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Jones Auction March 13, 2010

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Current Theatre Season Information
2009-2010

Fall 2009 | Winter 2010 | Spring 2010

Fall 2009

The Tempest
by William Shakespeare
directed by M. Burke Walker

October 25 - November 15
Jones Playhouse

Grand re-opening of the Jones Playhouse.
Shakespeare’s final play is a wonder of invention, an exuberant celebration of theatrical art and artifice: a tempest, a shipwreck, castaways, lost children, music, first love, revenge, drunken clowns, murder plots, magic, monsters, spirits, and three Roman gods! The Tempest and its enchanted island are a middle world where society is turned upside down and the future placed in the hands of two young lovers.

Empty Space founder and UW alum Burke Walker directs 'The Tempest' in renovated Jones Playhouse
(University Week article, October 22, 2009)

Production Photos: The Tempest image


References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot
by José Rivera
directed by Alyson Roux

November 30 - December 13
Penthouse Theatre

In this evocative, moving story, rooted in magical realism, Gabriela waits for her army husband to return from the Persian Gulf.  She is seduced by the Moon, harassed by a Coyote, comforted by her Cat, and propositioned by her 14-year-old neighbor. When her husband returns from war Gabriela struggles to reconnect with a changed man, or is he the nightmare? Adult themes.

A soldier and his wife at the center of School of Drama's new production
University Week article, November 19, 2009
Production Photos: Salvador Dali Image

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Fall 2009 | Winter 2010 | Spring 2010

The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
by Stephen Adly Guirgis
directed by Valerie Curtis-Newton

Janaury 31 - February 14
Meany Studio Theatre

In a hilarious dissection of history’s most legendary betrayal, Pontius Pilate, Mother Teresa, and Sigmund Freud are called to testify in the trial of Judas Iscariot. Mixing the urban vernacular with the holy and divine, arguments fill the courtroom over where Judas should reside: heaven or hell, and who is truly to blame: him or God. Contains strong language.

Stand witness to School of Drama's 'The Last Days of Judas Iscariot' (University Week, January 21, 2010)

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Play Readings
Jones Playhouse

New Play Workshop
February 4 - 7 Lidless
Celebrating new plays and new connections, UW Drama, in partnership with Seattle Repertory Theatre presents a new play reading series featuring current graduate student actors and professional actors from the Seattle community. Working with local and national playwrights in rehearsal, professional directors, and experienced actors, UW graduate students will deeply benefit from this incredible opportunity. Audiences will be treated to a first look at brand new, freshly unveiled play.

Actors tackle new script in staged reading of 'Lidless' at the Jones Playhouse (University Week, February 4, 2010)

Performing with Professionals (UW Daily, So Hyoung An, February 4, 2010)

Lidless by Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig. In this play, a former Guantanamo Bay interrogator has done her best to move on from the brutal relationships she had with detainees at the prison. But when one man shows up in her Minneapolis flower shop, she realizes she can’t escape her past. A haunting psychological drama, the play has already earned Cowhig the 2009 David C. Horn Prize in the Yale Drama Series competition for emerging playwrights.

Looking up at Down
February 18 - 21 Waiting for Lefty
February 25 - 28 End of Summer


In response to the current economic crisis, we reflect on an earlier era by presenting staged readings offering two very different perspectives on America in the throes of the Great Depression: Clifford Odet’s gritty story of the working class, Waiting For Lefty, and S.N. Behrman’s End of Summer, a semi-satirical examination of a well-to-do family’s challenges to assumptions of prosperity and power.

Note: Feb. 18th includes a panel discusion and reception

The Great Depression in Washington State web site has information on the staged readings plus articles and historic photos on the Federal Theatre Project in Seattle, the Negro Repertory Company and other theatre arts during the 1930s.

In collaboration with:
UW Department of History

Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies
Simpson Center for the Humanities

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buy tickets February 25-28, End of Summer

Fall 2009 | Winter 2010 | Spring 2010

Translations
by Brian Friel
directed by Paula Bennett

April 18 - May 2
Penthouse Theatre

As the hard fist of British regulation imposes itself on local tradition, residents in 1833 rural Ireland struggle to adjust to a quiet yet radical change. When Irish place names begin to be translated into proper English by a group of British soldiers, tragic misunderstandings occur in this funny and touching story.

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Bat Boy: The Musical
book and lyrics by Keythe Farley & Brian Flemming
music by Laurence O’Keefe
directed by Scott Hafso

April 25 - May 9
Meany Studio Theatre

An international hit wherever it's played, Bat Boy is a quirky, musical tragi-comedy following the adventures of the half-bat, half-human Edgar.  After being discovered in a cave and
adopted by a well meaning family, townsfolk begin to blame troubles on the pointy-eared newcomer. What's a singing, dancing bat boy to do?  Bat Boy explodes with big laughs and great music.

In partnership with:
Undergraduate Theater Society

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A Midsummer Night's Dream
by William Shakespeare
adaptation by Alison Carey
directed by Geoff Korf

May 23 - June 6
Jones Playhouse

Set on the UW Campus and infused with real-life stories, this adaptation, based on the classic tale, is joyously performed by diverse UW student populations.  Join student athletes, ROTC, Early Entrance, Returning, and First Generation Students as they weave personal experiences into this unique musical adaptation.

This production is the culmination of the Campus-Wide Collaborative Theatre Project, a four year program sponsored by:
School of  Drama
The College of Arts and Sciences
Office of Student  Life
Office of Minority Affairs & Diversity
Office  of Undergraduate Academic Affairs

Dramatists hold a mirror to undergraduate life
Undergraduate Academic Affairs Annual Report 2007-2008

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