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2008-2009 Season Shows	Ticket Prices: (Effective with our 2008-08 season) Adults: $10.00 Senior Citizens & FSU Faculty/Staff: $8.00                                                                         All Students with valid ID are $2.00.                                                                                   Children: $3.00 (for any show)                                            Children's Show $3.00 for all tickets. Showtime 7:30 p.m. in Butler Theatre unless otherwise indicated. The student ticket price is in effect ONLY until curtain time. After curtain time, the full adult ticket price applies.    Reservations are strongly recommended as seating is limited and FSU shows tend to sell out fast!  The FSU Ticket Office and Manager, Ms. Antoinette Fairley, can be reached at 910-672-1724.     For information, the FSU Theatre Director of Theatre can be reached at 672-1006 or by email at phall@uncfsu.edu.
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A Ghost Story Adapted by Stephen Mallatratt from the book by Susan Hill Directed by Phoebe Hall   ************************************************************************* November 22, 21, 22, 2008        *************************************************************************   Thursday and Friday          February 19-20, 2009       Anansi and Friends from Around the World written by Phoebe Hall *************************************************************************   April 23,24,25, 2009 7:30 p.m. Butler Theatre   Book by Peter DePietro, Music by Galen Blum, Wayne Barker and Vinnie Martucci Lyrics by Tom Chiodo     Directed by Phoebe Hall *************************************************************************   FSU THEATRE COMPANY TICKET POLICY 1.   Ticket prices are normally:  $10 Adults; $8 Staff, Faculty and Senior Citizens; $3 for children; and $2 for Students with a valid ID ONLY until curtain time.  After curtain, students pay full adult prices.  Special productions may charge special admittance.  2.   If you have a complimentary ticket, it must be picked up by 7:15 p.m. If it is not picked up by curtain time, it is forfeited and you will be charged the full adult price.  3.   Student prices apply ONLY to the student with the ID.  Student tickets will be sold one per ID card.   Students may pick up only their own tickets.  Extra tickets will be charged at the full adult price.   4.   If you arrive after the show has started you may not be seated until an appropriate break in the play (for example at a scene change or intermission.)  5.   If you use a cell phone, flash camera or video camera during the show an usher will ask you to leave. 6.   All tickets for the annual children’s play are $3 each.  This applies to adults, children, faculty, staff or senior citizens.        SEE YOU AT THE THEATRE!	October 2, 3, 4, 2008   7:30 p.m.   Butler Theatre One of the most exciting, gripping and successful theatre events ever staged, The Woman In Black, is now in its fifteenth year in the West End of London's theatre district.   Unanimously acclaimed by the critics, Stephen Mallatratt's adaptation of Susan Hill's best selling novel combines the power and intensity of live theatre with a cinematic quality inspired by the world of film noir. A lawyer obsessed with a curse that he believes has been cast over him and his family by the specter of a Woman in Black, engages a skeptical young actor to help him tell his terrifying story and exorcise the fear that grips his soul. It all begins innocently enough, but then, as they reach further into his darkest memories, they find themselves caught up in a world of eerie marshes and moaning winds. The borders between make believe and reality begin to blur and the flesh begins to creep...    A classic English ghost tale made brilliantly theatrical. Our pre-Halloween thriller... for the stout of heart. The second longest running show in London, it's known as "the scariest play ever written." But: it's an exquisite kind of terror....one that you won't soon forget.    ************************************************************************* 7:30 p.m. Butler Theatre Assorted students direct One Act Plays of their choice while being supervised by a member of the theatre faculty. If you like surprises and enjoy the unexpected, join us while our students hone their directing skills!   *************************************************************************   Directed by Susan B. Paschal     Special performance times:  February 19 and 20 at 10:00 a.m. February 20 also at 7:00 p.m.     Seabrook Performing Arts Center     Once more that trickster spider, Anansi, gets into trouble but this time he is joined by a host of friends from countries around the globe.  Folk tales and trickster stories from Russia, Africa, Romania and across the US delight the senses while teaching lessons every child needs to know--and never forgets!   *************************************************************************   Your mission, should you decide to accept it – is to guess which one of the 216 possible endings, different every performance, is the answer to: whodunit, in what room, with what weapon.    The show premiered Off-Broadway in 1997 with a cast composed of five men and three women. Characters include Mrs. Peacock, Miss Scarlet, the Detective, Mr. Green, Colonel Mustard, Professor Plum, Mr. Boddy, and Mrs. White. This rousing, fun-filled musical brings the world's best-known mystery suspects to life on the stage, and invites the audience to play along to solve a mystery. CLUE The Musical is an international theatrical sensation, wowing both audiences and press. The cast will sing, dance, and joke their way into your heart... or into suspicion in this musical based on the classic board game.  (pending license approval from Samuel French, Ltd.) Based on the Parker Brothers' Board Game   *************************************************************************     Contact 672-1006 or email Phoebe Hall at phall@uncfsu.edu for information and reservations. Reduced Ticket Prices apply ONLY up to curtain time. Tickets sold after curtain will be sold at the full adult price. Adults $10   FSU Faculty/Staff/Senior Citizens $8       All Students with a valid ID $2             Children $3    After curtain the full adult price will apply.  Children's Show    All seats $3.00.  Teachers are free.   ************************************************************************* X marks the Butler Theatre

  Theatre Etiquette and Guidelines for Audiences. No cell phones, pagers, flash photos, or videotaping please!        

Credit given to EbzB Productions for the following Guidelines. Special thanks to them for compiling these! 

Unlike television and movies, theatre is an art that thrives on the participation of the audience.  Audience reactions and responses can be heard by the performers and have a direct effect on the quality of the entire performance.  The following are guidelines to help new theatergoers understand the importance and responsibilities of being a good audience member.  Appropriate audience behavior ensures a good experience for everyone.

Be Orderly and Prompt– Safety is the primary concern. Please respect other audience members and the theatre building by entering and exiting in an orderly fashion. Please, no running, pushing, or horseplay.  It is best to arrive fifteen minutes early, as latecomers can disrupt the performers and the audience. Please visit rest rooms before or after the performance.

Read – A playbill is often provided to inform you about the play, production, and actors that you are about to see. Reading it before the lights dim will provide you with a deeper understanding of what you see and hear on stage.

Listen and Observe – There is so much to hear (dialogue, music, sound effects and voice inflection) and so much to see (costumes, props, set design, lighting effects and architecture of the theatre). Unlike videos, you cannot rewind if you miss something. When the lights dim before the show begins, it is the audience's cue to stop talking and begin listening.

Unplug – Please turn off or silence all electronics and anything that beeps: cell phones, cameras, watches, pagers, etc. If you are with a person who has a hearing aid that emits a high pitch, please politely alert him/her to silence it.  Inappropriate noises are forbidden as they distract both the actors and the audience. Even whispering to your neighbor is considered an inappropriate distraction.

Please, Don’t Feed The Audience – Food and gum are not allowed inside the theatre. Katherine Hepburn, a great stage and screen actress, once stopped a Broadway performance when she heard an audience member crinkling a candy wrapper!  Eating and drinking, while permitted in movie theatres, is extremely distracting to live performers.

Laugh Out Loud – Positive audience sounds are encouraged.  You may freely and honestly respond to the performance with by laughing, applauding, crying, and expressing any other forms of appreciation and emotion.  And, by all means, please do participate if asked by the actors to contribute a verbal response.

Think - Think about your theatre experience during and after the performance.  How does the material apply to your life?  Are there lessons to be learned?  Would you make the same decisions as the characters in the circumstances given? Did the performance inspire you?  Are you happy, angry, bored or encouraged by what you saw?  Think it through and talk about it with others after the show.


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