Translate/Adapt: old stories, new plays
This season, all of our productions will be either new translations or new adaptations of literature from another genre, from novels to philosophy to Scripture!
Join us this year as we Translate and Adapt!
The Book of the Dun Cow
Novel By Walter Wangerin, Jr.
Adapted for stage and directed by Stephanie Sandberg
In this production, Walter Wangerin's novel is adapted and directed for the stage using puppets, masks, and actors. Part fantasy, part mythology, and part animal allegory, the story explores the depths of life's joy and despair alongside the problem of evil.
April 19-21, 25-28, 2012, 7:30PM
April 19, 2012@ 1:45pm, April 20, 2012 @ 2:00pm
April 21, 2012 10:00AM (in conjunction with the Festival of Faith and Writng)
April 24-25, 2012 10:00AM (Middle school groups)
Calvin Lab Theater
Antigone
By Sophocles, new translation by U.S. Dhuga
Directed by Michael Page
This specially commissioned new translation by Calvin classics professor U. S. Dhuga will be the first production of a Greek play by the Calvin Theatre Company in almost 20 years.
November 3-5 and 10-12, 2011 7:30PM
November 11, 2011, 10:00AM (high school groups)
Calvin Gezon Auditorium
Sunday Go to Meetin' and Other Plays for Young Audiences
Produced by Debra Freeberg
Join us for an evening of one-act plays for children and youth, featuring Shirley Lauro's Sunday Go to Meetin'. This turn of the century ten-minute play deals with prejudice, immigration and survival in small town America. This production will also include a stage adaptation of The Shakespeare Stealer by Gary L. Blackwood.
December 1-2, 2011, 10:00 AM (middle school groups)
December 2-3, 2011, 7:30 PM
David: A Play with Psalms
Adapted from Scripture and directed by Joy-Elizabeth Lawrence and Amanda Ytzen
With original music by Matthew Gruppen
In this adaptation of texts from I and II Samuel, King David's life is explored through the use of Scripture text as script. In this production, you will see favorite stories of David (the anointing of David by Samuel, David and Goliath) as well as ones seldom heard in church (Amnon and Tamar, the death of Absalom). This musical features original settings of sung Psalms by Calvin College alumnus composer Matthew Gruppen.
January 26 and 28 and February 2-4, 2012, 7:30 PM
January 27, 2012, 10:00 AM (high school groups)
January 27, 7:30PM & January 28, 2012, 1:00 PM (*Worship Symposium)
Calvin Gezon Auditorium
*Performances on January 27 at 7:30 PM and January 28 at 1:00 PM are in conjunction with the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship Symposium. Tickets will also be available for the general public on these dates.
Audition for David: A Play with Psalms
