2011-2012 Eureka College Theatre Productions

An exciting season at EC

Cemetery Walk at Olio Township Cemetery

September 18 - (2:00 pm Sunday)
Presented in cooperation with the Woodford County Historical Society

Historical figures from the past “return” to tell their stories. The production will feature Eureka College students portraying people of historical importance to the community.

"Arms and the Man" written by George Bernard Shaw

October 4 - 9 - (7:30 pm, Sunday at 2:00 pm in Pritchard Theatre)

Directed by EC Theatre Professor, Marty Lynch

Set during the Serbo-Bulgarian War of 1885-1886, the play explores the implications of war, war protestors and conscientious objectors. The play employs irony in its title, which is taken from the opening lines of the epic poem “The Aeneid,” written in 19 B.C. and which glorifies war. The comedy of the play comes from its contrasting characters, surprising opinions, mistaken identities, unexpected turns of events, irony, satire and wit. It premiered in London in 1894.

"Dead Man's Cell Phone" written by Sarah Ruhl

Directed by guest director, Rhys Lovell

November 15 - 20 - (7:30 pm, Sunday at 2:00 pm in Pritchard Theatre)

The play begins with an incessantly ringing cell phone in a quiet café, a stranger at the next table who has had enough of it and answers it, and a dead man with a lot of loose ends. The play revolves around a woman forced to confront her own assumptions about morality, redemption and the need to connect in a technologically obsessed world. It explores how we memorialize the dead and how that remembering changes us.

Ruhl is a recipient of a MacArthur "Genius" Grant. She was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for her 2005 play “The Clean House” and for her 2010 play “In the Next Room, or the vibrator play.”

The guest director is Rhys Lovell of Normal, who has acted and directed locally and in Chicago.

"Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day" written by Judith Viorst

Directed by EC Theatre Professor Holly Rocke

April 17 - 21 - (7:30 pm in Pritchard Theatre)

The play is a musical adaptation of Judith Viorst’s award-winning1972 children’s book of the same name. The lyrics and book are by Viorst and music is by Shelly Markham. The play centers on a young boy whose day includes a number of mishaps and disappointments, like having a cavity in his tooth and not getting the tennis shoes that he wants, which compel him to want to move to Australia.

Stage Combat Workshop

May 16 - June 3 - For more info>

Ticket Information

$7.00 - Adults
$5.00 - Faculty, Staff, and Seniors
$5.00 - Alumni
$3.00 - Eureka College Students
All tickets to the Little Red Devils are $2.00

Reservations can be made via phone or via email. See contact info below.

All tickets are available at the Box Office on the evening of the performance.

Reservations must be picked up by 7:15 p.m. or they will be resold. Curtain time is at 7:30 p.m. House opens at 7:00 p.m. Festival Seating - first come, better seat.

Handicapped Accessible.