ASU Dept. of Theatre Arkansas State University
  1988-1989 Season  

A Simple Act of Kindness

by Melinda Smith-Williams


October 6-8

Two old friends vie for an inheritance amid murder, scandal, and surprising identity revelations in this mystery by ASU alumna Melinda Smith-Williams.  Is the rightful heir a murderer or a do-gooder?

       
    directed by : Terry Huckabee  
       
       

Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad

by Arthur L. Kopit
November 10-12

This zany look at the excesses of wealth won the Vernon Rice Award for off-Broeadway theatre.  A widow and her young son arrive at a hotel with luggage consisting of plants, a coffin and a fish bowl of live piranha.

       
    directed by : Molly Simpson  
       
       

I Do! I Do!

by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt


February 23-25

Inspired by Jan de Hartog's The Four Poster, I Do! I Do! comically transverses the 50-year marraige of He (Michael) and She (Agnes) from the tossing ot the bridal bouquet to the golden years of retirement.

       
    directed by : John Rainwater  
       
       

The Nerd

by Larry Shue


April 20-22, 27-29

Shue's side splitting comedy centers on the hilarious delimna of young architect visited by a man he's never met but saved his life in Vietnam.  The "Nerd" makes life for his host so complicated that extreme measures are contemplated.

       
    directed by : Terry Huckabee  
       
       




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