Stanford Summer Theater Festival presents works by two great Irish dramatists and funnymen, Wilde and Beckett

"The Importance of Being Earnest" and "Happy Days" represent comedy with a difference.
ROBIN WANDER | July 26, 2013

Lynne Soffer knows what she likes when she sees it. Earlier this month, she was tinkering with the blocking of the third act of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest and her directorial instincts were swiftly shaping the action on stage. The actors’ every step, gesture and inflection were quickly weighed and tweaked to her liking…

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Ram’s Head Theatrical Society Presents Spring Awakening: A New Musical

Play runs April 12-13 + 18-20, 8pm, at Memorial Auditorium, Stanford University


Ram’s Head | April 8, 2013

Book + Lyrics by Steven Sater Music by Duncan Sheik Winner of eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Spring Awakening is a rock musical adaptation of Frank Wedekind’s 1891 expressionist play about the trials and tribulations, and the exhilaration of the teen years. Spring Awakening takes its inspiration from one of literature’s most controversial masterpieces…

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Themes:     Genres: Dance, Theater & Performance