2011/2012 Season Events
The Performing Arts Department offers theatre, dance and choral music events throughout the year. The department is committed to producing premieres and original works by new playwrights that offer important acting roles for women and convey themes with significance for women.
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Theatre
UNCOMMON WOMEN AND OTHERS
By Wendy Wasserstein
Directed by Marion McCorry
September 29, 30 & October 1 at 8 pm
October 2 at 2 pm
Samuels Theatre, Tompkins College Center
Uncommon Women and Others begins at a reunion, six years after graduation, with five close friends and classmates from Mount Holyoke College. They compare notes on their activities since leaving school and then, in a series of flashbacks, we see them in their college days and learn of the events that helped to shape them.
NORDOST (NORTHEAST)
By Torsten Buchsteiner
Directed by Tim Brown
NOVEMBER 3, 4 & 5 at 8pm
NOVEMBER 6 at 2pm
Samuels Theatre, Tompkins College Center
Join us for the United States premiere of Nordost (Northeast), a play based on the true story of the infamous hostage drama in a Moscow theatre in October 2002. Told from the perspective of three women, the play narrates the occupation of the theatre and the experiences of the audience members that were held captive for three days.
CHICAGO
Book by Fred Ebb & Bob Fosse,
Music by John Kander,
Lyrics by Fred Ebb,
Directed by Tim Brown,
Choreography by Robin Gerchman,
Musical Direction by Dot Hemerly
FEBRUARY 23, 24 & 25 at 8pm
FEBRUARY 26 at 2pm
Samuels Theatre, Tompkins College Center
The Tony Award winning musical comes to Samuels Theatre! In roaring twenties Chicago, Roxie Hart murders her lover and convinces her husband Amos to take the rap, until he finds out he's been duped and turns on Roxie. Convicted and sent to death row, Roxie and another "Merry Murderess" Velma Kelly, vie for the spotlight and the headlines.
Dance
STUDENT DANCEWORKS
Directed by Michelle Munno Jacobs
DECEMBER 1, 2 & 3 at 8pm
Samuels Theatre, Tompkins College Center
This performance will feature contemporary works by student choreographers based on personal and social themes. All student choreographers are members of the Student DanceWorks class.
SPRING DANCES
Directed by Robin Gerchman
MARCH 29, 30 & 31 at 8pm
Samuels Theatre, Tompkins College Center
Cedar Crest Dance Company presents new works created by faculty choreographers.
Music
COLORS OF CHRISTMAS
Directed by Dorothea Hemerly
DECEMBER 11 at 2pm
Samuels Theatre, Tompkins College Center
Celebrate the season with the Instrumental Ensemble, Cedar Crest Singers, Flute Ensemble and the Handbell Choir!
LIGHTER SIDE OF MUSIC
Directed by Dorothea Hemerly
APRIL 29 at 2pm
Samuels Theatre, Tompkins College Center
Explore the humor found in music with the Instrumental Ensemble, All College Chorus, Cedar Crest Singers, and Flute Ensemble.
BOX OFFICE
PHONE: (610) 606-4608
EMAIL: theatre@cedarcrest.edu
LOCATION: Tompkins College Center, 2nd Floor, at the entrance to Samuels Theatre
HOURS: Monday - Friday 10am - 5pm during the school year, and 1 hour prior to the start of every performance
Tickets can be purchased online, by phone or in person. Service fees may apply.
Groups of 10 or more are eligible for a discount. For more information, contact Erin Cassano at (610) 606-4666 ext 3666 or ecassano@cedarcrest.edu.
If you are planning to come for an interview or tour of the College, the Performing Arts Department would be happy to provide complimentary tickets to you and your family. Contact the Admissions Office for details on special tours and open houses throughout the year.
SAMUELS THEATRE
Samuels Theatre is located in the Tompkins College Center on the Cedar Crest College campus in Allentown, PA. The TCC is building #25 on this map.
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