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Jason Chanos, Director
Thanks to this classic comedy of manners, the name "Tartuffe" has become synonymous with someone who is a religious hypocrite, and here's why: In the play, the sanctimonious and duplicitous title character insinuates himself into the home of a wealthy man whose daughter he tries to marry, whose wife he tries to seduce, and whose property he tries to steal—all under the guise of piety. Sacré bleu! This English version, brilliantly translated into rhyming couplets by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Richard Wilbur, is a remarkable interpretation of the 1664 original.
Tuesday, October 2–Friday, October 5, 7:30 PM
Saturday, October 6, 2 PM and 7:30 PM
Bradley Griffin, Director • With the Pepperdine University Orchestra, Tony Cason, Conductor
Twenty years after we last presented it, we are excited to introduce a new generation of Pepperdine students, faculty, and friends to this optimistic American classic that has enchanted audiences since its Broadway debut in 1943. Seemingly every aspect of this musical has become embedded in American popular culture, from songs like "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" and "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top" to the famed "dream ballet" that advances the plot through movement instead of words. Audiences old and young alike will enjoy this story that affirms, "We know we belong to the land, and the land we belong to is grand!"
Thursday, November 8–Saturday, November 10, 7:30 PM
Matinee: Sunday, November 11, 2 PM
Thursday, November 15–Saturday, November 17, 7:30 PM
Scott Alan Smith, Director
In this Tony Award-winning dramatic comedy, a handful of weary travelers find themselves stranded during a snowstorm at a rural Kansas diner, where the servings include friendship, romance, and a solid dose of personal insight. At the center of it all are Bo, a rambunctious young cowboy, and Cherie, the sweet chanteuse he's determined to marry—if she'll have him. As the long night passes, the denizens of this small diner get to know each other and themselves a little better.
Tuesday, January 22–Friday, January 25, 7:30 PM
Saturday, January 26, 2 PM and 7:30 PM
Cathy Thomas-Grant, Director
The year is 1932, and 25,000 unemployed World War I veterans occupy Washington, DC, to petition the government peacefully for promised relief. The response? Drive the veterans out with bayonets, bullets, poison gas, and fire! Featuring the music of Woody Guthrie and his contemporaries, Pepperdine students tell the story of the Bonus Army March: a national campaign for food, work, and justice—a true story for here and now, told in the words and songs of those who were there. Commissioned by Pepperdine University and first presented in its world premiere by Pepperdine students at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in summer 2012.
Tuesday, April 2–Saturday, April 6, 7:30 PM
Jason Chanos, Director
Becca and Howie Corbett have everything a family could want, until a life-shattering accident turns their world upside down and leaves the couple drifting perilously apart. Rabbit Hole charts their bittersweet search for comfort in the darkest of places and for a path that will lead them back into the light of day. Winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize. Contains adult language and mature subject matter.
Tuesday, October 4–Friday, October 7, 7:30 PM
Saturday, October 8, 2 PM and 7:30 PM
Bradley Griffin, Director
Based on Universal Pictures’ cult classic of the same title, Xanadu follows the journey of a magical and beautiful Greek muse, Kira, who descends from Mt. Olympus to Venice Beach, California, in 1980 on a quest to inspire struggling artist Sonny to achieve his greatest creation of all time—the first ROLLER DISCO. (Hey, it’s 1980!) But when Kira falls into forbidden love with the mortal Sonny, her jealous sisters take advantage of the situation and chaos abounds. This hilarious musical adventure about following your dreams roller-skates along to such pop music hits as “Magic,” “Suddenly,” “Evil Woman,” “Have You Never Been Mellow,” and many more. Wear your leg warmers, headbands, and parachute pants, and bring the whole family!
Thursday, November 10–Saturday, November 12, 7:30 PM
Matinee: Sunday, November 13, 2 PM
Thursday, November 17–Saturday, November 19, 7:30 PM
Cathy Thomas-Grant, Director
From the American Revolution to the Industrial Revolution, this 1992 Pulitzer Prize-winning play deconstructs the myths that made America “the land of the free and the home of the brave.” The two-part cycle follows six generations of the Rowen family as they fight to hold on to their land. Part I begins on the eve of the American Revolution and concludes with the Civil War; the story follows Michael Rowen, an Irish indentured servant, and Morning Star, a captured Cherokee princess. Part II begins at the start of the Industrial Revolution and moves through to the formation of the United Mine Workers Union. Against the backdrop of Kentucky with music of Florence Reece, Hazel Dickens, Ron Short, Dock Boggs, and others, 21 actors play 108 roles, with each scene set to live Appalachian music performed by an inventive and talented ensemble. Contains violence, adult language, and mature subject matter.
Part I: Tuesday, April 10, 7:30 PM
Part II: Wednesday, April 11, 7:30 PM
Part I: Thursday, April 12, 7:30 PM
Part II: Friday, April 13, 7:30 PM
Part I: Saturday, April 14, 2 PM
Part II: Saturday, April 14, 7:30 PM
Bradley Griffin, Director
Written in 1945 by British playwright J. B. Priestly, AN INSPECTOR CALLS is part mystery, part morality tale. While the up-and-coming Birling family celebrates their daughter's engagement to a young man from a prominent family, a mysterious inspector arrives declaring that a young woman has just died in the town infirmary. At first, the family cannot understand why the inspector has interrupted their festivities with this grim announcement. But as the inspector reveals over the course of the play, each member of the family can be implicated in the woman’s death.
As evidenced by major London revivals in 1992 and 2009, the questions that drive this play remain chillingly pertinent for modern audiences.
Tuesday – Friday, October 5-8, 7:30pm, Saturday, October 9, 2:00pm and 7:30pm.
Cathy Thomas-Grant, Director
“Some people paint, some sew . . . I meddle,” proclaims Dolly Levi, New York’s pushiest yet most loveable matchmaker. Hello, Dolly! boasts one great song after another, including the unforgettable title number performed with surprising panache by the waiters at the Harmonia Gardens. So “Put On Your Sunday Clothes” and join us for a whirlwind adventure with Dolly, “Before the Parade Passes By!”
Thursday–Saturday, November 11–13 and 18–20, 7:30 pm
Matinee: Sunday, November 14, 2 pm
Scott Alan Smith, Director
Catherine spent years caring for her brilliant but unstable father, a noted mathematician. Now, following his death, she must deal with her own volatile emotions, her estranged sister, and the attentions of one of her father’s former students who hopes to find valuable work in her father’s 103 notebooks. Her most difficult problem: How much of her father’s madness—or genius—will she inherit? Winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award for Best Play.
Tuesday–Friday, January 25–28, 7:30 pm
Saturday, January 29, 2 pm and 7:30 pm
Jason Chanos, Director
Perhaps the most famous love story in all of literature, this tragic tale of the star-crossed relationship between two young scions of the Montagues and Capulets—aristocratic Italian families who happen to be in nasty feud at a most unfortunate time—has been fast-forwarded to a future, apocalyptic world rife with gang warfare.
Tuesday–Saturday, April 5–9, 7:30 pm
Bradley Griffin, Director
Rebecca Klein, Stage Manager
The citizens of Persia await news of King Xerxes, who has led the Persian army into an ill-advised war. When at last the herald arrives, the news is not good. As the community grapples with the concept of defeat, their queen must prepare to welcome home her son, the disgraced king. Playwright/actor Ellen McLaughlin has adapted this oldest surviving Greek tragedy into a moving, poetic, and timely consideration of war, pride, and-ultimately-loss.
Tuesday-Friday, October 6-9, 7:30 pm, Saturday, October 10, 2 and 7:30 pm
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by Hugh Wheeler
From an Adaptation by Christopher Bond
Cathy Thomas-Grant, Director
Brittney Reimert, Stage Manager
With the Pepperdine University Orchestra, Tony Cason, Conductor
This heart-pounding musical masterpiece of tonsorial terror and culinary crime tells of a barber who returns to Victorian London seeking revenge against the corrupt judge who exiled him and ravished his young wife. When his thirst for blood expands to include his unfortunate customers, his resourceful neighbor downstairs soon has Londoners lining up in droves to sample her mysterious new meat pies!
Thursday-Saturday, November 12-14 and 19-21, 7:30 pm
Matinee: Sunday, November 15, 2 pm
Jason Chanos, Director
Sarah Kennon, Stage Manger
Subtitled "a tragicomedy in two acts," this play is sure to get your existential juices flowing. In the best tradition of the Theatre of the Absurd, its two main characters wait...and wait...and wait for the mysterious title character. Who is he, and will he ever show up? Thanks to its cryptically bare structure, the play's meaning is wide open to interpretation. Is it Biblical? Freudian? Political? Perhaps only Godot knows for sure.
Tuesday-Friday, January 26-29, 7:30 pm
Saturday, January 30, 2 and 7:30 pm
A New Version of Georges Feydeau's Farce
by David Ives
Bradley Griffin, Director
Rebecca Klein, Stage Manager
One pair of suspenders, a suspicious wife, a jealous Spaniard, a couple of conniving servants, and a master of the house who happens to resemble the bellboy at a local hotel add up to mayhem and misunderstanding in this hilarious new adaptation of Feydeau's classic French farce. Set in fin-de-siècle Paris, the play combines breathless action and brilliant wit as the characters track that most elusive of prey-true love.
Tuesday-Saturday, April 6-10, 7:30 pm
Goodness by Michael Redhill
Cathy Thomas-Grant, Director
Thoroughly Modern Millie Book: Richard Henry Morris Music: Jeanine Tesori
Bill Szobody, Director
The Roads to Home by Horton Foote
The Seagull by Anton Chekhov, translation Martin Crimp
Cathy Thomas-Grant, Director
We encourage you to call the box office at (310) 506-4522 for ticket information for any of our events and highly recommend that you check out the quality of work we do in the Theatre Department.
Dr. Ryan Spillman ('06) graduated May 2010 from West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, a leader in educating students for the practice of primary care medicine, a nationally ranked medical school for 12 consecutive years.
