UW-Stevens Point Theatre & Dance season announced
9/13/2012
 
 

Portraying everything from humor and heartbreak to murder and misadventure, students at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point will bring a variety of productions to the stage as part of the 2012-13 Department of Theatre & Dance season.

Tickets are on sale now for evening and matinee performances throughout the coming academic year. Prices are $17 for adults, $16 for seniors, $12 for youth and $4.50 for students with UW-Stevens Point ID. Tickets may be purchased at the UW-Stevens Point Information and Tickets Office, located in the Dreyfus University Center concourse, by calling 715-346-4100 or at http://tickets.uwsp.edu/index.php.

The 2012-13 performances include:

  • The Importance of Being Earnest, Oct. 12–14 and 18–20, Jenkins Theatre
    Written by Oscar Wilde, this romantic comedy is about two men pretending to be the same man in order to woo two young women. Its high farce and witty dialogue has made this one of Wilde’s most popular plays. Professor Stephen Trovillion Smith will direct and act in what will be UW-Stevens Point’s entry in the American College Theatre Festival.

  • Lucky Stiff, Nov. 2–4 and 7–10, Studio Theatre
    A musical murder mystery, “Lucky Stiff” takes audiences along to experience the glamour and glitz of Monte Carlo through a vacation with Uncle, who isn’t exactly alive. He enjoys himself just the same in this adventure complete with mistaken identities, slamming doors and 6 million dollars’ worth of diamonds. Directed by Assistant Professor Bradley Vieth.

  • Afterimages 2012, Dec. 6–9, Jenkins Theatre
    This annual student-directed, choreographed and performed dance concert, held in collaboration with student lighting and costume designers, gives students the opportunity to create, present and produce their own work.

  • How I Learned to Drive, Feb. 8–10 and 13–16, 2013, Studio Theatre
    A theatrical, funny yet devastating tale of survival, this Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Paula Vogel has narrator Li’l Bit recall her youth in rural Maryland during the 1960s through a series of flashbacks. As it explores the psychologically complex relationship between a seducer and the seduced, it is for mature audiences only. Assistant Professor Jeffrey Stephens will direct.

  • Big Love, March 1–3 and 7–9, 2013, Jenkins Theatre
    An originally Greek play set into modern times, “Big Love” tells how 50 brides try to escape 50 grooms in pre-arranged marriages, raising issues of gender, politics, love and domestic violence along the way. Directed by Assistant Professor Tyler Marchant, it is for mature audiences only.

  • Danstage 2013, April 12–14 and 17–20, 2013, Studio Theatre
    The annual dance concert featuring faculty choreography and special guest artists.

  • The Producers, May 3–5 and 8–10, 2013, Jenkins Theatre
    This humorous musical, adapted by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meeham from Brooks’ 1968 film of the same name, is the story of two theatrical producers who scheme to get rich by overselling interests in a Broadway flop. Not recommended for young audiences, this will be Assistant Professor Alan Patrick Kenney’s debut production at UW-Stevens Point.

 

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