The Bwog
Upper Westside Stories

Bwog presents this Fall's off-off-off-Broadway line-up. Look for their inevitable posters later this semester.

October:
columbiatheater
Cowboys and Indians
(CU Players)
— 10/19-20
The Gist: A Will Snider (CC '09) play about three guys, a campfire, and the American dream.
The Gimmick: A student written show that'll be performed sober.

The Real Inspector Hound (Aporia Repertory Company/KCST)
— 10/19-20
The Gist: Agatha Christie meets literary theory.
The Gimmick: Post-show discussions with actors and crew, making it even more like you never left class.
Auditions Mon, Tue, Wed at 8pm in Hamilton Hall

King Lear (KCST) — 10/26-27
The Gist: Sometimes it's not good to be king.
The Gimmick: Actually set in medieval England as opposed to, say, Japan.
Auditions Mon, Tue, Wed at 8pm in Hamilton Hall

November:

The Sublet Experience
(CU Players) — 11/9-10, 16-17
The Gist: Romantic comedy
The Gimmick: Performed in dorm rooms. Which may make it indistinguishable from a normal Saturday night.

Pippin
(CMTS) — 11/15-17
The Gist: A musical about Charlemagne's hunchbacked son. Yes, really.
The Gimmick: The whole score will be re-orchestrated for a rock band with the help of the original musical director of Pippin, Joe Klein.

No Exit and Variations on the Death of Trotsky (ARC/CU Players) — 11/16-17
The Gist: Hell is other people.
The Gimmick: Going up in an Off-Broadway venue, featuring the same cast and crew as "The Real Inspector Hound"
Auditions Mon, Tue, Wed at 8pm in Hamilton Hall

Agamemnon (CU Players) 11/16-17
The Gist: The Core Office sponsors yet another cycle of vengeance.
The Gimmick: Guaranteed audience of freshmen grudgingly looking for extra credit
Auditions Wed, Thu at 8-11pm in Hamilton Hall

December:

Into the Woods
(CMTS) — 11/30-12/1
The Gist: Little Red Riding Hood, Jack (of Beanstalk fame), Rapunzel, and Cinderella sing Sondheim, battle for their lives.
The Gimmick: Crew from V113

After Icarus Fell (Black Theater Ensemble) - 12/7-9
The Gist: An African-American family struggling to come to terms with their
ever-present and seemingly unshakable past.
The Gimmick: With an off-campus director and a script from MFA student Harrison Rivers, it's undergraduate theater without the undergrads.

TBD:

LateNite

The Gist: Short student-written shows
The Gimmick: Alcohol
Accepting submissions later this semester

NOMADS
The Gist: Long student-written shows
The Gimmick: Last semester's was a sci-fi musical...
Still accepting submissions until Wednesday, email nomads@barnard.edu

-AWT