2011-12 Department of Theatre Productions

Opening Friday, April 27 at 8pm
April 28, May 2, 3, 4 at 8pm
April 28, 29*, May 5 at 2pm

by Annie Baker
Directed by Yvonne Perry
A creative drama class in a small Vermont town becomes the catalyst that exposes its participants to tender moments of vulnerability . . .  where honesty becomes both revealing and hilarious.  The New York Times called it an “absorbing, unblinking and sharply funny play.”  This rising-star playwright’s work simply asks, “What makes theatre the most human of all the arts?” 

ARENA THEATRE - $12 general public
$8 from April 27-29 and $10 from May 2-5 for students, faculty-staff & seniors

* Panel discussion follows show

photo credit Dino Petrocelli

Friday & Saturday, March 30 & 31 at 7pm
Saturday & Sunday, March 31 & April 1 at 2pmmore info

This developmental laboratory provides student and alumni playwrights and screenwriters the opportunity to develop their writing with actors and directors, culminating in a staged reading.  In an ongoing commitment to showcase emerging voices, several exciting and diverse plays are chosen to be part of the festival each term.  Every performance will be followed by a talkback.

STUDIO THEATRE - $4

LATE SEATING POLICY: Please check ticket stub for Curtain Times, as late seating will be at the discretion of the Producer.

Short Plays & Skirmishes
Friday, February 10 at 7pm
Saturday, February 11 at 1pm

Two short plays by Joseph Travers '82, The Proxy and Within These Garden Walls, are given a partially staged reading with direction by David Lane. more info

The Department of Theatre, Theatre Alumni Affinity Group, Theatre Council, and the UAlbany Alumni Association present Short Plays & Skirmishes, three short one-act plays written by Joseph Travers ’82.  The Proxy, Within These Garden Walls, and Sanctuary will be presented as partially staged readings directed by David Lane, with fight sequences staged by Joseph Travers. 

Short Plays & Skirmishes will be performed on Friday, February 10, 2012 at 7:00pm and Saturday, February, 11, 2012 at 1:00pm in the Performing Arts Center Studio Theatre.   Tickets are $5.00 at the door and will help fund Theatre Alumni Affinity Group activities. 

Against the backdrop of 18th century France, J.T. Travers’ trilogy follows several episodes of the life of M. Bayard, a young soldier in the French army, as he attempts to traverse a society endlessly wrapped up in proper etiquette and decorum. He discovers, however, that even good manners are no match for hotheaded passions and lusty intentions that lurk beneath the surface of the Age of Enlightenment . . .   and that there are those who will stop at nothing to protect their honor, and that passion and cunning often trump the rules of engagement.

STUDIO THEATRE - $5 (tickets available at the door only)

Presented by Theatre Alumni Affinity Group, Theatre Council and the Department of Theatre. Admission funds will help fund Theatre Alumni Affinity Group activities.

Opening Thursday, November 10 at 8pm
November 11, 12, 16, 17,18 at 8pm
November 12, 13*, 19 at 2pm

by Lanford Wilson
Directed by Marnie Andrews
Through the reunion and turmoil of one family, this Broadway hit exposes the disillusionment Americans felt in the aftermath of the Vietnam War.  Set in a Missouri farmhouse belonging to the Talley family during the 1970s, it reveals how Wilson’s vision continues to resonate within our culture, and is being presented to honor the work and leadership of this playwright during a renaissance of American Theatre and the Off-Broadway movement. PRESS RELEASE INFO

LAB THEATRE - $12 general public
$8 from Nov. 10-13 and $10 from Nov. 16-19 for students, faculty-staff & seniors

* Panel discussion follows show

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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