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photos by A. G. Gourley
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The Francis Marion
University Theatre's 2012-13 season's winter
production will be And
Baby Makes Seven by Paula
Vogel, directed by professor Dawn Larsen.
It will be performed in the Black Box Theatre in
the Performing Arts Center downtown.
Anna, Ruth and
Peter await the arrival of their newborn child,
but first they must rid the crowded apartment of
their three imaginary children.
"AND
BABY MAKES SEVEN is a profound and clever
comedy." —Drama-Logue. "What's remarkable about
BABY—a really lovely play—is the sense of
innocence and optimism that rises from
potentially dark subject matter." —Philadelphia
City Paper. "AND BABY MAKES SEVEN is a
hilariously inventive play. Playwright Vogel's
writing is witty and precise." —Daily
Californian. "Don't you sometimes want to howl
like a dog, giggle till you drop, pout, pitch a
fit…eat like a pig,
get-your-own-way-no-matter-what, fly off with
the balloons? You can go to Esalen and take a
Trans-actional Analysis weekend to learn about
your Child Within, or you can see AND BABY MAKES
SEVEN. The second way comes with brownies at
intermission." —Providence Phoenix. "Filled with
outrageous touches, AND BABY MAKES SEVEN offers
one of those rare theatergoing opportunities
where everything comes together in a string of
magical moments. Be prepared to be enchanted
seven times over." —Austin American Statesman.
"What makes AND BABY MAKES SEVEN fascinating is
its brilliant unsettling of our notions, not of
sexual boundaries, but of the real. It is
theatre that cleverly theatricalises the
everyday in a way that is both startling and
funny." —Age (Australia). "[BABY is] most
original and important for its redefinition of
family. What is one to make of a family in which
the boundaries between illusion and reality,
power and subjection, friendship and love,
female and male, are so porous…and in which
family members freely materialize and
dematerialize. It is a celebration of narrative,
of the power of the theatre to make fantasy
real. It commemorates the childhood one never
had, the friends wished for but never gained,
the desires never acknowledged." —David Savran,
Introduction to The Baltimore Waltz and
Other Plays.
RESERVATIONS:
Reservations may
be made by calling 843-661-4444 between 12:00
and 5:00 pm.
The FMU Theatre's
mainstage season will close with The
Book of Liz by David Sedaris,
directed by professor Keith Best and performed
in the Hyman Fine Arts Center April 11-13,
2013.
For additional
information contact Director of Theatre
professor Glen
Gourley in FAC 224,
661-1538, agourley@fmarion.edu.
Interested in
working "behind the scenes"? Contact Mr.
Granath in FAC 222, 661-1536, dgranath@fmarion.edu.
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And Baby Makes
Seven -- blocking rehearsal
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