Department of Theatre

UNCG Theatre
and
North Carolina Theatre for Young People 2007-08 Season

 

 Degas’ Little Dancer

A magical story of time travel and dance
by Wesley Middleton
Directed by Jennifer Ridgway

9:30 am & 12 noon on April 1

9:30 am on April 3

9:30 am, 12 noon, and 8 pm on April 4

2 pm and 8 pm on April 5
Brown Building Theatre (+touring dates from February 1-April 29, 2008)

At the sixth impressionist exhibition in the spring of 1881, celebrated painter, Edgar Degas presented the only sculpture that he would ever exhibit in public. Middleton's Degas' Little Dancer explores the imagination of a young dancer meeting the famous artist. Celebrating their passions, together, they dream and dance in the joy of discovering who they truly are.

 

UNCG Opera --La Vida Breve

April 10,11 at 7:30 pm

April 13 at 2 pm
Taylor Theatre

The UNCG Opera is collaboration between the School of Music and UNCG Theatre.  The UNCG Opera productions regularly win national awards. 

 

 

Tales of the Lost Formicans

by Constance Congdon
Directed by Stephen D. Hyers
April 16 –May 3
Brown Building Theatre

This dark comedy is an exploration of an estranged family who comes together only to fall apart when Grandpa becomes increasingly disabled due to Alzheimer’s. And then the aliens show up…Alzheimer’s, adolescence and aliens? Just another day in the U.S.A.

 

Jersey Shore House

By Michael Ferrell
Directed by John Gulley
April 23-May 4
Brown Building Theatre

After the death of his fiancée, Nick Monaco gathers with his family at their Jersey Shore house for comfort and healing.  Unfortunately his quirky, challenging family provides little comfort.  With a loveable but irascible grandmother, a stubbornly traditional father, a liberal-thinking mother, an estranged brother (and his quick-witted, Asian American boyfriend), a sarcastic older sister (and her African American performance artist boyfriend), Nick soon realizes that healing is out of the question.  Or is it?  In this funny and moving new play, Nick and his family are forced to take a hard look at themselves.  And in the end, the Monaco family, as wacky and diverse as America itself, stumbles reluctantly into the 21st century.

 

2008 – 2009 UNCG THEATRE SEASON

Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
book by William Hauptman and music and lyrics by Roger Miller. In Aycock Auditorium directed by John Gulley to open the newly renovated Aycock
Auditorium. (Oct. 1 – 5)

Holiday by Philip Barry in Brown Building Auditorium directed by Jim Fisher. (Oct. 31 – Nov. 9)

Revengers' Tragedy in a contemporary adaptation of Thomas Middleton’s Jacobean tale of violence and lust in Taylor Theatre directed by Jim Wren. (Nov. 14 – 23)

Flannel Shorts , the sophomore BFA class’ traditional festival of 10 minute plays. (Jan. 28 – Feb. 1)

Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) for region IV. UNCG Theatre will host 1000 college and university theatre students and educators for the annual gathering. (Feb 3 – 8)

Home on the Mornin’ Train by Kim Hines presented by NCTYP in Taylor Theatre. (Feb. 24 – March 1)

Go Dog Go Based on the book by P. D. Eastman, Adapted for the stage by Steven Dietz and Allison Gregory
Music by Michael Koerner , the NCTYP Tour.

Picnic, The Opera commissioned by the UNCG School of Music in Aycock Auditorium. (April 1 – 5)

Lysistrata (Aristophones, adaptation to be determined) directed by Chrisitne Morris. (April 17-May 3)

The Clean House by Sarah Ruhl in rep in the Brown Building Auditorium directed by Tom Humphrey. (April 17 – May 3)

 

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