The Wild Party May 28, 2010

Claire Trevor School of the Arts
Department of Drama presents
The Wild Party

A blonde. A stranger. A thug. A dimwit.
A lesbian. A dancer. A looker. A hooker.
A minor. A very scary clown.

Written by Andrew Lippa

Dennis Beasley, director
Daniel Gary Busby, musical director

May 28, 29, June 2, 3, 4, 5, 8:00 p.m.
May 29, 2:00 p.m.; June 5, 1:00 p.m.

Claire Trevor Theatre; $18 general; $16 seniors and groups; $9 students and children

In this Claire Trevor School of the Arts premiere, everyone has excess time and money to spend, an “I want more” attitude and devil-may-care behavior. Andrew Lippa shows us what happens when all of these characters collide at the party-to-end-all-parties. The Wild Party spins us into a world of power, control, consumption, sexuality and violence. Lippa has written a jazzy, compelling and melancholy score that highlights the feeling of the 1920s: a time of freedom that borders on reckless abandon, when every part of social life has breakneck dynamism.

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