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Fall 2011 – The Diviners

The Diviners, set in southern Indiana in the early 1930s, is the story of a disturbed young man and his friendship with a disenchanted preacher.

When Buddy was a small child, he narrowly escaped drowning, although his mother drowned in the same accident trying to save him. Even though this traumatic event left him deathly afraid of water, Buddy has developed an uncanny ability to find water for his drought-besieged farm community. When a disillusioned preacher, C.C. Showers, comes to the farm seeking employment and food, a unique bond develops between them. C.C. devotes himself to helping Buddy, and his efforts precipitate a dramatic chain of events involving the entire community.

Dates & Ticket Info

  • October 14, 15, 21, 22 at 7:30 pm
  • October 16, 23 at 2 pm
  • Century Students are free with Century I.D.
  • Patrons 17 and younger are free
  • Patrons 18 years and older are $8.
  • Seniors and Century staff are $5
  • Tickets available one hour before showtime in the Theatre

Contact

For more information, contact: Will Slayden or Roberta Cullen at 651.779.3201.

Spring 2011 – The Seagull

This spring, Century presented Chekov's "The Seagull, a riveting portrait of a turn-of-the-19th-century theatre family.

This emotionally-charged exploration of lovers and artists was presented in an updated translation by Tom Stoppard, author of "Shakespeare in Love", "Rock and Roll" and many other plays and screenplays.

The Seagull

The famous actress, Arkadina (Stephanie Shively) assures Nina (Kiersten Carlson) that she has real talent and is destined for a career in the theatre. Looking over Arkadina’s shoulder is her boyfriend, the famous writer, Trigorin Robert Hacecky), who falls in love with Nina’s youth and beauty.

Fall 2010 – The Comedy of Errors

Century Theatre presented The Comedy of Errors, Shakespeare's best comic farce. Antipholus and Dromio land in Syracuse without knowing that their identical twins, Antipholus and Dromio already live there! The two sets of identical twins unwittingly confound their own families and an entire town over the course of one day. Wives mistake their husbands, lords mistake their servants, and a merchant accuses Antipholus of cheating him out of payment for a necklace.

Confusion and frustration resulted in a "twenty-one pie fight salute"!

a comedy of errors

From top to bottom, Antipholus of Syracuse (Robert Hacecky), Dromio of Syracuse (Eric Schelter), Antipholus of Ephesus (Malcolm Adams), Dromio of Ephesus (Jeff Goswitz).

Spring 2010 – Cabaret

In April, Century College Theater presented our first musical in 20 years, Cabaret.

Fall 2009

Century College Theater presented Fortinbras by Lee Blessing, an American playwright.

The story takes up where William Shakespeare's Hamlet left off, and recounts the events after Hamlet's death. In this play, almost every character from Hamlet returns as a ghost.

Spring 2009

In April, 2009, Century College Theater presented Oscar Wilde’s comedy, The Importance of Being Earnest, the story of two young men-about-town in Victorian England in the late 1880s.