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Fall
2008/Spring 2009 Productions
Family:
Can't Live With Them, Can't Live Without Them
Sun Poisioning by
Maggie Johnson
Black
and White and Blue by
James Farrell
Transplant
by
James Farrell
Directed
by Marnie Andrews
Three new plays shape this evening
of theatre, each presenting the dilemma
of negotiating the landscape of one's life
after the loss of family. James Farrell's
Black and White and Blue follows
two natural born enemies and Transplant
tells the story of a young bride's unusual
relationship with one of her wedding guests.
Written by Maggie Johnson and selected from
last year's Plays in Process, Sun Poisioning
involves a young girl in the basement of
the family home who spins conversations
with the ghosts of her parents and her living
brother as a way to survive her grief.
Performances:
November 7 - 8 and 12 - 14 at 8pm, November
9 and 15 at 2pm
Arena
Theatre
Tickets -
General Public: $12 for all performances
Students,
seniors & faculty-staff: $8 for Nov.
7-9 & $10 for Nov. 12-15
Antigone
by
Bertolt
Brecht
Translated
by Judith Malina
Directed
by Chad Larabee
As written by Sophocles, the
Greek tragedy grippingly dramatized the
debate between loyalty to one's state
and to one's family and honor. In 1948,
in a Europe torn apart by World War II,
Bertolt Brecht adapted the play into an
uncompromising attack on tyranny and the
folly of war. In 1967, Judith Malina,
the iconic founder of New York's avant-garde
Living Theatre, translated Brecht's text
for an America in the throes of the Vietnam
conflict. This production interprets Malina's
text for a generation in which war and
politics are experienced via a constant
barrage of media. The play's original
questions, over two thousand years old,
remain as salient and unsettling as ever.
Performances:
March 6 - 7 and 11 - 13 at 8pm, March
8 and 14 at 2pm
Main
Theatre
Tickets -
General Public: $12 for all performances
Students,
seniors & faculty-staff: $8 for March
6-8 & $10 for March 11-14
Jesus
Hopped the 'A' Train
by
Stephen
Adly Guirgis '92
University at Albany
Directed
by Jeffrey Mousseau
Written by one of our country's most
celebrated young writers and a UAlbany
alumnus, Stephen Adly Guirgis's provocative
drama reveals the complex lives of two
Rikers Island inmates - one an older serial
killer, the other a New York bike messenger
incarcerated on a murder rap - who hold
themselves accountable to a higher law.
The natures of guilt, innocence, faith,
fate and morality are examined in this
searing tale infused with blazing poetry
from the street. "[A] probing, intense
portrait of lives behind bars...written
in flame." ~The New York Times
Performances:
April 24 - 25 and April 29 - May 1 at 8pm,
April 25 and May 2 at 2pm
Studio
Theatre
Tickets - General
Public: $12 for all performances
Students, seniors
& faculty-staff: $8 for April 24-25 &
$10 for April 29-May 2
Plays
in Process
Directed
by David Lane
Literary consultant James Farrell
This new play development lab provides student
playwrights the opportunity to develop their
works with actors and directors and culminate
in a staged reading. In an ongoing commitment
to showcase emerging student voices, several
new, exciting and diverse plays are chosen to
be part of the series each year.
Performances:
February 6 & 7 at 7:30pm
Studio
Theatre
Tickets - $3
LATE SEATING POLICY: Please
check ticket stub for Curtain Times, as late
seating will be at the discretion of the Producer.
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