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pm Pottle
Music Building Auditorium
Panel: “Political Satire, Past and Present—A Prequel to The Capitol Steps” Southeastern political scientist Peter Petrakis, literary scholar Mary Sue Ply and rhetorician Claire Procopio, joined by moderator and philosopher Jeffrey Bell, discuss the past history and present significance of political satire. Consider this lively panel as the “warm up act” for the back-by-popular-demand performance that evening of the comedic political satirists par excellence, The Capitol Steps. Free Co-sponsored by the Departments of History and Political Science, Communication and English |
 7:30
pmColumbia
Theatre
The Capitol Steps Who can get enough of those wickedly tuneful former Congressional staffers, who delight in satirizing the very people and places that once employed them? A Fanfare favorite since 1996, the Capitol Steps have earned a side-splitting reputation for being the only group in Washington that attempts to be funnier than Congress. Digging into headlines and hot topics of the day to create deliriously dead-on new lyrics for familiar tunes, donning wigs to conjure up the famous and infamous, the Capitol Steps skewer everyone, left, right or center.  All
online
tickets: $28 (Assigned seating; no refunds or exchanges;
no exceptions)
Discounted
tickets available at box office only: $24, srs/fac/staff/alumni; $20 group
rate; $18 all students
The Terry & Pamela King Endowment; Southeastern Department of History and Political Science; Entergy; Anderson and Boutwell Law Firm; Fay and Phelan Bright; Christwood; First Community Bank / Mr. and Mrs. Carl R. Schneider; Hammond Harley-Davidson; Paul and Patty Hubert; Northshore Broadcasting; Northshore Imaging Associates, LLC; Ross Downing Chevrolet; Southeastern Alumni Association |
 7:30
pmPottle
Music Building Auditorium
Opera/Music Theatre Workshop: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum “Tragedy tomorrow, comedy tonight!” Broadway’s greatest farce is light, fast-paced, witty, and irreverent -- and probably the funniest musical ever written. The winner of eight 1963 Tony awards, Forum has had the unprecedented honor of being revived on Broadway not once, but twice (1974 and 1996). The show takes comedy back to its roots, combining characters and situations from the time-tested, 2000 year old comedies of Roman playwright Plautus with the infectious energy of classic vaudeville. The result is a day in the life of Pseudolus – liar, blackmailer, slave – who struggles to win the hand of a beautiful but slow-witted courtesan for his young master in exchange for freedom. $14,
general admission; $10 srs/fac/staff/alumni/non-Southeastern students;
Southeastern students free with ID |
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