BGSU Department of Theatre and Film - Our 88TH SEASON
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THEATRE EVENTS - Fall 2009
Burning Patience by Antonio Skarmeta
October 1 - 4, 2009 Joe E. Brown Theatre
Directed by Sara Chambers
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown with book, music and lyrics by Clark Gesner
October 22, 23, 24, 25 at 8 p.m. Eva Marie Saint Theatre
Director TBA
The Fall Opera: Don Quixote
November 5th and November 8th, 2009 Kobacker Hall, Moore Music Center, College of Musical Arts
Directed by Ron Shields
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
December 2, 23, 24, 25 at 8 pm Joe E. Brown Theatre
Directed by Jonathan Chambers
Jump/Cut by Neena Beber
February 4, 5, 6 and 7 Joe E. Brown Theatre
Directed by Benjamin Powell
Almost, Maine by John Cariani
February 25, 26, 27 and 28 Joe E. Brown Theatre
Director TBA
Working with book by Stephen Schwartz and Nina Faso, music by Stephen Schwartzy, Micki Grant, Craig Carnelia, Mary Rodgers, and James
Taylor, and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, Micki Grant, Craig Carnelia, James Taylor and Susan Birkhead. Based on the book Working by Studs Terkel.
March 25, 26, 27 and 28 Joe E. Brown Theatre
Directed by Geoff Stephenson
The Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare
April 15, 16, 17 and 18 Eva Marie Saint Theatre
Directed by Lesa Lockford
FILM EVENTS - Fall 2009 FILM SEASON
Tuesday Nights at the Gish film screenings are held Tuesdays at 7:30pm in the Gish Film Theatre and are free and open to the public. Films are presented in conjunction with the Culture Club Cultural Studies Scholars’ Association.
Tuesday, September 8, 7:30 pm
Bad Taste
(1987) New Zealand, 91 minutes
Director: Peter Jackson
The first feature-length film by Peter Jackson, Bad Taste follows a group of special government agents in their attempt to save the world from flesh-harvesting aliens. Made over the
course of four years on an original budget of around twenty-five thousand dollars, this film demanded that Jackson and a core
group of his friends play many roles themselves both on- and off-screen. This movie, with its splashy visual effects and bravura
camera work, is a great introduction to the filmmaking style that eventually made Peter Jackson a star.
Tuesday, September 15, 7:30 pm
Peeping Tom
(1960) Great Britain, 101 minutes
Director: Michael Powell
This film tells the story of Mark Lewis (Carl Boehm), a soft-spoken cameraman with a deadly secret: he murders young women
and captures their dying moments on film. At the time of its release, this thriller, directed by the legendary Michael Powell,
was accused of being a sadistic exercise in bad taste. Over the years, however, the film has come to be recognized as a powerful
meditation on the seductive lure of the cinematic apparatus, the nature (and violence) of representation, and the misogyny
of patriarchal culture. Nearly fifty years after its release, Peeping Tom still has the power to shock and provoke thought.
Tuesday, September 22, 7:30 pm
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
(1986) U.S., 83 minutes
Director: John McNaughton
Based loosely on the life of infamous serial killer Henry Lee Lucas, this low-budget film shocked audiences not with gratuitous
violence and gore, but with a powerful screenplay and blistering performances from its cast. When the eponymous homicidal
drifter (Michael Rooker) moves in with his friend Otis (Tom Towles) and Becky (Tracy Arnold), Otis’s abused sister, Henry
introduces Otis to a life of crime at first unimaginable to the small-time hood. At the same time, Henry unintentionally woos
Becky with his surprising vulnerability. The lives of these lost souls collide in a climax that is both unforgiving and unforgettable.
Tuesday, September 29, 7:30 pm
Swoon
(1992) U.S., 82 minutes
Director: Tom Kalin
In 1924, Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, two young thrill-seekers obsessed with planning and committing the “perfect crime,”
kidnapped and murdered a 14-year-old boy. Their scandalous story has been endlessly adapted for stage and screen, but few
of these adaptations are as audacious as Swoon, the feature-length debut of writer/director Tom Kalin. Swoon became a landmark film in the “New Queer Cinema” movement of the early 1990s due, in part, to the ways in which Kalin interrogates
how the news media, lawmakers, and even scientists “blamed” Leopold and Loeb’s murderous behavior on their homosexuality and
how the vestiges of this homophobia remain with us today.
Tuesday, October 6, 7:30 pm
Cine-Posium
Department of Theatre and Film - Student Work in Recent Film Production Courses
This evening will feature short films and other material created in production courses such as Film I: Cinematography; Film
II: Editing, Image, and Sound; Film III: Sync Sound Production; Acting/Directing for Film; and Digital Technology for Film.
Screenings of individual and group projects by the Department's film majors will be accompanied by discussions that include
feedback from members of the film faculty as well as question and answer periods between student filmmakers and audience members.
Tuesday, October 20, 7:30 pm
White Zombie
(1932) U.S., 69 minutes
Director: Victor Halperin
Long before 28 Days Later and Night of the Living Dead, Victor Halperin introduced the walking dead to the silver screen with White Zombie. Featuring Bela Lugosi as the evil-eyed Murder Legendre, a sinister plantation owner and voodoo sorcerer, the film weaves
a diabolic web of infatuation, jealousy, and murder set in the rural cane fields of Haiti. Filmed on sets “borrowed” from
the recently completed Dracula (1931) and Frankenstein (1931), Halperin’s inaugural entry into zombie cinema offers a haunting portrait of the racial anxieties that plagued the
United States’ ill-fated occupation of Haiti from 1915 to 1934.
Tuesday, October 27, 7:30 pm
I Walked with a Zombie
(1943) U.S., 69 minutes
Director: Jacques Tourneur
This eerie film tells the story of Betsy (Frances Dee), a young nurse sent to a Caribbean island to care for the comatose
wife of plantation owner Paul Holland (Tom Conway). As Betsy settles into her assignment, however, she begins to uncover the
bizarre world of secrecy and voodoo that permeates the island’s lush tropical environment. Is her charge really suffering
from a naturally-occurring illness, or is she the victim of something significantly more malevolent? Produced by legendary
horror guru Val Lewton, this adaptation of Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre is a classic tale of mystery and suspense.
Tuesday, November 3, 7:30 pm
Fully Awake: The Black Mountain College Experience
(2007) U.S., 70 minutes
Directors: Cathryn Davis and Neeley House
Black Mountain College was an experimental college based in North Carolina from 1933-1957 and was the location for such events
as Buckminster Fuller's geodesic dome, John Cage's first multimedia happening, and the publication of early Beat poets in
the Black Mountain Review. This documentary looks at the unique educational style and long-term significance of Black Mountain College through interviews
with students, teachers, historians, and current artists, which serve to illuminate this school’s emphasis on balancing academics,
art, work programs, and community living.
Tuesday, November 10, 7:30 pm
The Quorum
(2004) U.S., 60 minutes
Directors: Maurice M. Martinez and Harriet Joseph Ottenheimer
In the politically and racially charged atmosphere of the 1960s, The Quorum coffee house created a successful model for multicultural
exchange. Opened in 1963 to persons from all racial backgrounds, The Quorum became a frequent target of segregationist harassment
in New Orleans. In 1964, police raided The Quorum taking 73 people to jail and accusing them of things like "playing guitars
out of tune." Combining oral history and rare archival materials, this documentary shows what happens when ordinary people
become involved in extraordinary events.
Elsewhere Theatre
Throughout the year, the Department will host a variety of student productions. For more information about these Elsewhere Theatre productions, contact the Department at 419-372-2222.
TICKET SALES
To purchase tickets, please call the Box Office at 419-372-2719.
Tickets to theatre productions are:
$12 for students and adults,
$6 for children (under 12), and
$5 for senior citizens.
Subscription packages are available for $40.
Discounts are also available for group sales (for groups of 10 or more). To arrange for a group sale, contact Sara Turner at 419-372-0370.
Subscribe to the Theatre!
A Theatre Subscription offers purchasers a variety of benefits. In addition to discounted ticket prices ($10 per show rather
than $12 to $15), subscribers will enjoy the convenience of purchasing a full semester of tickets in one transaction and the
ability to exchange tickets (by the Tuesday prior to Opening Night). To purchase a Subscription, visit or call the Box Office at 419-372-2719.
Exchanges
Ticket exchanges are available to Subscribers only. Exchanges must be made in person at the Box Office by the Tuesday before
Opening Night. As tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis, it is recommended that if you must exchange,
you do so as soon as possible.
Seating
Seating for all performances will be general admission; seats are not assigned and are available on a first-come, first-served
basis. If you require assigned seats, please share this request with the Box Office when you purchase your tickets.
Locations
The Eva Marie Saint Theatre is located on the second floor of University Hall on the BGSU campus.
The Joe E. Brown Theatre is located on the first floor of University Hall.
The Gish Film Theatre is located on the first floor of Hanna Hall.
The Theatre Box Office is located on the second floor of University Hall just outside the Eva Marie Saint Theatre.
Times
Curtain time is 8 p.m. for evening performances and 2 p.m. for matinees. Please check your tickets to confirm curtain times.
Patrons arriving more than five minutes after the curtain rises will not be seated.
Film Screenings begin at 7:30 p.m.
Parking
Free parking is available adjacent to the theatres in University Lot A at the intersection of S. College Dr. and E. Wooster
St., at WBGU-TV at the intersection of S. College Dr. and Scott Hamilton Ave., and at the Jerome Library on Ridge St.
If you have questions, comments, or concerns, please share them with us. Call the Box Office at 419-372-2719 or Sara W. Turner,
Theatre Business Operations Manager, at 419-372-0370.
