2006-2007 Season

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The God of Hell       

 by Sam Shepard

September 29, 30, October 3, 4 @ 7:30

A Dark Comedy of subversive government plutonium testing described by Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, Sam Shepard as "a takeoff on Republican fascism." 

"Startling...apocalyptic...a confident and unsettling scenario of surreal doom." - The New Yorker

"Deliriously entertaining and deeply scary...a shivering work of existential mystery."  - NY Newsday

 directed by : Bob Simpson

The Diviners

  a drama by James Leonard Jr.

November 10, 11, 14, 15 @ 7:30

A play about love, friendship, family and community, and a time in our nation's history when such things were hard to find, and even harder to hold onto.  While the rest of the country lays divided and demoralized by the Great Depression, the people of this story manage to weather the storm.

 directed by : Stacy Alley

The House of Yes   

a dark comedy by Wendy Macleod

February 9, 10, 13, 14 @ 7:30

The life of a dysfunctional Virginia family is paralleled to that of the Kennedys in this outrageous, edgy comedy.  Celebrating Thanksgiving brings on a whole new meaning when the Jackie-O obsessed daughter and her twin brother reveal their family secret.

FOR MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY

 directed by : Molly Simpson

 Fences

  a drama by August Wilson

February 20,21,23,24 @ 7:30

The ASU Theatre welcomes the 2007 Arkansas Repertory Theatre touring production of Fences.

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for drama and four Tony Awards, including best play, Fences tells the story of Troy Maxson, a former star of the Negro Baseball Leagues but now an embittered and resentful garbage collector who is coming to terms with his own lost dreams while struggling to hold onto his pride and keep his family together. 

Produced by Arkansas Repertory Theatre

         Robert Hupp, Producing Artistic Director

 directed by : Gilbert McCauley

Twelfth Night

a comedy by William Shakespeare

April 6, 7, 10, 11 @ 7:30

A fantastic Shakespearean twist on the old comic plot line of the madcap events surrounding the mixed-up and mistaken identities of twins, only this time he even mixes up the gender.  Often considered "the greatest of Shakespeare's romantic comedies."

 directed by : John O'Connell