UCA Theatre Announces Season

Our Town by Thornton Wilder will run February 9, 10, 15, 16, and 17, 2012 at 7:30 pm in the Bridges/Larson Theatre of the Snow Fine Arts Center.  Change comes slowly to the people of Grover’s Corners, as life’s fundamental meaning and significance are contemplated in this Pulitzer Prize winning drama. We follow the Gibbs and Webb families as they come to grips with life’s joys and sorrows in this … [Read more...]

Public Appearances Subscriptions on Sale July 5

CONWAY – Series tickets for the 2011-2012 UCA Public Appearances season are on sale as of 10am, July 5. Subscription packages include the Night Out series, Broadway series, Nostalgia series, Log Cabin Democrat Lectures series and the Fine Arts Package. Performances in the Night Out series include Martha Graham Dance Company (Oct. 10), Cirque Mechanics’ Boom Town (Oct. 25), Art of the … [Read more...]

Youth Theatre to Present Plays

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Liz Parker, 501-450-5092     YOUTH THEATRE TO PRESENT PLAYS   The Youth Theatre of Central Arkansas, sponsored by the UCA Theatre Foundation, will present three short plays on Thursday and Friday, July 14 and 15 at 7:00 pm in the Bridges/Larson Theatre of the Snow Fine Arts Center.   The Junior Group, grades 3-6, will present … [Read more...]

Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre Announces New Artistic Director

PRESS RELEASE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS AND COMMUNICATION June 20, 2011 CONTACT: Mary Ruth Marotte, (501) 428-4165; mrmarotte@uca.edu ARKANSAS SHAKESPEAR THEATRE ANNOUNCES NEW ARTISTIC DIRECTOR CONWAY - Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre is thrilled to welcome Rebekah Scallet as the new Producing Artistic Director of the organization. Ms. Scallet holds an MFA … [Read more...]

Auditions for Children’s Choir in Joseph…Dreamcoat Musical

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT:  Ruthann Curry Browne 501- 339-3165   Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre to Hold Children’s Auditions   Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre (AST) will hold auditions for the Children’s Choir, which appears in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, on Saturday, May 14 in the Bridges/Larson Theatre of the Snow Fine Arts Center on the campus of … [Read more...]

Legally Blonde To Continue Broadway Series

The Broadway sensation Legally Blonde the Musical will conclude the University of Central Arkansas's Broadway Series at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 21 at the Donald W. Reynolds Performance Hall. The show, based on the hit movie starring Reese Witherspoon, revolves around Elle Woods, a bubbly sorority girl who refuses to let her blonde hair stereotype get her down. When her boyfriend breaks up … [Read more...]

ASO PRINCIPAL CLARINETIST, UCA PROFESSOR RELEASES CD

PRESS RELEASE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS AND COMMUNICATION April 5, 2011 CONTACT: Kelly Johnson, (501) 450-5758; kjohnson@uca.edu ASO PRINCIPAL CLARINETIST, UCA PROFESSOR RELEASES CD By Chelsea Stockdale College of Fine Arts and Communications Media Office CONWAY — Kelly Johnson, principal clarinetist for the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra and associate … [Read more...]

Il Trovatore to conclude Met season at UCA

PRESS RELEASE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS AND COMMUNICATION April 4, 2011 CONTACT: Donna Lampkin Stephens, (501) 852-2599; donnals@uca.edu IL TROVATORE TO CONCLUDE MET SEASON AT UCA CONWAY — Verdi’s Il Trovatore will conclude the 2010-11 season of Captured Live from the Met @ UCA, sponsored by the University of Central Arkansas’s College of Fine Arts and … [Read more...]

Russian National Ballet to present Cinderella at Reynolds

PRESS RELEASE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS AND COMMUNICATION April 4, 2011 CONTACT: Jerry Biebesheimer, (501) 450‐3682; jerryb@uca.edu RUSSIAN NATIONAL BALLET BRINGS CINDERELLA TO REYNOLDS By Chelsea Stockdale College of Fine Arts and Communication Media Office CONWAY — UCA Public Appearances “Night-Out Series” concludes with the Russian National Ballet’s … [Read more...]