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  Once Upon a Mattress

  Otterbein University Theatre and Dance Department

  Due to an unhappy curse, King Sextimus is unable to speak. Meanwhile, his terror-of-a-wife, Queen Aggravain, has taken over control of the kingdom. Most importantly, in an attempt to keep Prince Dauntless single, she has decreed that only the princess that can pass her test may marry her son. Further, no one else in the kingdom may marry until Prince Dauntless does. Lady Larken and Sir Harry are extremely disturbed by this fact since Lady Larken is now pregnant with Sir Harry's baby. Luckily, Sir Harry is able to find an amazing princess, Winnifred the Woebegone. She instantly catches the attention of Prince Dauntless, and in the end, is able to pass the Queen's supposedly impassable sensitivity test. When the Queen still tries to prevent the Prince Dauntless from marrying, he tells her to 'shut up' which ends up breaking the curse on the king. Now able to speak, King Sextimus regains his rightful position as leader of the kingdom, and all is well.
  
  http://stageagent.com/shows/musical/1390/once-upon-a-mattress#ixzz4kTFPOyv7

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  American Dreams & Zoo Story

  Otterbein University Theatre and Dance Department

  The American Dream - The story of one of America's most dysfunctional families, it is a ferocious, uproarious attack on the substitution of artifical values for the real values- a startling tale of murder and morality that rocks middle-class ethics to its complacent foundations.

  The Zoo Story - A harrowing depiction of a young man alienated from the human race- a searing story of loneliness and the desperate need for recognition that builds to a violent, shattering climax. Together, these plays show men and women at their most hilarious, heartbreaking, and above all, human.

  (https://www.amazon.com/American-Dream-Zoo-Story/dp/0452278899)

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  Barefoot in the Park

  Otterbein University Theatre and Dance Department

  Barefoot in the Park is a romantic comedy by Neil Simon. The play premiered on Broadway in 1963 and starred Robert Redford and Elizabeth Ashley. The play was made into a film in 1967, also starring Redford, and Jane Fonda.

  Corie and Paul Bratter are a newlywed couple. For their first home, they live in an apartment on the top floor of a brownstone in New York City. During the course of four days, the couple learns to live together while facing the usual daily ups-and-downs. Corrie wants Paul to become more easy-going: for example, to run "barefoot in the park."

  Barefoot in the Park. (2017, March 13). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 17:38, June 19, 2017, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barefoot_in_the_Park&oldid=770161381

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  Antigone

  Otterbein University Theatre and Dance Department

  Jean Anouilh's play Antigone is a tragedy inspired by Greek mythology and the play of the same name (Antigone, by Sophocles) from the fifth century B.C. In English, it is often distinguished from its antecedent by being pronounced similarly to its original French form [ɑ̃tiɡɔn], approximately on-tee-GONE.

  The play was first performed in Paris at the Théâtre de l'Atelier on February 6, 1944, during the Nazi occupation. Produced under Nazi censorship, the play is purposefully ambiguous with regard to the rejection of authority (represented by Antigone) and the acceptance of it (represented by Creon). The parallels to the French Resistance and the Nazi occupation are clear, however.

  Antigone (Anouilh play). (2017, June 17). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 17:48, June 19, 2017, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Antigone_(Anouilh_play)&oldid=786197308

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  The Happy Time

  Otterbein University Theatre and Dance Department

  Young Robert "Bibi" Bonnard grows up in Ottawa, Ontario with his parents, Jacques and Susan , and his roving rogue of a grandfather, Grandpere. Across the street is his uncle, amiable drunkard Louis, who ignores the complaints of his hard-working dressmaker wife Felice and her worries about the future of their daughter Yvonne. Louis agitates about meeting his prospective son-in-law, Alfred Grattin, a teetotaler bank clerk who wishes to marry Yvonne. Next-door neighbour and schoolmate Peggy O'Hare (Marlene Cameron) has a crush on Bibi, but he is as yet too young to understand.

  The Happy Time. (2017, March 5). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 18:24, June 19, 2017, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Happy_Time&oldid=768780331