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Your contribution to Friends of the Theatre not only gets you great entertainment, it also fosters the advancement of SMSU’s Theatre Program. Join us for this special season celebrating the 50th Anniversary of SMSU and the rich history of the Theatre program at Southwest.

Your support:• helps increase learning opportunities for students,• supplements production costs when needed, and• provides funding for guest artists, special projects, facilities

improvement, and equipment.

Your participation in Friends of the Theatre ensures that the Theatre Program can continue to serve as a cultural, educational, and entertainment resource for the community and region. Hamlet

By William ShakespearePreviously performed at SMSU

during our 1992-1993 and 1969-1970 seasons

November 14-19, 2017A dysfunctional family and state, appearances at odds with reality, revenge stalled by inaction…Our energetic, streamlined production aims to clarify and heighten the key elements of Shakespeare’s most complex tragedy, offering audiences new insights and understanding.

One Man, Two GuvnorsBy Richard Bean, with songs by Grant Olding

A modern version of the first show performed on the SMSU Mainstage, The Servant of Two Masters in 1968

February 15-17 and 22-25, 2018Dinner Theatre: February 17 and 24

In 1960s England, likeable but clueless Francis gets fired from his pop band, then inadvertently gains not one but two new jobs. His efforts to keep his new bosses from finding out about each other become wildly complicated by secret identities and connections, love triangles, and more, resulting in hilarious farce and slapstick comedy.

The Awesome 80s PromBy Ken Davenport and the Class of ’89

Our celebration of the last 50 years wouldn’t be complete without a big party and a nod to the 80s

April 12-14 and 19-22, 2018Travel back in time to 1989 at Wanaget High’s Senior Prom. All your favorite characters from 80s movies will be there competing to be Prom King and Queen. You can come in costume and join in the interactive fun, or just sit back, listen to great 80s music, and watch the action unfold all around you.

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Friends of the Theatre2017-18 Registration Form

Send to: SMSU Foundation

c/o Friends of the Theatre1501 State Street, Marshall MN 56258

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How To Talk Minnesotan: The Musical

By Howard Mohrformer SMSU professor and former writer

for A Prairie Home Companion, based on his popular book How to Talk Minnesotan

Music by Drew JansenLyrics by Drew Jansen and Howard Mohr

Previously performed at SMSU by Troupe America in 1998

October 19-21 and 26-29, 2017Dinner Theatre: October 21 and 28

Come join Ed and Lucy Humde and their friends up at the Lost Walleye Lodge and celebrate the fine art of living and talking Minnesotan, including how to accept food on the third offer, the basic uses of “You bet,” “Whatever,” and “That’s different,” and the perfect recipe via the song “Hotdish Hallelujah.”

2017-18 Season:

From the 2016-17 Production: Boeing Boeing

From the 2016-17 Production: You Can’t Take It With You From the 2016-17 Production: 44 Plays for 44 Presidents

Gift Club Reward$25 Apprentice 4 ticket vouchers (Students K-College with copy of valid ID)$75 Actor 4 ticket vouchers$125 Designer 8 ticket vouchers$250 Director 12 ticket vouchers$500 Producer 16 ticket vouchers and Theatre web page listing$1000 Angel 20 ticket vouchers and Theatre web page listing

All club levels include program recognition. If you would like to sponsor a production,

please call the SMSU Theatre at 507-537-7103.Ticket vouchers are go od for performances only. Additional charge will apply for dinner theatre.

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