"The Proposal" and "The Man With a Flower in His Mouth"

Chekov's "The Proposal" celebrates the frantic carnival that is a wedding proposal, finding a cascade of fainting spells, real estate swindles and misunderstood love.

"The Man With a Flower In His Mouth," one of Pirandello's earlier works, allows the audience to eavesdrop on a chance, late-night meeting between two strangers at a café. As the shadow of one gentleman's wife flits across the scene we learn the secret carried by her husband.

These two short plays run Homecoming Weekend, Thursday-Saturday, October 7-9, 2004, at 7 p.m. in the Studio Theater.

Director: Interim Assistant Professor of Theater, Patrick Reynolds.