fairness have become meaningless when dealing with those who would commit such barbarous acts so willingly.

The Misanthrope  A comedy by Moliere. Outraged and disheartened by the vain flattery and calculated duplicity of his fellow men, Alceste declares that henceforth he will speak only the truth -- no matter what offense this might give. . . that he can no longer tolerate the conventions of saying one thing to a person's face and another behind his back.  Ironically, Alceste is enamored of young widow Celimene, whose malicious tongue and unceasing coquetry make her the embodiment of the very situation he professes to detest.