Our 2011-2012 Season is A Year of Masterpieces! and features a historical tragicomedy, a classic comedy, a look at Afghanistan, and a musical comedy. Auditions for our productions are open to everyone, students, and the Lawton-Fort Sill community alike. Cameron’s Department of Theatre Arts is dedicated to providing quality entertainment as well as being the best educational theatre in the southwest.
All Evenings at 7:30 P.M. and Sunday at 2 P.M.
Masterpieces by Arnold Bicknell October 6-9, 2011
Our entry in this year’s Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival is a look at the acclaimed Bronte family. In this production we get to view the Bronte sisters Emily, Charlotte and Anne through the imagination and memory of the least known family member, Patrick Branwell. Branwell’s vivid imagination and detachment from reality help to shed some light on this family deeply cloaked in seclusion, mystery and anonymity.
$12 Adult $10 Student/Senior Citizen/Military Free to CU Student with valid CUID
Warning: This production contains material that some people may find objectionable.
The Great Game: Afghanistan November 17-20, 2011
The Great Game: Afghanistan is a collection of one act plays and our addition to Cameron University’s Academic Festival VII—Afghanistan: Its Complexities and Relevance. These plays focus on the story of Afghanistan from the British occupation of the 1890’s until present day. It will include Durand’s line by Ron Hutchinson, Wood for the Fire by Lee Blessing, Miniskirts of Kabul by David Greig, Canopy of Stars by Simon Stephns, and No Such Cold Thing by Naomi Wallace.
Durand's Line by Ron Hutchinson is the true story of British diplomat Sir Henry Mortimer. Durant, who engages Amir Abdul Rahman in a stunning duel of wits as the former wants to subjugate the Afghan natives and the latter fights to protect his country's borders.
Lee Blessing's Wood for the Fire investigates the alliance between the CIA, the ISI (Pakistan's Intelligence agency) and the Mujahedeen, which was created to destabilize the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan.
In Miniskirts of Kabul by David Greig, a female Western journalist uses her imagination to conjure up a meeting with former pro-communist President Mohammad Najibullah, who is under house arrest in a United Nations compound. As the Taliban closes in on Kabul, their sometimes hilarious and often horrific conversation covers topics such as hemlines, the Soviet occupation, torture and more.
Canopy of Stars by Simon Stephens is the story of two soldiers in a bunker guarding the Kajaki Dam. They talk of chips and gravy, football, women and whether the British should start to negotiate with the Taliban insurgents. The play is a searing insight into soldiers at war and what happens when they go home.
Naomi Wallace's No Such Cold Thing explores the American war in Afghanistan in human terms through the story of two Afghan teenage sisters divided by conflict and the U.S. serviceman who finds an intimately human connection to their tragedy.
$12 Adult $10 Student/Senior Citizen/Military Free to CU Student with valid CUID
Warning: This production contains material that some people may find objectionable.
Tartuffe by Molière February 16-19, 2012
Molière’s most famous comic masterpiece about a devious conman disguised as a pious man of religion. Whereas Tartuffe has successfully deceived Orgon, the rest of Orgon’s family are not convinced. Hilarious scenes and fumbled seductions run rampant in this production that shows that looks can be deceiving.
$12 Adult $10 Student/Senior Citizen/Military Free to CU Student with valid CUID
Spring Musical: Grease Book, Music and Lyrics by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey April 19-22, 2012
One of the greatest rock n’ roll musicals of all time is coming to Cameron University in the spring of 2012. In this fun musical we get to follow Sandy, Danny, Rizzo and a whole gang of quirky characters as they navigate drive-ins, dances and summer love. With great songs like Beauty School Dropout, Greased Lightin’, and Summer Nights this is a musical that is sure to have the audience tapping their toes and singing along.
$18 Adult $12 Student/Senior Citizen/Military Free to CU Student with valid CUID
This production is sponsored in part by the Richard P. Brittingham Musical Theatre Endowed Lectureship.
We realize that everyone is leading a busy life. That's why in addition to the super discount you receive by becoming a season ticket holder, we are offering unrestricted usage of that season ticket. Each membership entitles you to four coupons for the season. You can use these coupons however you like. If you want to use all four for Masterpieces, our first show of the season, You Can. Or if you want to wait to use all four coupons for our musical of the season, Grease, You Can. The Choice is Yours!
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All Evenings at 7:30 P.M. and Sunday at 2 P.M. We also offer weekday matinees for local schools. To purchase tickets, contact the Cameron University Box Office at 581-2478.
