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Trying…getting pregnant should be sexy, right? (Well- at least there’s sex….right?)  Maggie and Jamie have been on this rollercoaster ride for a while, but neither are prepared for the curves to come.  A staged reading of a wild, funny, poignant, twisty-turny, unpredictable play that brings home just how trying trying can be.
The ÎÞÂëרÇø Theatre Department holds a yearly playwriting competition, offered exclusively to ÎÞÂëרÇø students, alumni, faculty and staff. The goal of this competition is to foster creative endeavors within the ÎÞÂëרÇø arts community. The funding and support for this project will be provided by the Sue Winge Playwriting Grant.

Tickets: FREE

The Prom is a musical with music by Matthew Sklar, lyrics by Chad Beguelin, and a book by Bob Martin and Beguelin, based on an original concept by Jack Viertel.[1] The musical follows four Broadway actors lamenting their days of fame, as they travel to the conservative town of Edgewater, Indiana, to help a lesbian student banned from bringing her girlfriend to high school prom.

In a seemingly ordinary suburb, Ben and Mary welcome their new neighbors Sharon and Kenny for a friendly backyard barbecue. But as the charcoal heats up, so do tensions when they discover their new acquaintances met in rehab, are unemployed, and own nothing. What begins as neighborly hospitality quickly ignites into a dangerous exploration of middle-class anxiety and unfulfilled American dreams.
 
"A sharp X-ray of the embattled American psyche" (The New York Times) and "tense, terrific, funny" (New York Observer), this Pulitzer Prize finalist "perfectly captures a certain pervasive lifestyle of today" with "cascading, hilarious monologues" (Time Out New York). Lisa D'Amour's bittersweet and explosive dark comedy rips up the floorboards of suburban life to reveal what's simmering beneath the surface.

Fire up the grill... and expect fireworks.