2012-13 Season
October 2012
The Yellow Boat
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The story of The Yellow Boat is a glorious affirmation of a child's life and the strength and courage of all children. This dramatization is based on the true story of Benjamin Saar, who was born with congenital hemophilia and died in 1987 at the age of 8 of AIDS-related complications. A uniquely gifted visual artist, Benjamin's buoyant imagination transformed his physical and emotional pain into a blaze of colors and shapes in his fanciful drawings and paintings.
December 2012
Black Comedy/The Insanity of Mary Girard
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The Hillgrove Drama prepared an Evening of Tragedy and Comedy with two one act plays. The play, Black Comedy is about Brindsley Miller, a young sculptor, and his debutante fiancée Carol Melkett. The Insanity of Mary Girard: In 1790, Mary Girard is committed to an asylum. After Mary became pregnant by another man, her husband had her declared legally insane. Now, Mary sits in a chair as the "furies" dance around and impersonate people from her past.
March 2013
You Can't Take It With You
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Sweet-natured Alice Sycamore falls in love with banker's son Tony Kirby. But when she invites her snooty prospective in-laws to dinner to give their blessing to the marriage, Alice's peculiar extended family -- including philosophical grandfather Martin Vanderhof, hapless fledgling ballerina sister, Essie, and fireworks enthusiast father, Paul-- might be too eccentric for the staid Kirbys. Dinnertime!
April 2013
Hairspray
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It’s 1962 in Baltimore, Maryland, and quirky, plus-sized, teenage Tracy Turnblad has one dream: to dance on the “Corny Collins Show”. When she gets put in detention with the African-American students in the school, they teach her some of their dance moves, and her new found groove wins her a spot on Corny’s show. Overnight, Tracy transforms from a nobody into a star, and uses her newfound influence to advocate for racial integration on the television show.