Project #1: Academic Theatre--Ohio University

Scapin
by Moliere (Jean-Baptiste Poquelin)

"Vaudeville and Commedia dell’ arte are seamlessly woven into an uproarious fable..."
http://www.playhouseonthesquare.org/0708/scapin.html

"...Molière's 325-year-old farce..."
http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?index=0&key=2497

Cabaret
by Joe Masteroff, Fred Ebb, and John Kander

" Cabaret is a cult classic musical...."
http://www.michaeldvd.com.au/Reviews/Reviews.asp?ID=4460

"...the landmark musical..."
http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/reviews/09-2006/cabaret_9039.html

Six Degrees of Separation
by John Guare

"The farce..."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/sixdegreesofseparationrkempley_a0a3dd.htm

"....this comic, fast-paced and affecting piece."
http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=959

The Mineola Twins
by Paula Vogel

"...a bright cartoon of a play..."
http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=2684

"...Ms. Vogel's comedy...."
http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?_r=1&html_title=&tols_title=MINEOLA%20TWINS,%20THE%20(PLAY)&pdate=19990219&byline=By%20BEN%20BRANTLEY&id=1077011432642&oref=slogin

Lysistrata
by Aristophanes

"...a comic account..."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysistrata#References

"..... his political theme of pacifism......", ".....the play is light-hearted....."
http://www.imagi-nation.com/moonstruck/clsc13.htm

The Glass Menagerie
by Tennessee Williams

"A drama of great tenderness...."
http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=1813

"......'memory play.'"
http://nymag.com/nymetro/arts/theater/reviews/11599/

The Beggar's Opera
by John Gay

".....wonderfully savage and scabrous script."
http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=2808

"...his famous ballad opera..."
http://www.umich.edu/~ece/student_projects/beggars_opera/

A Streetcar Named Desire
by Tennessee Williams

"A tragic and effective drama...."
http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=1791

"....a superb drama...."
http://partners.nytimes.com/books/00/12/31/specials/williams-streetcar.html

A Midsummer Night's Dream
by William Shakespeare

"""....a romantic comedy...."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Midsummer_Night%27s_Dream

"...an Early Festive Comedy..."
http://www.online-literature.com/shakespeare/midsummer/

The Caretaker
by Harold Pinter

"....strikingly original drama..."
http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=1630

"Pinter uses elements of both comedy and tragedy...."
http://www.enotes.com/caretaker/