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MENDOCINO COLLEGE THEATRE ARTS DEPARTMENT
2008-2009 Season

  

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The Ages of Man

by Thornton Wilder
directed by Reid Edelman 
October 17-26, 2008
Mendocino College Center Theatre

At the time of his death, Thornton Wilder was working on a series of seven short plays about
the ages of man.  Mendocino  College will perform the four completed plays: “Infancy,” “Childhood,”
“Youth,” and “The Rivers Under The Earth.”  These rarely performed works by a master American
dramatist are both hilariously funny and deeply moving.  

AGE RECOMMENDATIONS: 
The Ages of Man is appropriate for ages 8 and older.


Once Upon a Mattress
Book by Jay Thompson, Dean Fuller and Marshall Barer
Music by Mary Rodgers
Lyrics by 
Marshall Barer
Directed by Rick Allan

November 20-December 14, 2008

at the Ukiah Playhouse, 1041 Low Gap Road
Call 462-9226 for tickets and information.

A delightful musical adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale The Princess and the Pea.  A co-production with Ukiah Players Theatre.

AGE RECOMMENDATIONS:
Once Upon a Mattress is appropriate for audiences ages 6 and older.  


Prelude to a Kiss

by Craig Lucas

directed by Reid Edelman
March 18-April 11, 2009
at the Ukiah Playhouse, 1041 Low Gap Road
Call 462-9226 for tickets and information.

Peter and Rita meet, fall in love, and get married.  But the romance goes awry when a supernatural event tests their commitment to each other.  An intelligent romantic drama exploring the nature of love, identity and longing.  A co-production with Ukiah Players Theatre.

AGE RECOMMENDATIONS:
Prelude to a Kiss is recommended for ages 13 and older.


7th Annual Festival of New Plays
Friday & Saturday, May 15 & 16, 2009
 Mendocino College Little Theatre

Student-directed world-premiere productions of scripts by local playwrights!  For more information, call 468-3172. 

AGE RECOMMENDATIONS:
Some of the plays may explore mature themes.  Recommended for ages 13 and up.