Cedarville University's 2007-2008 theatre season brings you three plays on the mainstage along with a student production that all promise fun and fantasy for every age. The troupe begins the year with The Imaginary Invalid, Moliere's hilarious 17th century look at doctors, lawyers, and a hypochondriac. In the winter performance, you'll believe you're in a world of talking rabbits, cards, and turtles with an adaptation of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. We end the season with Crossing Delancey, a funny and sentimental story about the challenges of bridging the past and the future.

by Molière
Director: Donald N. C. Jones
Performance Dates:
   Thursday, October 4 - 8 p.m.
   Friday, October 5 - 8 p.m.
   Saturday, October 6 - 2 p.m. matinee and 8 p.m.
   Thursday, October 11 - 8 p.m.
   Friday, October 12 - 8 p.m.
   Saturday, October 13 - 2 p.m. matinee and 8 p.m.

The famous hypochondriac in this classic farce not only complains of a million imaginary ills, but also of his astronomical medical bills. If he marries his daughter to a doctor, he reasons, he will have free medical care. He chooses a double-Latin-talking numskull without consulting the daughter, who is already smitten by another. The inventive maid exposes the doctor and his father as charlatans and demonstrates to the master that his second wife loves his money, not him. Thus are truth and love triumphant and all troubles, real and imaginary, relieved by laughter.

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by Lewis Carroll
Director: Diane Conrad Merchant
Performance Dates:
   Thursday, Jan 31, 8 p.m.
   Friday, Feb 1, 3 p.m. - Matinee
   Saturday, Feb 2, 2 p.m. - Family Day Matinee
   Saturday, Feb 2, 8 p.m.
   Thursday, Feb 7, 10 a.m. - Student Matinee
   Thursday, Feb 7, 8 p.m.
   Friday, Feb 8, 8 p.m.
   Saturday, Feb 9, 2 p.m. - Matinee
   Saturday, Feb 9, 8 p.m.

This 1921 adaptation of the classic fantasy tale by Lewis Carroll tells the story of Alice, a little girl who finds adventure when she enters the world located on "the other side of the mirror." In this magical world, Alice encounters numerous amazing characters such as the White Rabbit, the Queen of Hearts, the Gryphon and Mock Turtle, the Mad Hatter and the March Hare, and Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum. After experiencing many exciting, and sometimes harrowing, interactions with these "nonsensical" creatures, Alice returns safely home to muse on the meaning of life as a huge chess game in which individuals seek self-identity and try to make sense of the world. The gentle message of the story is that while the prospect of approaching adulthood can be scary, it is ultimately a rewarding and exciting adventure.

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by Susan Sandler
Director: Mischelle L. McIntosh
Performance Dates:
   Thursday, April 3, 8 p.m.
   Friday, April 4, 8 p.m.
   Saturday, April 5, 2 p.m. - Matinee
   Saturday, April 5, 8 p.m.
   Thursday, April 10, 10 a.m. - Student and Senior Citizens Matinee
   Thursday, April 10, 8 p.m.
   Friday, April 11, 8 p.m.
   Saturday, April 12, 2 p.m. - Matinee
   Saturday, April 12, 8 p.m.

When Isabelle Grossman's grandmother hires a matchmaker to find Isabelle a husband, Isabelle comes face-to-face with a part of her Jewish heritage that she would rather leave behind. As a "modern" New Yorker, she believes that progress and the "old world" cannot exist together... that is, until a "pickle man" teaches her otherwise. This play has all the elements of a great romantic comedy: a pretty girl, a suitor or two, a colorful cast of characters, and a very happy ending. Written by Susan Sandler and first performed in April 1985, Crossing Delancey challenges viewers not to leave their heritage behind while reaching toward the future.

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NeXtage Production

by John Patrick
Performance Dates: November 15-17

The student production company, NeXtage, will present a student-directed production of The Curious Savage by John Patrick on November 15-17, 2007. Mrs. Savage has been left ten million dollars by her husband and wants to make the best use of it, despite the best efforts of her grown-up stepchildren to get their hands on it. Knowing they cannot keep the money, they commit her to a sanatorium to help Mrs. Savage "come to her senses." The dominant mood is high comedy and the audience is left with a feeling that the neglected virtues of kindness and aff ction have not been entirely lost in a world that seems motivated at times only by greed and dishonesty. The production will take place at 8 p.m. each evening on the Alford Auditorium stage. NeXtage is sponsored by Alpha Psi Omega, the Cedarville University chapter of the national honorary theatre organization.