2007-2008 Theatre Season
Fall Semester
Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
A Collaboration between the Belmont Theatre Company and Actors Bridge Ensemble
TICKET INFORMATION: Thursday, September 20-Sunday, September, 30
Belmont Theater Complex Opens with Much Ado About Nothing
The opening performance in the new Troutt Theater features one of Shakespeare’s most enduring comedies about the battle of the sexes and love. The production is a collaboration
between the Belmont Theatre Company and Actors Bridge Ensemble. Tickets are $18 for adults and $8 for faculty, staff, alumni and non-Belmont students. Call (615) 460-8500 or visit the Curb Box Office for advanced tickets. Ticket availability at the door will vary per performance. Show times are 7:30 p.m. Thursday thru Saturday evenings, with Sunday matinees at 2:30 p.m. (The Saturday, Sept. 22nd performance is an invitation-only event. The Thursday, Sept. 27 performance is Belmont faculty and staff night.)
Troutt Theater
Performance Dates:
Thursday, September 20th at 7:30
Friday, September 21st at 7:30
Saturday, September 22nd at 7:00 – Opening Night Gala – Invitation Only
Sunday, September 23rd at 2:30
Thursday, September 27th at 7:30
Friday, September 28th at 7:30
Saturday, September 29th at 7:30
Sunday, September 30th at 2:30
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
The Nashville Children’s Theatre in collaboration with The Belmont Theatre Company in the Troutt Theater
THE STORY: Forced to leave her sunny Caribbean home for the bleak Connecticut Colony, Kit Tyler is filled with trepidation. As they sail up the river to Kit's new home, the teasing and moodiness of a young sailor named Nat doesn't help. Still, her unsinkable spirit soon bobs back up. What this spirited teenager doesn't count on, however, is how her aunt and uncle's stern Puritan community will view her. In the colonies of 1687, a girl who swims, wears silk and satin gowns, and talks back to her elders is not only headstrong, she is in grave danger of being regarded as a witch. When Kit befriends an old Quaker woman known as the Witch of Blackbird Pond, it is more than the ascetics can take: soon Kit is defending her life. Who can she count on as she confronts these angry and suspicious townspeople?
Performance Dates:
October 4th through October 28th
The Merry Widow by Franz Lehar -- Belmont Opera Theatre - in the Troutt Theater
THE STORY: An intoxicating whirl of elegant ladies, eligible bachelors, Maxim's can-can dancers, and ever-flowing champagne, Franz Lehár's "The Merry Widow" has long delighted audiences with its effervescent tale of suitors seeking the coveted hand of wealthy widow Anna Glawari in fin-de-siècle Paris.
Performance Dates:
Friday, November 9th at 7:30
Saturday, November 10th at 7:30
Sunday, November 11th at 2:30
Two Rooms by Lee Blessing - The Belmont Theatre Company -in the Black Box Theater
THE STORY: 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 fact the same room serves for both and is also the locale for imaginary conversations between the hostage and his wife, plus the setting for the real talks she has with a reporter and a State Department official. The former, an overly ambitious sort who hopes to develop the situation into a major personal accomplishment, tries to prod the wife into taking umbrage at what he labels government ineptitude and inaction, while the State Department representative is coolly efficient, and even dispassionate, in her attempt to treat the matter with professional detachment. It is her job to try to make the wife aware of the larger equation of which the taking of a hostage is only one element, but as the months inch by it becomes increasingly difficult to remain patient. The wife is finally goaded by unforeseen developments to speak out against government policy and, in so doing, triggers the tragic series of events that brings the play to its startling conclusion.
Performance Dates:
Thursday, November 8th at 7:30
Friday, November 9th at 7:30
Saturday, November 10th at 7:30
Sunday, November 11th at 2:30
Wednesday, November 14th at 7:30
Friday, November 16th at 7:30
Saturday, November 17th at 2:30
Sunday, November 18th at 2:30
Spring Semester
Hamlet - The Nashville Shakespeare Festival in the Troutt Theater
Potential Performance Dates:
January 17th – 19th, January 24th – 26th, January 31st – 2nd
Pride and Prejudice by Jim Jory --in the Troutt Theater
THE STORY: All of the wit and romance of Jane Austen's classic 1813 novel come to life in this refreshingly fast-paced and engaging new adaptation. Finding a husband is hardly Elizabeth Bennet's most urgent priority. But with four sisters, an overzealous match-making mother, and a string of unsuitable suitors, it's difficult to escape the subject. When the independent-minded Elizabeth meets the handsome but enigmatic Mr. Darcy, she is determined not to let her feelings triumph over her own good sense -- but the truth turns out to be slipperier than it seems. In a society where subtle snubs and deceit proliferate, is it possible for Elizabeth and Darcy to look beyond his pride and her prejudice, and to make the best match of all?
Performance Dates:
Thursday, February 14th at 7:30
Friday, February 15th at 7:30
Saturday, February 16th at 7:30
Sunday, February 17th at 2:30
Wednesday, February 20th at 7:30
Thursday, February 21st at 7:30
Saturday, February 23rd at 2:30
Sunday, February 24th at 2:30
Mixed Bill - Dance Program's annual recital for Dance Minors --In the Troutt Theater
Performance Dates:
Friday, March 14th at 7:30
Saturday, March 15th at 7:30
Sunday, March 16th at 2:30
Thoroughly Modern Millie - Belmont Musical Theatre Company -- in the Troutt Theater
Call or visit the Curb Box Office for advance tickets. ticket availability at the door will vary by performance. Admission charge:$10 for Adults, $5 for Senior Citizens (65 and over), Belmont Faculty and Staff, and non-Belmont students. Free for Belmont students.
Performance Dates:
Thursday, April 3rd at 7:30
Friday, April 4th at 7:30
Saturday, April 5th at 7:30
Sunday, April 6th at 2:30
Thursday, April 10th at 7:30
Friday, April 11th at 7:30
Saturday, April 12th at 7:30
Sunday, April 13th at 2:30
Not suitable for children under 10.
THE STORY: Novelist Mary McCarthy's notorious statement on the Dick Cavett Show calling playwright Lillian Hellman a liar exploded into one of the most famous of all literary feuds. This surreal farce portrays these two literary lionesses battling it out in hell. It chronicles a compelling story of two women shaped by their different but equally unsettled childhoods, their looks (one was a beauty, one was not) and the men in their lives while it brilliantly examines to great comic effect the concept of truth in fiction: Who can you believe? Interspersed throughout are witty songs that enable the ensemble to comment on the action.
Performance Dates:
Thursday, April 10th at 7:30
Friday, April 11th at 7:30
Saturday, April 12th at 7:30
Sunday, April 13th at 2:30
Thursday, April 17th at 7:30
Friday, April 18th at 7:30
Saturday, April 19th at 2:30
Sunday, April 20th at 2:30
