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Bachelor and bachelorette parties collide in a dance club bathroom in this hilariously dark comedy.
By Willy Russell Directed by Stephen Trovillion Smith
October 18-20, 23-26, 2013
Matinee Performance: October 20 at 2 p.m.
Studio Theatre
At her bachelorette party in a Liverpool dance club, Linda wonders if her marriage to Dave is a mistake. When Dave and her old boyfriend show up at the same club, the explosive results change her life forever in this darkly comic play by Willy Russell (Blood Brothers; Educating Rita).
View Program | | | | Carousel |  View Photos
Dubbed “the best musical of the 20th Century” by Time Magazine
Music by Richard Rodgers
Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Based on Ferenc Molnar’s Play “Liliom”
As adapted by Benjamin F. Glazer
Original Dances by Agnes de Mille
Directed by Alan Patrick Kenny
November 8-10, 13-16, 2013
Matinee Performance: November 10 at 2 p.m.
Jenkins Theatre
The iconic American classic musical Carousel centers on a tempestuous love affair between gruff carnival barker Billy Bigelow and the young millworker Julie Jordan. Carousel has music by Richard Rodgers with a book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. The deeply romantic musical drama features such songs as "If I Loved You," "June Is Bustin' Out All Over," and "You'll Never Walk Alone."
View Program | | | | Afterimages 2013 |  View Photos
New student choreography – emerging artistry!
December 6-8, 11-13, 2013
Matinee Performance: December 8 at 2 p.m.
Studio Theatre
Afterimages is a student directed dance concert that showcases the talents of our student choreographers, performers, lighting and costume designers. This production gives students the full experience of creating, presenting and producing their original work.
View Program | | | | The Crucible |  View Photos
Facing the hangman’s noose, would you confess to a lie?
By Arthur Miller
Directed by Jared Hanlin
February 28, March 1-2, 6-8, 2014
Matinee Performance: March 2 at 2 p.m.
Jenkins Theatre
Taken from court documents and true accounts, The Crucible brings to vivid life the Salem witch trials of 1692. Written in 1952 as an allegory for McCarthyism, Miller’s tense, spine-tingling play continues to force its audiences to reevaluate the power of fear in our society.
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One family, broken and falling apart just trying to get back, or at least next to normal.
Music by Tim Kitt
Book & Lyrics by Brian Yorkey
Directed by Tyler Marchant
April 4-6, 9-12, 2014
Matinee Performance: April 6 at 2 p.m.
Studio Theatre
Winner of three Tony Awards and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2009 (only the eighth musical in history to win the prize – the last winner being RENT). In awarding the prize to the writers, the Pulitzer Board called the show "a powerful rock musical that grapples with mental illness in a suburban family and expands the scope of subject matter for musicals." An emotional tale of a family trying to work their way through life with love, compassion and understanding.
View Program | | | | DANSTAGE 2014 | 
Faculty premieres and guest choreography.
May 2-4, 7-9, 2014
Matinee Performance: May 4 at 2 p.m.
Jenkins Theatre
UWSP’s award winning dancers take the stage to perform exhilarating new works by faculty choreographers Michael Estanich, Jeannie Hill, Joan Karlen, and a guest choreographer premiere.
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