Upcoming Productions

Saturday, September 6 at 7:00 P.M.

Kline Theatre (tickets are not necessary)

Gertrude Stein


“Gertrude Stein, Gertrude Stein, Gertrude Stein", starring Bonnie Gable (Gettysburg College, 1967), is a one-woman play by Marty Martin that has become for many the essence of Gertrude Stein. Set in 1938 in Stein's
legendary Paris apartment at 27 Rue de Fleurus, from which she is being evicted, the play is highly colorful and often comic in true, eccentric Stein style.  The imaginary monologue depicts her California childhood, her studies at Harvard, her life in Paris with her brother Leo, and her discovery of Alice B. Toklas. Gertrude reminisces candidly and endearingly about the people they have entertained--Picasso, Isadora Duncan, Hemingway, the Fitzgeralds and other members of their circle, the people Stein called, "The Lost Generation". It is a revealingly personal, whimsical visit with one of the world's most influential artists.
 

October 3 & 4

10 Minute Play Festival

THA 282 Advanced Directing Class

Times TBA

Stevens Laboratory Theatre

Opening Thursday, November 6

West Side Story

Music by Leonard Bernstein
Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by Arthur Laurents
Directed by Christopher Kauffman
Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts

November 6, 7, 8
7:30 P.M., The Majestic Theater  ADMISSION FEE
November 9 (Sunday matinee)
2:00 P.M., The Majestic Theater  ADMISSION FEE

The Department of Theatre Arts and The Sunderman Conservatory of Music present one of the most beloved musicals of all time. Based on a storyline from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, West Side Story centers around the racial tension of rival gangs in New York City and how two young lovers from colliding worlds attempt to transform the menace of the streets by uniting with “One Hand, One Heart”. Production Design by Jerome O. Hanson, conducted by John “Buzz” Jones, vocal direction by Kathleen Sasnett, and Choreography by Julie Herber.
This event is sponsored by EPACC.
 

“John Adams Visiting Artist and Scholar Series”
This year it is going to be:  Tracey Scott Wilson
Performance date and time TBA

The Department of Theatre Arts is pleased to announce that award-winning playwright Tracey Scott Wilson will be visiting campus as part of the John Adams Visiting Artist and Scholar Series. Ms. Wilson earned two Van Lier Fellowships from the New York Theatre Workshop, a residency at Sundance, and is the winner of the 2001 Helen Merrill Emerging Playwright Award, the 2003 AT&T Onstage Award, the 2004 Whiting Award, and the 2004 Kesselring Prize for Playwriting. Her 2004 play,The Story, will be presented by the Department of Theatre Arts in February of 2009 and her latest play, The Good Negro will play at the Dallas Theatre Center and The Public Theatre in New York City later this year.

December 4
Martha Kemper
One Woman show "Me, Miss Krause, and Joan"
Written and Performed by Martha Kemper
Kline Theatre (tickets are not necessary)

This piece reveals what goes on in an actor's homework, in search of answers to the question, "How would I play Joan of Arc?" The performance weaves scenes from the life of  Joan of Arc with scenes and people, particularly one special teacher, Alvina Krause,  from the performer's life experience. The tapestry of experiences reveals a theme: there are things so true and so eternal that no violence can kill, so real and so important they can never die. Discussion follows.

Opening February 26
The Story
By Tracey Scott Wilson
Directed by Christopher Kauffman
Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts
Feb. 26, 27, 28, and March 2 at 8:00 P.M.
March 2 (Sunday matinee) at 2:00 P.M.

Kline Theatre (Reservations necessary for Friday and Saturday nights) 

An ambitious newspaper reporter, Yvonne Wilson, goes against her editor, Pat Morgan, to investigate a murder and finds the BEST story…but at what cost? Wilson explores the elusive nature of truth as the boundaries between reality and fiction, morality and ambition become dangerously blurred. “A singular new voice…deeply emotional, deeply intellectual, and deeply musical…” —The New Yorker.

Opening March 19
Owl and Nightingale Independent Festival
March 19, 20, 21 and 22
Times (to be announced)
Stevens Laboratory Theatre

Student-directed performances of one acts, dance performances, staged readings, musical revues, costume exhibits, and/or one-person shows.
 

Opening April 17
The Liar (Il bugiardo)
By Carlo Goldoni
Directed by Stefano Boselli
Assistant Professor of Italian
April 17, 18, 20 and 21 at 8:00 P.M.
April 19 (Sunday at matinee) at 2:00 P.M.

Kline Theatre (Reservations necessary for Friday and Saturday nights)

In this lively comedy from the eighteenth century, the young Venetian, Lelio, returns home after many years and soon becomes entangled in many incredible and hilarious complications.  Due to his fondness for inventing fabulous lies, he courts and deceives two young women, their lovers and even his own father before the truth is revealed.  Directed by Stefano Boselli, Assistant Professor of Italian, and designed by Amanda Ward (Class of 2009)

April 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 and 29
Senior Projects
Stevens Laboratory Theatre

A wide range of Senior Capstone productions including plays, dance, performance art and design or research presentations.