Theatre & Dance 2020-2021 Fall Season
Although our doors are closed, we welcome you to experience some of our student productions and performances virtually.
Please note that due to licensing rights, we are not able to stream some of this semester's productions to the general public. However, you can access the program book to view our student participants and other information.
CDC guidelines were followed in the making of the content you are about to watch.
STREAMING EVENTS
FALL DANCE THEATRE
Coordinated by Lisa D. Long
Streaming Friday, November 20, 2020 at 6pm
"Rooms" (1955 excerpts) by renowned choreographer Anna Sokolow, deals with the psychic isolation and unfulfilled desires of people living in the big city. The jazz score by Kenyon Hopkins catches the pulse and beat of modern society. An enduring masterpiece of twentieth-century art.
Also featuring dynamic works by current students and recent alumni choreographers. Created in quarantine, these works speak from seven individual perspectives and prove that dance, at its essence, will adapt and evolve to express itself.
Moises Felix, Norianna Galindo-Ramirez, Kaitlyn and Alison Hobbs, Shey Sabellico Candi Spahr, Emily Upcraft, Kassie Vasquez
Free Admission
Reservations
COLLEGE OF THE ARTS FALL HIGHLIGHT REEL
November 21-22, 2020
Streaming for 24 hours
beginning at noon on November 21
Enjoy brief highlights from the College of the Arts activities which have taken place during the Fall, 2020 semester.
Free Admission
Reservations
ORANGE FLOWER WATER
By Craig Wright
Directed By Mark Ramont
Streaming all day Saturday, November 21, 2020
(Midnight - 11:59pm)
In the small town of Pine City, Minnesota, two families are torn apart by love and betrayal as an extramarital affair draws them into a world of romantic uncertainty and disturbing moral ambiguity. This intense story documents the painful, real-time unraveling of both marriages, giving the audience an up-close and personal look at two couples falling apart, falling together,
and moving on.
Contains explicit sexual content and graphic language as well as reference to rape. If you have experienced trauma, sexual violence or assault, there is help. Seek medical assistance and contact local resources for ongoing support.
Free admission
Reservations
CONFESSIONS OF A STAR MAKER
Written and Directed by Luke Yankee
Streaming dates
November 27 - December 13, 2020
8pm: 11/27, 28,12/3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12
2pm: 11/29,12/5, 6, 12, 13
Program book coming soon
The dark underbelly of Hollywood in the 1950's is revealed through the world of Nick Ralston: a closeted, gay, talent agent in an era where it was illegal to be "out". Nick will stop at nothing to promote his clients, including revealing everyone's dirty, little secrets ... before they can reveal his. This "live" radio play, with the look and feel of an old Hollywood "Film Noir", depicts what someone had to do to succeed in Tinsel Town long before the #MeToo era. It tells a story of guts, glamor and the true price of fame.
FOR MATURE AUDIENCES.
Free Admission
Reservations
SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD
By Jason Robert Brown
Directed by James R. Taulli
December 18-20, 2020
Streaming
6pm:
December 18, 19
2pm:
December 19, 20
Program book coming soon
NON-STREAMING EVENTS (STUDENTS ONLY)
It's about one moment in time, that moment you hit the wall and have to make a choice: do you take a stand, or do you retreat? "Songs for a New World" illuminates the stories of today through the voices-of a small, powerhouse cast of diverse actors. Featuring powerful lyrics and a driving score that runs the gamut of today's popular music, "Songs" examines life, love and the choices we make - for better or worse.
Streaming Ticket: $5
LIVING SIX FEET APART
Directed by Saundra McClain
Due to licensing rights, this production can only be viewed by Department of Theatre and Dance students
through their academic program module.
Set against the current, tumultuous backdrop of political, social, and racial divisions, a group of diverse college students - red and blue, black and white, cisgendered and queer - attempt to find themselves and relate to each other while living inside a bubble during a global pandemic.
THE BOOK OF UNKNOWN AMERICANS
A devised adaptation by the Company of Actors,
based on the novel by Cristina Henriquez
Directed by David Nevell
Due to licensing rights, this production can only be viewed by Department of Theatre and Dance students
through their academic program module.
Adapted from the best-selling novel of the same name, the story follows two immigrant families navigating new lives in an adopted country. After fifteen-year-old Maribel Rivera is injured in a terrible accident, her family leaves behind their comfortable life in Mexico, risking everything to get her the care she needs in the United States. Shortly after arriving, kindred spirits Maribel and Mayor Toro, the son of one of their new neighbors, embark on a relationship with profound repercussions for everyone involved. Deftly interwoven with testimonials of men and women who came to the United States from Latin America, "The Book of Unknown Americans" illustrates the lives behind the debate on immigration.
Contains a simulation of a person being shot (with a bloody shirt) as well as reference to a rape. If you have experienced trauma, sexual violence or assault, there is help. Seek medical assistance and contact local resources for ongoing support.
LIZZIE THE MUSICAL
By Steven Cheslik-DeMeyer, Tim Maner
and Alan Stevens Hewitt
Directed by Sarah Ripper
Due to licensing rights, this production currently can only be viewed in an in-person screening format.
In the late summer of 1892, Lizzie Borden was accused of murdering her father and stepmother with an axe. Testimonies were muddled, evidence was incomplete, and Lizzie was acquitted. Lizzie: The Musical delves into the mysterious mind of Lizzie Borden to speculate on her motivations. With her older sister Emma, maid Bridget, and neighbor Alice, the four women create a punk rock score inspired by the music of the Runaways and Bikini Kill to retell the story of that murderous summer morning.
Contains adult subject matter, some of a violent and sexual nature as well as strobe effects and some graphic language. If you have experienced trauma, sexual violence or assault, there is help. Seek medical assistance and contact local resources for ongoing support.
