Bwog presents this Fall’s off-off-off-Broadway line-up. Look for their inevitable posters later this semester.

October:

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Cowboys and Indians (CU Players)

– 10/19-20

The Gist: A Will Snider (CC ’09) play about three guys, a campfire, and the American dream.

The Gimmick: A student written show that’ll be performed sober.

The Real Inspector Hound (Aporia Repertory Company/KCST)

– 10/19-20

The Gist: Agatha Christie meets literary theory.

The Gimmick: Post-show discussions with actors and crew, making it even more like you never left class.

Auditions Mon, Tue, Wed at 8pm in Hamilton Hall

King Lear (KCST) – 10/26-27

The Gist: Sometimes it’s not good to be king.

The Gimmick: Actually set in medieval England as opposed to, say, Japan.

Auditions Mon, Tue, Wed at 8pm in Hamilton Hall

November:

The Sublet Experience (CU Players) – 11/9-10, 16-17

The Gist: Romantic comedy

The Gimmick: Performed in dorm rooms. Which may make it indistinguishable from a normal Saturday night.



Pippin (CMTS) – 11/15-17

The Gist: A musical about Charlemagne’s hunchbacked son. Yes, really.

The Gimmick: The whole score will be re-orchestrated for a rock band with the help of the original musical director of Pippin, Joe Klein.

No Exit and Variations on the Death of Trotsky (ARC/CU Players) – 11/16-17

The Gist: Hell is other people.

The Gimmick: Going up in an Off-Broadway venue, featuring the same cast and crew as “The Real Inspector Hound”

Auditions Mon, Tue, Wed at 8pm in Hamilton Hall

Agamemnon (CU Players) – 11/16-17

The Gist: The Core Office sponsors yet another cycle of vengeance.

The Gimmick: Guaranteed audience of freshmen grudgingly looking for extra credit

Auditions Wed, Thu at 8-11pm in Hamilton Hall

December:

Into the Woods (CMTS) – 11/30-12/1

The Gist: Little Red Riding Hood, Jack (of Beanstalk fame), Rapunzel, and Cinderella sing Sondheim, battle for their lives.

The Gimmick: Crew from V113

After Icarus Fell (Black Theater Ensemble) – 12/7-9

The Gist: An African-American family struggling to come to terms with their

ever-present and seemingly unshakable past.

The Gimmick: With an off-campus director and a script from MFA student Harrison Rivers, it’s undergraduate theater without the undergrads.

TBD:

LateNite

The Gist: Short student-written shows

The Gimmick: Alcohol

Accepting submissions later this semester

NOMADS

The Gist: Long student-written shows

The Gimmick: Last semester’s was a sci-fi musical…

Still accepting submissions until Wednesday, email nomads@barnard.edu

-AWT