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Spring Theatre Production
Orestes 2.0 by Charles Mee
Directed by Craig Latrell
Thursday, April 12 – Saturday, April 14, 8 pm
Saturday, April 14, 2 pm
Wednesday, April 18 – Saturday, April 21, 8 pm
Minor Theater, $5/$3

Based on the play by Euripides, Orestes 2.0
is a post-war drama set in the world of today.
With language inspired by or quoted directly from
popular culture icons John Wayne, Vogue, Soap
Opera Digest and other sources, ancient and
modern converge as veterans return from the
Trojan War only to find that the disorder and
nightmare of war has come home with them
and rendered their homeland ruined forever.


Spring Projects in Theater
All project presentations begin at 7 pm
and are free admission

Wednesday and Thursday, April 25 and 26: 
Brittany Tomkin, List Studio
Friday and Saturday, April 27 and 28:
Michael Bickal, location TBA
Tuesday and Wednesday, May 1 and 2:
Katherine Watson, Shayna Schmidt, Jordyn Taylor,
Minor Theater
Saturday and Sunday, May 5 and 6: Kadahj
Bennett, Peter Oliver, Jonathan Higginbotham,
John Whitney, Minor Theater








Special Event
The M-Theatre Project
The Last Minstrel Show by John Davidson
Directed by Mark Cryer
Dinner at 6 pm, performance at 6:30 pm
Tuesday, January 17 - SOLD OUT, Wednesday,
January 18, Thursday, January 19
Free for Hamilton Community, $10 general public
Limited seating, reservations are required

This powerful
and poignant dark
musical comedy/
drama combines
humor, tragedy,
music, and history
to tell the story
of the 1920
lynching of three
black circus work-
ers in Duluth, MN.

This performance
is sponsored by
The Office of the
President, The
Dean's Office, Theatre Department, Days Massolo
Center, and the Chief Diversity Officer.