{"id":40572,"date":"2011-02-24T14:21:20","date_gmt":"2011-02-24T19:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/?p=40572"},"modified":"2024-07-08T14:42:53","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T18:42:53","slug":"oleanna-learned-ladies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2011\/02\/24\/oleanna-learned-ladies\/","title":{"rendered":"As Bates marks Schaeffer Theatre&#039;s 50th, March plays look at French culture, U.S. sexual politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href='https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2011\/02\/web_110309_theater_2038.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"590\" height=\"393\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2011\/02\/web_110309_theater_2038.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large alignright\" alt=\"web_110309_theater_2038\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>March is a month for theater classics at Bates College.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Elizabeth Castellano, a Bates junior from New Suffolk, N.Y., directs the college&#8217;s production of David Mamet&#8217;s <em>Oleanna<\/em>, a highly charged story of sexual politics in the halls of academe. Performances take place at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Sunday, March 10 and 13, and at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 12, in Gannett Theater, 305 College St.<\/p>\n<p><a href='https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2011\/02\/web_110309_theater5044.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2011\/02\/web_110309_theater5044-196x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium alignright\" alt=\"web_110309_theater5044\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the theater department honors French culture and marks the 50th anniversary of its mainstage venue, Schaeffer Theatre, with a production of Moli\u00e8re&#8217;s 1672 satire <em>The Learned Ladies<\/em>. Martin Andrucki, Dana Professor of Theater, directs. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, March 11-12 and March 18-19, and 2 p.m. Sundays, March 13 and 20. Schaeffer is also located at 305 College St.<\/p>\n<p>Admission to <em>Oleanna<\/em> is free and first-come, first-seated. Tickets for <em>The Learned Ladies<\/em> are $6 for the general public and $3 for seniors and students, and are available at <a href=\"http:\/\/batestickets.universitytickets.com\/user_pages\/event_listings.asp\">www.batestickets.com<\/a>. For more information, please call 207-786-6161.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/views\/2011\/02\/24\/oleanna-breakout\/\">Read more about <em>Oleanna<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/views\/2011\/02\/24\/learned-ladies-breakout\/\">Read more about <em>The Learned<\/em> <em>Ladies<\/em>, Lavinia Schaeffer and Schaeffer Theatre<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March is a month for theater classics at Bates College. Elizabeth Castellano, a Bates junior from New Suffolk, N.Y., directs the college&#8217;s production of David Mamet&#8217;s <em>Oleanna<\/em>, a highly charged story of sexual politics in the halls of academe. 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