2017-2018 Season

DUTCHMAN

by LeRoi Jones (aka Amiri Baraka)

Directed by Zoe Allison

Bridges/Larson Theatre, Snow Fine Arts Center

September 5, 6, 7, & 8, at 7:30 pm

September 9, at  2:00 pm

A lascivious blonde tries every vulgar way she knows to pick up and seduce a decent black youth in a subway car. Failing, she resorts to humiliating him. This breaks the facade of his decency, as he descends to her level for a spitfire fight and decrees that murder of the whites by the blacks “would make us all sane.” She stabs him and, as other whites dispose of his body, primps for her next Black victim.

Free admission. Tickets are required.


SHADOWS WHERE WE LIVE

Original work by UCA Theatre Students

Directed by Dr. Kevin T. Browne

Bridges/Larson Theatre, Snow Fine Arts Center

October 26, 27, November 2, & 3, at 7:30 pm

November 4, at 2:00 pm

This is an original theatrical work that will be developed with the collaboration of the actors and director in response to the current national political, social, and/or economic events. The production will be created through a process of research, interviews, and improvisation.


FESTIVAL OF ONE-ACT PLAYS & SCENES

Bridges/Larson Theatre, Snow Fine Arts Center 

December 4, 5, & 6, at 7:30 pm

Over 50 cast and crew members participate in this lively series of one-act plays, produced and directed by our 2017 Directing Class. Three to four different performances will be presented each evening. Join us for one night or the whole series.

Free admission. No tickets required.


THREE DAYS OF RAIN

by Richard Greenberg

Directed by Chris Fritzges

Bridges/Larson Theatre, Snow Fine Arts Center

February 22, 23, March 1, & 2, at 7:30 pm

February 24, & March 3, at 2:00 pm

A year after he disappeared on the day of his father’s funeral, Walker Janeway returns to New York and takes up temporary residence in the unused space where his father, Ned, and Ned’s late partner, Theo, lived. Walker is joined by his sister, Nan, and Pip, Theo’s son, to hear the reading of Ned’s will. We travel back to 1960, to learn more about who their parents were.


WHERE NO MAN HAS GONE BEFORE:

THE GENE RODDENBERRY STORY

Directed by Levi Smith

 Black Box Theatre, Snow Fine Arts Center

March 13-15, at 7:30 pm

“Where No Man Has Gone Before: The Gene Roddenberry Story” is a documentary style devised piece created and performed by UCA Theatre students under the direction of senior, Levi Smith. Gene Roddenberry is the creator of Star Trek. The performance will explore the life of Roddenberry and his struggles to retain an artistic vision throughout the production of the original Star Trek.

Free admission. No tickets required.


ARMS AND THE MAN

by George Bernard Shaw

Directed by Stacy Pendergraft

Bridges/Larson Theatre, Snow Fine Arts Center

April 12, 13, 19, & 20, at 7:30 pm

April 14, & 21, at  2:00 pm

One of Bernard Shaw’s most glittering comedies, “Arms and the Man” is a burlesque of Victorian attitudes to heroism, war, and empire. In the contrast between Bluntschli, the mercenary soldier, and the brave leader, Sergius, the true nature of valour is revealed.


 

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