Oct 15- Nov 1 2009 She Stoops to Conquer, by Oliver Goldsmith directed by Allan S. Ross

(Auditions August 23-24, 2009, Jump-Start)

A Comedy of Manners first performed in 1773. She Stoops to Conquer is a

rich comedy of great warmth. It paints a picture of an admirable society, but

one that is deeply in need of revision that comes through the agency of a

wonderful young woman, Kate Hardcastle. Kate is a character in the

tradition of great comedies like Much Ado About Nothing, The Taming of the

Shrew and Lysistrata that offer up the wisdom and wiles of women as the

means of curing problems both great and small. When the male world is

caught up in the ridiculous conventions men themselves have imposed, it

takes a woman like Kate to sort it all out.

“A reserved lover, it is said, always makes a suspicious husband.”

-Miss Hardcastle