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RENOVATIONSUNDERWAY:KarenHillePhillipsCenterforthePerformingArts

The PLU Theatre program celebrates the Fall 2011 open-ing of the new Studio Theater and scene shop. These are the first spaces to be completed in the new Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts.Karen Hille Phillips' final legacy was a generous gift to Engage the World: The Campaign for plu, that helped push the total fundraising campaign beyond the $100 million

mark. The Phillips bequest completes funding of the $20 million renovation of Eastvold Hall, fully transforming it into the 47,500 square-foot Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts by 2013. “Karen cared deeply about what she always called ‘her university,’” President Loren J. Anderson said. “Again and again her generosity has given PLU the resources to move aggres-sively to enhance our academic programs and facilities." Phillips’ lifetime giving and bequest total almost $25 million, making her the largest single benefactor in university history. She was a 1955 plu nursing graduate and served as a member of the Board of Regents for nine years beginning in 2000.

To invest financially in the plu Theatre program and help support the transformation of Eastvold Hall into the Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, visit www.plu.edu/campaign or call 800.826.0035.

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Source: University Communications article by Greg Brewis, May 2011

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COVER. The Floating World (The Long Christmas Ride Home) – Kate Howland '12, David Ellis '11, Jill Heinecke '13, Abigail Pishaw '12, & Jack Sorensen '13

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The Full Monty – David Ellis '11 Jack Sorensen '13 Mark Rud '12 Jordan Beck '12 Kraig Partridge '14 & Kareem Dixon '14

The Full Monty – Lars Foster-Jorgensen '11Dance 2011: Like Clockwork – Kelsey Serier '12The Seagull – Jordan Fermstad '11 & Kate Howland '12

The Floating World (The Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden) – Julia Stockton '12 & Osa Forrester '12

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THEFANTASTICKS By Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones Directed by Professor Jeff A. Clapp

October13,14,15,21,22at7:30pm October23at2pm Studio Theater, Grand Opening

The Fantasticks tells the story of a young boy and girl who fall madly in love at the hands of their meddling parents, but soon grow restless and stray from one another. Will their separation provide a deeper appreciation for the love they once shared–or create a permanent gulf between them? The Fantasticks is a quintessential celebration of love in all its gor-geous simplicity and heartbreaking complexities. The show's original off-Broadway production ran a total of 42 years and 17,162 performances, making it the world's longest-running musical. “It's The Fantasticks, an essential piece of musical theater history. Long may it run.” –David Horiuchi

AMIDSUMMERNIGHT'SDREAM By William Shakespeare Directed by Jordan Beck '12, Theatre B.F.A.

December7,8,9,10at7:30pm December11at2pm Eastvold Main Stage Theater

Since its first documented performance in 1605, A Midsummer Night’s Dream has been delighting audiences around the world through film, television, opera, ballet, books and even after all these years - the theatrical stage. It’s a story of four young people who are denied the right to marry the people they love. These lovers wander into the dark, dangerous woods hoping to escape the rules of civilization, but in these woods, outside of the bounds of human law, dangerous and inhuman shadows feud. The fairy King and Queen rage war over the rights to a small child, and this bleeds into the lives of the all the mortals who naively enter their domain- the realm of the moon, of nature, and of dreams. Written by one of the most beloved dramatists of all time, William Shakespeare, this classic comedy explores the dangers and exhilarations of dreams, the power and nature of desire, and “the course of true love,” which “never did run smooth.”

RABBITHOLE By David Lindsay-Abaire Directed by Professor Brian Desmond

March8,9*,10,16,17at7:30pm March18at2pm Eastvold Main Stage Theater

Rabbit Hole, which won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize, is a “transcen-dent and deeply affecting new play” that “shifts perfectly from hilarity to grief ” (Entertainment Weekly). It’s a story of loss, heartbreak, and forgiveness as a family attempts to move on after a life-shattering accident. David Rooney (Variety) writes, “David Lindsay-Abaire has crafted a drama that’s not just a departure but a revelation – an intensely emotional examina-tion of grief, laced with wit, insightfulness, compassion, and searing honesty.” Ben Brantley (New York Times) describes Rab-bit Hole as “a beautifully observed new play blessed with David Lindsay-Abaire’s customary grace and wit.” And Howard Sha-piro (Philadelphia Inquirer) describes the play as “a satisfyingly strange mix: a wrenching look into grief and healing, leavened with generous spoonfuls of humor. This is one smart play.”

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*FridayMarch9,7:30pmThe 2011-2012 Focus Series presents each soac discipline dynamically interpreting this year’s common theme of Compassion.

DANCE2012 Directed by Professor Maureen McGill

April20,21at7:30pm Eastvold Main Stage Theater

In this highly anticipated annual campus event, the plu Dance Ensemble presents an invigorating and arresting series of dance numbers sure to delight all.

ALMOST,MAINE By John Cariani Directed by Professor Jeff A. Clapp

May10,11,12,18,19at7:30pm May20at2pm Eastvold Main Stage Theater

On a cold, clear, moonless night in the middle of winter, all is not quite what it seems in the remote, mythical town of Almost, Maine. As the northern lights hover in the star-filled sky above, Almost's residents find themselves falling in and out of love in unexpected and often hilarious ways. Knees are bruised. Hearts are broken. But the bruises heal, and the hearts mend–almost – in this delightful midwinter night's dream.

"…a whimsical approach to the joys and perils of romance. Magical happenings bloom beneath the snowdrifts." (The New York Times). "A charmer… Unexpected magic lingers in the air like someone's breath on a cold winter's night. John Cariani aims for the heart by way of the funny bone." (Star-Ledger). "Sweet, poignant and witty." (The New York Daily News).

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