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THE MUSICAL THEATRE SERIES
BY: Kurt Weill
MUSIC DIRECTOR: Brad Martin
PRESENTED BY: School of Stage & Screen’s Musical Theatre and Dance Programs
Start your Halloween early in this unique evening of song and dance. Accompanied by a live orchestra, the first half of the program features an array of songs from musical theatre’s most infamous cads and adored scoundrels. The second half is a haunting mix of ballet and opera by one of the stage’s greatest geniuses: composer Kurt Weill. An exploration of good and evil written as World War II threatened Europe; Weill’s The Seven Deadly Sins is a rarely-performed masterwork that is as intriguing as it is beautiful. Join us and revel in the beauty of Vice!
SHOW DATES: 9/10/10 at 7:30 and 9/12/10 at 3:00 | LOCATION: WCU’s Fine and Performing Arts Center
BOOK, MUSIC AND LYRICS BY: Jonathan Larson
GUEST DIRECTOR: Owen Johnston
PRESENTED BY: School of Stage & Screen’s Musical Theatre Program
One of the most innovative shows in Broadway history, Jonathan Larson’s RENT is a gritty look into the lives of seven friends in New York’s East Village at the end of the twentieth century. By confronting such hard-hitting issues as AIDS, prejudice, and poverty, they come to realize that love can still conquer all. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, three Tony Awards, and numerous other honors, RENT is more than just a musical; it’s a transformative theatrical experience.
SHOW DATES: 11/17, & 11/20, at 7:30 11/21 at 3pm (no performance on 18th or 19th) | LOCATION: WCU’s Fine and Performing Arts Center
MUSIC AND LYRICS BY: Cole Porter
BOOK BY: Sam and Belle Spewack
DIRECTED BY: Terrence Mann
PRESENTED BY: School of Stage & Screen’s Musical Theatre Program
Since its premiere in 1948, Cole Porter’s Kiss Me Kate has been recognized as one of the masterpieces of the Broadway stage. Based on The Taming of the Shrew, the musical’s ingenious plot shows the dramatic offstage lives of the actors and how they spill out onto the stage in performances of Shakespeare’s comic play. With such classic numbers as “So In Love Am I,” “Too Darn Hot,” “Brush Up Your Shakespeare,” “I Hate Men,” and “Another Op'nin, Another Show,” Porter’s timeless score will thrill you just as it has audiences for six decades! Perfect for the entire family.
SHOW DATES: 3/24, 25, & 26 at 7:30, 3/27 at 3pm matinee | LOCATION: WCU’s Fine and Performing Arts Center
THE NIGGLI SERIES
Niggli Series shows are intended for mature audiences due to adult content and language.
BY: Rich Orloff
DIRECTED BY: Peter Savage
PRESENTED BY: School of Stage & Screen's Theatre Program
Romantic Fools is a wild comedy ride following the journey of an Everyman and Everywoman through the world of sex, romance and relationships. From a date with a caveman to Stepford husbands, Romantic Fools is a comedy for anyone who has ever loved, lusted or acted like an idiot. Drawing from influences such as Monty Python and the Mark Brothers, these sketches celebrate the inherent comedy of male-female relationships. For mature audiences.
SHOW DATES: 10/6/10 thru 10/9/10 at 7:30 | LOCATION: The Josefina Niggli Theatre
BY: Neil LaBute
DIRECTED BY: Claire Eye
PRESENTED BY: School of Stage & Screen's Theatre Program
“Does this play make me look fat?”
A love story about the imposibility of love, Reasons to be Pretty centers on four young working class friends and lovers who become increasingly dissatisfied with their dead-end lives and each other. From the Playwright Neil LaBute, Reasons to be Pretty follows The Shape of Things and Fat Pig as the final installment of a trilogy that focuses on modern day obsession with physical appearance and the hopelessness of romance. This contemporary drama continues LaBute’s talent for “some of the freshest and most illuminating American dialogue to be heard anywhere these days.” – NY Times. “It is tight, tense, and emotionally true, and it portrays characters who actually seem part of the world that the rest of us live in.” – Time Magazine. For mature audiences.
SHOW DATES: 2/9/11 thru 2/12/11 at 7:30 | LOCATION: The Josefina Niggli Theatre
BY: Timothy Braun, Debra Castellano, Gary Garrison, Michael Lazan, Stephen O’Rourke, Craig Pospisil, David Riedy, and Erica Silberman
DIRECTED BY: D.V. Caitlyn
PRESENTED BY: School of Stage & Screen’s Theatre Program
Six short comedies (with two additional works from the STATENISLANDFERRYplays) representing some of the best of the Atrainplays, a daredevil theater project in which playwrights created new work from scratch during the course of a single ride. All of the plays take place inside a single subway car on the A Train, one of New York’s most famous subway lines, or on the deck of the Staten Island Ferry -- from a groom-to-be to a homeless woman to a monstrous squid. Alternately hilarious and deeply human, the Atrainplays hum with the relentless energy of their namesake.
SHOW DATES: 4/13/11thru 4/16/11 at 7:30 | LOCATION: The Josefina Niggli Theatre
SPECIAL EVENTS
Campbell’s Soup: A Christmas Carol - Radio Show Scholarship Fundraiser
PRESENTED BY: Department of Communication, History, Honors College, School of Music and Stage & Screen
From the faculty and professionals who brought you the radio classic War of the Worlds and the nationally acclaimed On The Home Front, Nov. ‘44 comes another trip back in time. In December 1938 Orson Welles and the Mercury Theatre of the Air presented their radio adaptation of Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol. This radio classic is presented through special permission of the show’s original sponsor, Campbell’s Soup. Working from Orson Welles’s personal script, this historic recreation promises to be an evening you will not forget. Experience a live radio broadcast just as it was done over 70 years ago including a live orchestra and sound effects. Join us in the Fine and Performing Arts Center and be a part of this one-time historic recreation on December 9.
ONE TIME ONLY: December 9th at 7:30 Fine and Performing Arts Center | ALL TICKETS: $10
Come and join us at the 3rd Annual Controlled Chaos Film Festival. Share a night filled with the best films written, directed, and produced by this year’s Motion Picture and Television Production student film makers.
HOSTED BY: The Motion Picture Program Students
PRESENTED BY: School of Stage & Screen’s Motion Picture and Television Production Program
ONE NIGHT ONLY: April 27th (one night only) | 7PM in the University Center Movie Theatre | ALL TICKETS: $5 (at the door)
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