Time spent in University is special. It is time one can give to learning in the purest since of the word. But, do we? Or perhaps the question is--what do we learn?

Roar Lions! Roar!! chronicles one semester in the lives of a graduate teaching assistant, Teacher, who is getting her Masters in Theatre and a freshman who is able to attend school because he is on a football scholarship. Their paths intersect when Wilcox, the freshman football player, is enrolled in Teacher's voice and speech class. As the play progresses we see that although their lives are completely different on the surface, they face the same moral dilemmas and are forced to make decisions that effect their very survival.

Set against a background of football frenzy and a University Theatre production of The Bacchae, we see that the pursuit of the American dream has it’s price, no matter our goals or altruistic pretensions.

4 women, 10 men

LINKS

LINKS is a three act play set in and around the seemingly serene Oakland Georgia Golf and Country Club. Or is it too serene? What happens when one does everything one's society recommends? Is happiness guaranteed? If not, what is missing? In the first act, "Poolside", we see Ann and Brenda sun bathing at the edge of the country club pool. In the second act , "Tee For Two" we see Allen and Brian, their husbands, playing one hole of golf at the same country club on the same afternoon. In the final act, "Over Meat", both couples are in their respective homes having dinner. "Over Meat" is structured in such a way that we see both couples at home at the same time. The two scenes progress simultaneously, form a counterpoint and hopefully, a third reality.

2 men, 2 women

POW'R IN THE BLOOD

A Southern Gothic comedy about death set against a background of religious fundamentalism, POW'R IN THE BLOOD is the story of a mother and a daughter. It asks questions about this primary relationship. What happens when mother and daughter have completely different world views? Is reconciliation possible? Is reconciliation to be desired? In a relationship fraught with power issues, is there love? After death, is reconciliation possible?

4 women, 3 men

EVERYTHING THAT RISES – The World of Flannery O’Connor

Using Flannery O’Connor’s letters and four of her short stories, this adaptation of her work is set her home, Andalusia, outside of Milledgeville, Georgia in the spring of 1964, the last months of her life. We first meet Flannery as she struggles to write what will become the short story “Revelation”. As we get to know her she narrates "A Temple of the Holy Ghost", "A Good Man Is Hard To Find", “Good Country People" and finally "Revelation."

7 women, 5 men