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HISTORY The Princeton University Players (aka PUP) was established at Princeton University in 1987 to produce the original musical '' One Fine Day ''. In the ensuing years, the organization languished as an ad-hoc theater outfit, producing a sporadic show or two outside of the Princeton theater establishment. In the mid-nineties, however, under the guidance of Cara Reichel (class of 1996), the organization began to develop a distinctive voice as Princeton's performance group dedicated to the production of established musical theater (thus complementing the Princeton Triangle Club 's original productions, and Theatre Intime 's non-musical productions). Building upon exceptionally strong 1995-1996 and 1996-1997 seasons, which saw productions of '' Hair '', '' Assassins '', '' Into The Woods '', '' The Fantasticks '', '' Guys & Dolls '', and '' Pippin '', PUP developed into Princeton's most prolific, and largest student-run theater organization. All of this success was made even more remarkable by the fact that the group had no performance space to call its own, and instead made use of quaint and technically-challenging blackbox theaters and borrowed performance spaces, not to mention the fact that the group survived on grants, and had to return all profits to the University. In fact, to this day, PUP still does not have a performance space or a bank account to call its own. Not only famous for its shows, PUP became notorious across campus for its creation and propagation of "Pass The Ass" , a take-off of the game of tag, played by mooning people. Originally started as a cast bonding prank for a winter production of '' Guys & Dolls '', the game took off like wildfire throughout the group, becoming a staple of membership until the game's disappearance in 2000. The group entered a dark time during the 1998-1999 season, when the group was overtaken by a new undergraduate board that sought to elevate the artistic vision of the group. However, their selection of shows for the season proved largely inaccessible and unpopular, alienating both audiences and the membership of the group, many of whom departed to perform with other theater groups. The group's visibility floundered for much of the early 2000's, however in recent seasons, the group has returned to the "of the people and for the people" credo that inspired such loyalty during the group's heyday, and has once again become Princeton's most prolific performance organization. PRODUCTIONS A Chorus Line February 2005 Sex on Broadway December 2004 Into the Woods November 2004 The Best of Broadway May 2003 The Fix April 2003 Pippin February 2003 West Side Story November 2002 (More) Sex on Broadway: A Burlesque Spectacular October 2002 Ain't Misbehavin' May 2002 Chicago March-April 2002 Man of La Mancha February 2002 Falsettos November-December 2001 Kiss of the Spiderwoman October 2001 The Wiz May-June 2001 Beowulf: The Musical April 2001 The Mystery of Edwin Drood March-April 2001 The Secret Garden February 2001 It Had to be You December 2000 Is There Life After High School? September 2000 Godspell May 2000 The Who's Tommy March 2000 Assassins February 2000 Little Shop of Horrors December 1999 You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown October 1999 Hair May 1999 Jesus Christ Superstar April 1999 Hello Again February-March 1999 Gypsy December 1998 First Lady Suite October 1998 Baby May 1998 Closer than Ever April 1998 Company February-March 1998 A Chorus Line November 1997 Cotton Patch Gospel October 1997 Once On This Island May-June 1997 Falsettos March-April 1997 Pippin February-March 1997 Guys and Dolls November 1996 The Fantasticks September-October 1996 You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown June 1996 Into the Woods March 1996 Assassins February 1996 1940's Radio Hour November-December 1995 Hair November 1995 Lucky Stiff October 1995 Man of La Mancha September 1995 Once On This Island February-March 1995 A... My Name is Alice September 1994 Personals February 1994 A Little Night Music November 1993 Kiss Me, Kate March 1993 A Chorus Line November 1992 Camelot March 1991 Pippin November-December 1991 The Bacchae April-May 1991 Closer Than Ever November-December 1990 You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown March 1990 The Fantasticks November-December 1990 Pirates of Penzance April 1989 Free to be You and Me November 1988 Godspell December 1987 One Fine Day February 1987 NOTABLE ALUMNI Daniel Feyer (class of 1999) - Orchestrator and Music Director John Griffin (class of 1999) - Broadway ('' Arcadia '') and film ('' Everyone Says I Love You '') actor, as well as composer for '' Who Wants To Be A Millionaire ''. Marlo Hunter (class of 1999) Successful choreographer ( Diva Diaries ) and director Pete Mills (class of 1995) - Accomplished playwright and lyricist ('' Illyria '', '' The Flood '', '' Taxi Cabaret ''), resident writer, The Prospect Theater Company Cara Reichel (class of 1996) Co-founder and artistic director, Prospect Theater Company Jordan Roth (class of 1997) - Broadway producer ('' The Rocky Horror Picture Show '') |
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