This Year's University Theatre Productions MUSEUM
When: Sep 25-26, 30, Oct 1-4 @ 8:00 pm Sep 28, Oct 5 @ 2:30 pm
Where: The Cellar Theatre
by Tina Howe. This fast-paced send-up of contemporary art culture deftly interweaves the stories and foibles of over two dozen art patrons and artists. Following up on our special production of Art and featuring installations by Athens and UGA artists, Museum extends our celebration of the arts at UGA into the Fine Arts building.
PILLOWMAN
When: Oct 14-17 @ 8:00 pm Oct 19 @ 2:30 pm
Where: the Cellar Theatre
by Martin McDonagh. A Studio production. This play examines the justifications and repercussions of torture—a topic that has become urgent in our country today as we struggle to balance security with humanity. This riveting new script, which has been called "the blackest dark comedy ever written," has played to rave reviews throughout the world and is sure to leave audiences talking. Mature and graphic.
OUR TOWN
When: Nov 6-8, 12-15 @ 8:00 pm Nov 16 @ 2:30 pm
Where: The Morton Theatre in downtown Athens
by Thornton Wilder. This timeless American classic will be performed in Athens' historical Morton Theatre. The play is a call to cherish and relish life during every moment in time. Don’t let it pass you by.
THE UNDERPANTS
When: Jan 22-24, 27-31 @ 8:00 pm Feb 1 @ 2:30 pm
Where: The Cellar Theatre
This farce by Steve Martin, one of the funniest men in America, is adapted from German playwright Carl Sternheim's 1910 social satire. The play is loads of fun—and just a little titillating.
THE CHANGELING
When: Feb 19-21, 24-28 @ 8:00 pm Mar 1 @ 2:30 pm
Where: The Cellar Theatre
by Thomas Middleton & WIlliam Rowley. This rarely performed masterpiece of Western theatre, first performed soon after Shakespeare's death, is a graphic tale of love, desire, deceit, betrayal and revenge. Featuring one of the most compelling woman characters in all of English drama, The Changeling is thrilling, horrifying, and steeped in startlingly modern psychological insight.
HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA
When: Mar 25-28 @ 8:00 pm Mar 29 @ 2:30 pm
Where: The Chapel on North Campus
by Federico Garcia Lorca. A Studio production. Spanish playwright Garcia Lorca is one of the most poetic and passionate dramatists of the twentieth century. This beautiful, all-woman play, to be performed in UGA's North Chapel, offers a penetrating look at the political and sexual repression of women in rural Spain on the eve of fascism.
DANGEROUS LIAISONS (Les Liaisons Dangereuses)
When: Apr 9-11, 15-18 @ 8:00 pm Apr 19 @ 2:30 pm
Where: The Fine Arts Theatre
by Christopher Hampton. Made famous by the film starring Glenn Close, John Malkovich, and Michelle Pfeiffer, this play, set in eighteenth-century France, examines the mask of artifice covering the battle between the sexes. It exposes the use of sex for power—and the dangerous point when sex unexpectedly journeys past lust to love.
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Productions off the Mainstage WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
When: Aug 19-20 @ 7:30 pm
Where: Cellar Theatre, Fine Arts Bldg.
Edward Albee’s award-winning look at psychological warfare and the illusions that poison relationships is just as searing and relevant today as when it shocked audiences in 1962. Featuring two members of UGA's acting faculty and two members of the Graduate Acting Ensemble, and directed by Del Hamilton, Artistic Director of 7 Stages in Atlanta, this exciting production will debut in UGA’s own Cellar Theatre before traveling to the Atlanta professional stage.
ART
When: Sep 4-5 @ 8:00 pm Sep 7 @ 5:00 pm
Where: Georgia Museum of Art, Griffith Auditorium
by Yasmina Reza. This staged reading at the Georgia Museum of Art, featuring performances by three members of UGA's acting faculty, is part of the UGA Arts Festival, a multidisciplinary celebration of the arts to inaugurate the new Lamar Dodd School of Art on the East Campus. This brilliant drama has won numerous awards, been translated into over 30 languages, and been performed throughout the world. The three-man play investigates the nature, purpose and meaning of modern art—and friendship.
WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? in Atlanta
When: Oct 16-18, 20, 23-25, 30, Nov 1-2 @ 7:30 pm Oct 19, 26 @ 5:30 pm Oct 25, Nov 1 @ 2:30 pm
Where: 7 Stages, Atlanta, GA
Edward Albee’s award-winning look at psychological warfare and the illusions that poison relationships is just as searing and relevant today as when it shocked audiences in 1962. Featuring two members of UGA's acting faculty and two members of the Graduate Acting Ensemble, and directed by Del Hamilton, Artistic Director of 7 Stages in Atlanta, this exciting production will debut in UGA’s own Cellar Theatre before traveling to the Atlanta professional stage.
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