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  The Importance of Being Earnest (1975)

  Otterbein University Theatre and Dance Department

  The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People is a play by Oscar Wilde. It's the story of two bachelors, John 'Jack' Worthing and Algernon 'Algy' Moncrieff, who create alter egos named Ernest to escape their tiresome lives. www.importanceofbeingearnest.co.uk/synopsis/

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  Charlie Brown

  Otterbein University Theatre and Dance Department

  The story of the play itself is told through a series of vignettes that mimic the four-panel format used by the original cartoon strip, "Peanuts." This panel format is supplemented with longer passages that are vaguely reminiscent of Shakespearean soliloquies and by musical interludes.

  The scope of the play is described as an average day in the life of Charlie Brown and is broken into two acts. https://www.bard.org/study-guides/synopsis-youre-a-good-man-charlie-brown

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  Move Over Mrs. Markham

  Otterbein University Theatre and Dance Department

  Philip Markham, a publisher of children’s books, is asked by his business partner, Henry Lodge, if he can borrow the flat for the evening to gallivant with his latest girlfriend. As Philip and his wife will be out, he reluctantly agrees. At the same time, Joanna Markham is being persuaded by Linda Lodge to let her borrow the empty flat in order to entertain her lover. What nobody knows is that the interior designer who has been decorating the flat for the past three months has decided that this is the night that he and the au pair girl will try out the new oval bed. When the Markhams’ evening out is cancelled, it is too late to let any of the parties know and three sets of hopeful lovers all converge on the bedroom at the same time. The frantic efforts of the Markhams to hide the amorous goings-on and, at the same time sign up Miss Smythe, lead to a hectic and hilarious evening. https://www.josef-weinberger.com/plays-and-pantomime/play/move-over-mrs-markham.html

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  The Liar

  Otterbein University Theatre and Dance Department

  Géronte, Dorante's father, announces to his son that he has found a girl for him to marry (Clarice). ... After more fabrications and complications (Dorante revealing that his "wife" is pregnant), Géronte is infuriated to discover that he was lied to; Dorante eventually tells the truth and the plot is resolved happily. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Liar_(Corneille_play)

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  Don't Drink the Water

  Otterbein University Theatre and Dance Department

  Don't Drink the Water is a comedy play written by Woody Allen. Written and set in The '60s, the play bases itself around the Cold War. In an unnamed European country behind the Iron Curtain, the American Ambassador must leave the Embassy for business. In his absence he places his incompetent son Axel Magee in charge. https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Theatre/DontDrinkTheWater