Less than two weeks after the September 11 th attacks, New Yorkers are still in shock. One of them, an editor named Joan, receives an unexpected phone call on behalf of Nick, a fire captain who has lost most of his men in the attack. He's looking for a writer to help him with the eulogies he must present at their memorial services. Nick and Joan spend a long afternoon together, recalling the fallen men through recounting their' virtues and their foibles, and fashioning the stories into memorials of words. In the process, Nick and Joan discover the possibilities of friendship in each other and their shared love for the unconquerable spirit of the city. As they make their way through the emotional landscape of grief, they draw on humor, tango, the appreciation of craft in all its forms-and the enduring bonds of common humanity. THE GUYS is based on a true story.
MARWICK-BOYD LITTLE THEATRE
La Ronde, an examination of love and relationships, provides a fascinating window into the refined, elegant and increasingly sybaritic life of fin-de-siec1e Vienna. Considered provocatively sensational when it was written 100 years ago, perhaps the most shocking aspect of La Ronde today is how many of the issues it presents are still with us today.
MARWICK-BOYD AUDITORIUM
The Dance Concert, an annual presentation of student and faculty choreographed works, fully realized with sets, lights, costumes, and special effects. The majority of the budget goes for the acquisition of music and the costuming of 50+ dancers.
After witnessing the accidental murder of his mother's lover by his father, Tommy is traumatized into catatonia, and as the boy- grows, he suffers abuse at the hands of his sadistic relatives and neighbors. As an adolescent, he's discovered to have an uncanny knack for playing pinball, and when his mother finally breaks through his catatonia, he becomes an international pinball superstar.
The classic '60s rock opera by The Who was translated to the stage by theatrical wizard Des McAnuffinto a high-energy, one-of-a-kind theatrical event. The exhilarating score is timeless in its youthful appeal, giving the show a cross-generational appeal that has made it a smash-hit in high schools and colleges around the world.
MARWICK-BOYD AUDITORIUM
The scene is a fashionably remodeled farmhouse in the countryside somewhere beyond London, where a prosperous and urbane couple are entertaining the wife's former roommate and friend whom they have not seen for twenty years. At first the husband and wife banter, then the friend joins them and a flood of intertwining memories ensues. The action shifts back and forth in time, as recollection of what did-or, perhaps, did not-happen are pondered and, as the tension builds, we are aware that the husband and the friend have become locked in a duel for the wife's very soul. Reveries and ambiguities abound, hinting at much more than is said, and forming together into a surprising entity which challenges the heart and mind and will linger on enticingly in the memory.
MARWICK-BOYD LITTLE THEATRE