BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Ivy Tech Student Productions 2016-17 theatre season is a season of firsts. The season opens with Edward Albee’s The Zoo Story on September 2 and 3, Ivy Tech’s first production directed by Chad Rabinovitz, producing artistic director of the Bloomington Playwrights Project. Sweeney Todd, Ivy Tech’s first musical, runs October 28, 29, 31 and November 3-5 with a special Halloween performance. All in the Timing, Ivy Tech’s first comedy, runs April 7-8 and 13-15. All shows take place at the Ivy Tech John Waldron Arts Center.
Edward Albee’s The Zoo Story is Albee’s first play. Synopsis: A man sits peacefully reading in the sunlight in Central Park. There enters a second man. He is an unkempt and undisciplined vagrant where the first is neat, ordered, well-to-do and conventional. The vagrant is a soul in torture and rebellion. He longs to communicate so fiercely that he frightens and repels his listener. He is a man drained of all hope who, in his passion for company, seeks to drain his companion. With provocative humor and unrelenting suspense, the young savage slowly, but relentlessly, brings his victim down to his own atavistic level as he relates a story about his visit to the zoo.
The Ivy Tech John Waldron Arts Center is located at 122 S. Walnut St. Tickets are $15 for general admission or $5 for students and seniors. To purchase tickets visit www.bctboxoffice.com. For information about Ivy Tech Student Productions visit www.ivytech.edu/waldron.
About Ivy Tech Community College
Ivy Tech Community College is Indiana’s largest public post-secondary institution and the nation’s largest singly accredited statewide community college system. Ivy Tech serves more than 200,000 students annually and offers associate degrees, certificates, and workforce training in more than 70 programs across Indiana. The College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and is committed to providing affordable, high-quality education aligned with the needs of Indiana’s workforce.
