Ira Brind School of Theater Arts 2023–2024
The Brind School of Theater Arts is working with the fall and spring season directors to create dynamic and groundbreaking theater experiences.
Spring 2024
Produced by Spencer Boyce, E Quinn, Joe Britt-Simpson, Anna Ryabova, Ethan Paone, Asher Vaglica
norma jeane: pop culture phenom, sex symbol, and sad, sad girl
Written by Sara Mascelli
Directed by Violet Regan
Untitled JesusXJudas Lesbian Play
Written by Jordan Neff
Directed by Emma Price
A staged reading of The Masque of the Red Death
Written by Iris Knapton
Directed by Sabrina Liberatore
Equinox New Play Festival 2024
Produced by Spencer Boyce, E Quinn, Joe Britt-Simpson, Anna Ryabova, Ethan Paone, Asher Vaglica
norma jeane: pop culture phenom, sex symbol, and sad, sad girl
Written by Sara Mascelli
Directed by Violet Regan
Untitled JesusXJudas Lesbian Play
Written by Jordan Neff
Directed by Emma Price
A staged reading of The Masque of the Red Death
Written by Iris Knapton
Directed by Sabrina Liberatore
Date and Times:
Caplan Studio Theater
February 8, 2024–February 11, 2024
by José Rivera
Directed by Cat Ramirez
Original New York production by
The New York Shakespeare Festival.
Originally commissioned and developed by
INTAR Hispanic American Arts Center
through a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation.
World Premiere in the 1992 Humana Festival
of New American Plays at Actors Theatre of Louisville.
Subsequently produced by
La Jolla Playhouse and Hartford Stage Company.
Marisol
by José Rivera
Directed by Cat Ramirez
Original New York production by
The New York Shakespeare Festival.
Originally commissioned and developed by
INTAR Hispanic American Arts Center
through a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation.
World Premiere in the 1992 Humana Festival
of New American Plays at Actors Theatre of Louisville.
Subsequently produced by
La Jolla Playhouse and Hartford Stage Company.
Date and Times:
Arts Bank Theater
February 23, 2024–March 3, 2024
MARISOL is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the
Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com)
Book by Joe Masteroff
Based on the play by John Van Druten and
Stories by Christopher Isherwood
Music by John Kander Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Co-Directed by Dan Kitrosser and Jacob Brent
Co-Choreographed by Amanda Desouza and Jacob Brent
Originally Co-directed and Choreographed by Rob Marshall
Originally Directed by Sam Mendes
Cabaret
Book by Joe Masteroff
Based on the play by John Van Druten and
Stories by Christopher Isherwood
Music by John Kander Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Co-Directed by Dan Kitrosser and Jacob Brent
Co-Choreographed by Amanda Desouza and Jacob Brent
Originally Co-directed and Choreographed by Rob Marshall
Originally Directed by Sam Mendes
Date and Times:
Caplan Studio Theater
March 21, 2024–March 24, 2024
CABARET is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Tams-Witmark LLC. www.concordtheatricals.com
THE VIDEOTAPING OR MAKING OF ELECTRONIC OR OTHER AUDIO AND/OR VISUAL RECORDINGS OF THIS PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTING RECORDINGS OR STREAMS IN ANY MEDIUM, INCLUDING THE INTERNET, IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED, A VIOLATION OF THE AUTHOR(S)’S RIGHTS AND ACTIONABLE UNDER UNITED STATES COPYRIGHT LAW. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT: https://concordtheatricals.com/resources/protecting-artists
by Sophocles
Translated by Seamus Heaney
Directed by Rosey Hay
Classical Actors Lab presents: The Burial at Thebes
by Sophocles
Translated by Seamus Heaney
Directed by Rosey Hay
Date and Times:
Caplan Studio Theater
April 4, 2024–April 7, 2024
A Festival of New and Emerging Musicals
Presented by the Ira Brind School of Theater Arts at University of the Arts
Kerry Walk, President, University of the Arts
Kikau Alvaro, Interim Dean, Ira Brind School of Theater Arts
Maggie-Kate Coleman, Artistic Director Polyphone Festival
Polyphone
A Festival of New and Emerging Musicals
Presented by the Ira Brind School of Theater Arts at University of the Arts
Kerry Walk, President, University of the Arts
Kikau Alvaro, Interim Dean, Ira Brind School of Theater Arts
Maggie-Kate Coleman, Artistic Director Polyphone Festival
Arts Bank Theater
April 18–21, 2024
Festival Lineup
The Doctor is Dead
Book, Music, & Lyrics by é boylan
Co-directed by é boylan and Rose Freeman
Music Direction by Luke McGinnis
Vocal Direction by Maya Kociba
Sweetwater
Book & Lyrics by Patricia Noonan
Music by Liz Filios and Sean Mahoney
Directed by Megan Nicole O'Brien
Choreographed by Kat Borrelli
Music Direction by Garrick Vaughan
Polyphone 10th Anniversary Concert
Directed by James Bruenger-Arreguin
Music Direction by Joey Rice
by E Quinn
Directed by Raina Jackson
someone (else)
by E Quinn
Directed by Raina Jackson
Date and Times:
Caplan Studio Theater
May 2, 2024–May 5, 2024
by Ntozake Shange
Directed by Teayra Bowden
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow is Enuf
by Ntozake Shange
Directed by Teayra Bowden
Date and Times:
Caplan Studio Theater
May 2, 2024–May 5, 2024
“For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow is Enuf” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com
THE VIDEOTAPING OR MAKING OF ELECTRONIC OR OTHER AUDIO AND/OR VISUAL RECORDINGS OF THIS
PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTING RECORDINGS OR STREAMS IN ANY MEDIUM, INCLUDING THE INTERNET,
IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED, A VIOLATION OF THE AUTHOR(S)’S RIGHTS AND ACTIONABLE UNDER UNITED STATES COPYRIGHT LAW. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT: https://concordtheatricals.com/resources/protecting-artists
Devised and Directed by Aidan Schultz
Chasing Olives
Devised and Directed by Aidan Schultz
Date and Times:
May 3, 2024–May 5, 2024
Fall 2023
This is Not a Play.
Book, Music, and Lyrics by Toni Mitchelli
Caplan Recital Hall
Friday, September 22 at 7:30 PM
Saturday, September 23 at 2 PM (Masks are required for all audience members at this performance.)
Saturday, September 23 at 7:30 PM
Directed by Krista Apple
A Midsummer Night's Dream
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Krista Apple
Arts Bank Mainstage Theater
Friday, September 29 at 7:30 PM
Saturday, September 30 at 2 PM (Masks are required for all audience members at this performance.)
Saturday, September 30 at 7:30 PM
Sunday, October 1 at 2 PM
Wednesday, October 4 at 7:30 PM
Thursday, October 5 at 7:30 PM
Friday, October 6 7:30 PM
Saturday, October 7 at 2 PM (Masks are required for all audience members at this performance.)
Saturday, October 7 at 7:30 PM
Sunday, October 8 at 2 PM
Book & Lyrics by Lisa Kron
Based on the Graphic Novel by Alison Bechdel
Directed by McKayla "MK" Prophett
Fun Home
Music by Jeanine Tesori
Book & Lyrics by Lisa Kron
Based on the Graphic Novel by Alison Bechdel
Directed by McKayla "MK" Prophett
Originally Produced on Broadway by
Fox Theatricals Barbara Whitman
Carole Shorenstein Hays
Tom Casserly Paula Marie Black Latitude Link Terry Schnuck/Jane Lane The Forstalls
Nathan Vernon Mint Theatricals Elizabeth Armstrong Jam Theatricals Delman Whitney
and Kristin Caskey and Mike Isaacson
The world premiere production of FUN HOME was produced by The Public Theater
Oskar Eustis, Artistic Director Patrick Willingham, Executive Director
In New York City on October 22nd, 2013
FUN HOME was developed, in part, at the 2012 Sundance Institute Theatre Lab at White Oak and the 2012 Sundance Institute Theatre Lab at the Sundance Resort.
Friday, October 13, 7:30 PM
Saturday, October 14, 2 PM (Masks are required for all audience members at this performance.)
Saturday, October 14, 7:30 PM
FUN HOME is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals. www.concordtheatricals.com
THE VIDEOTAPING OR MAKING OF ELECTRONIC OR OTHER AUDIO AND/OR VISUAL RECORDINGS OF THIS PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTING RECORDINGS OR STREAMS IN ANY MEDIUM, INCLUDING THE INTERNET, IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED, A VIOLATION OF THE AUTHOR(S)’S RIGHTS AND ACTIONABLE UNDER UNITED STATES COPYRIGHT LAW. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT: https://concordtheatricals.com/resources/protecting-artists
Directed by Andrew Beal
Things Left Unwritten
By Joe Britt-Simpson
Directed by Andrew Beal
Friday, October 27, 7:30 PM
Saturday, October 28, 2 PM (Masks are required for all audience members at this performance)
Saturday, October 28, 7:30 PM
Curated by Matthew Bock
Sleepy Hollow Haunts
A haunted walkthrough experience
Curated by Matthew Bock
Friday, October 27th 6:30-9 PM
Saturday, October 28th 6:30-9 PM
Sunday, October 29 6:30-9 PM (Sensory Friendly)
Monday, October 30 6:30-9 PM
Tuesday, October 31 6:30-9 PM
Directed by Amy Dugas Brown
Musical Direction Kennedy McAlister
Choreographed by Jenn Rose
Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812
By Dave Malloy
Directed by Amy Dugas Brown
Musical Direction by Kennedy McAlister
Choreographed by Jenn Rose
Broadway premiere presented by Howard & Janet Kagan, Paula Marie Black, Carole Shorenstein Hays, Jenny Steingart and Jason Eagan, Mary Lu Roffe and Susan Gallin, Diana DiMenna, Mary Maggio/Sharon Azrieli/Robin Gorman, Darren Sussman/Roman Gambourg/Lev Gelfer, Tom Smedes, John Logan, Lisa Matlin, Margie and Bryan Weingarten, Daveed Frazier, Argyle Productions/Jim Kierstead, In Fine Company/Hipzee, Gutterman & Caiola/Backdrop Partners, Siderow Kirchman Productions/Sunnyspot Productions, Gordon/Meli Theatricals, Rodger Hess/Larry Toppall, Daniel Rakowski/Matt Ross/Ben Feldman, Mike Karns, The American Repertory Theatre (Diane Paulus, Artistic Director; Diane Quinn, Executive Producer; Diane Borger, Producer), and Ars Nova.
Originally commissioned, developed, and world premiere produced by Ars Nova; Jason Eagan, Founding Artistic Director; Renee Blinkwolt, Managing Director.
Further developed and produced by the American Reperatory Theater at Harvard University; Diane Paulus, Artistic Director; Diane Quinn, Executive Producer; Diane Borger, Producer.
NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals.
www.concordtheatricals.com
Dates and Times:
Friday, November 10 at 7:30 PM
Saturday, November 11 at 2 PM (Masks are required for all audience members at this performance.)
Saturday, November 11 at 7:30 PM
Sunday, November 12 at 2 PM
Wednesday, November 15 at 7:30 PM
Thursday, November 16 at 7:30 PM
Friday, November 17 at 7:30 PM
Saturday, November 18 at 2 PM (Masks are required for all audience members at this performance.)
Saturday, November 18 at 7:30 PM
Sunday, November 19 at 2 PM
Directed by Ang(ela) Bey
The Bullet in the Brain
By M. Rayne Smith
Directed by Ang(ela) Bey
Dates and Times:
Thursday, November 30 at 7:30 P.M.
Saturday, December 2 at 7:30 P.M.
Sunday, December 3 at 2 P.M. (Masks are required for all audience members at this performance.)
Curated by Alani Sky Rose
Eat the Rich, Audrey!
A devised workshop based on Little Shop of Horrors
Curated by Alani Sky Rose
Dates and Times:
Friday, December 1 at 7:30 P.M. and 9 P.M.
Saturday, December 2 at 2 P.M.* and 3:30 P.M. (*Masks are required for all audience members at the 2 P.M. performance.)
Sunday, December 3 at 7:30 P.M. and 9 P.M.
First Year Event
Directed by Kikau Alvaro
Dates and Times:
Friday, December 8 at 7:30 P.M.
Saturday, December 9 at 2 P.M. (Masks are required for all audience members at this performance.)
Saturday, December 9 at 7:30 P.M.
Spring 2023
Produced by Matthew Bock, Teayra Bowden, Bella Capelli, Alex Dembner, Hayden Eric
Esther's Play About Esther's Play
Written by Amy Chen
Directed by Aidan Schultz
Thursday, February 9, 2023 at 7:30 PM
Sunday, February 12, 2023 at 11:00 AM
Family Undone
Written by E. Quinn
Directed by Sara Mascelli
Friday, February 10, 2023 at 7:30 PM
Sunday, February 12, 2023 at 12:30 PM
Delivery Boy
Written by Jaden Gines
Directed by Joe Britt-Simpson
Saturday, February 11, 2023 at 7:30 PM
Sunday, February 12, 2023 at 2:00 PM
CAPLAN STUDIO THEATER
Equinox New Play Festival 2023
Produced by Matthew Bock, Teayra Bowden, Bella Capelli, Alex Dembner, Hayden Eric
Esther's Play About Esther's Play
Written by Amy Chen
Directed by Aidan Schultz
Thursday, February 9, 2023 at 7:30 PM
Sunday, February 12, 2023 at 11:00 AM
Family Undone
Written by E. Quinn
Directed by Sara Mascelli
Friday, February 10, 2023 at 7:30 PM
Sunday, February 12, 2023 at 12:30 PM
Delivery Boy
Written by Jaden Gines
Directed by Joe Britt-Simpson
Saturday, February 11, 2023 at 7:30 PM
Sunday, February 12, 2023 at 2:00 PM
CAPLAN STUDIO THEATER
By Betty Shamieh
Directed by Zaina Yasmin Dana
ARTS BANK THEATER
Thursday, February 23, 2023 at 7:30 PM
Friday, February 24, 2023 at 7:30 PM
Saturday, February 25, 2023 at 2 PM (Masks are required for all audience members at this performance.)
Saturday, February 25, 2023 at 7:30 PM
Sunday, February 26, 2023 at 2 PM
FIT FOR A QUEEN was first produced by the Classical Theatre of Harlem (Ty Jones, Artistic Director; David Roberts, Managing Director) opening on 7 October 2016
FIT FOR A QUEEN is produced by special arrangement with Broadway Play Publishing Inc, NYC www.broadwayplaypub.com
Fit for a Queen
By Betty Shamieh
Directed by Zaina Yasmin Dana
About
Inspired by the life of Hatshepsut, a woman who ruled as a pharaoh in ancient Egypt, Fit for a Queen follows the story of her rise to power. Under the guidance of Senenmut, her servant turned lover, Queen Hatshepsut must make the tough decisions that will lead her to the throne– but can anyone’s influence be trusted? Full of intrigue, farce, and sexual politics, Fit for a Queen is a tragicomedy of epic proportions.
ARTS BANK THEATER
Thursday, February 23, 2023 at 7:30 PM
Friday, February 24, 2023 at 7:30 PM
Saturday, February 25, 2023 at 2 PM (Masks are required for all audience members at this performance.)
Saturday, February 25, 2023 at 7:30 PM
Sunday, February 26, 2023 at 2 PM
FIT FOR A QUEEN was first produced by the Classical Theatre of Harlem (Ty Jones, Artistic Director; David Roberts, Managing Director) opening on 7 October 2016
FIT FOR A QUEEN is produced by special arrangement with Broadway Play Publishing Inc, NYC www.broadwayplaypub.com
A Festival of New and Emerging Musicals
Presented by the Ira Brind School of Theater Arts at University of the Arts
David Yager, President and CEO, University of the Arts
Kikau Alvaro, Interim Dean, Ira Brind School of Theater Arts
Maggie-Kate Coleman, Artistic Director Polyphone Festival
NORTON I
Book, Music and Lyrics by Giacomo Fizzano
Co-Directed by Maggie-Kate Coleman and Kikau Alvaro
Music Direction by Tom Fosnocht
Additional Staging: Eugene Ma
FringeArts:
Wednesday, April 5, 2023 at 8PM
Friday, April 7, 2023 at 8PM (Masks are required for all audience members at this performance.)
Saturday, April 8, 2023 at 11AM
THE SWEET HEREAFTER
By Daniel Maté
Directed by Kent Nicholson
Music Direction by Kennedy McAlister
FringeArts:
Tuesday, April 4, 2023 at 8PM
Thursday, April 6, 2023 at 8PM (Masks are required for all audience members at this performance.)
Saturday, April 8, 2023 at 5PM
UNTITLED CHERRY ORCHARD MUSICAL
By Emily Gardner Xu Hall
Directed by Priyanka Shetty
Music Direction by Luke McGinnis
Arts Bank Theater:
Wednesday, April 5, 2023 at 8PM
Friday, April 7, 2023 at 8PM (Masks are required for all audience members at this performance.)
Saturday, April 8, 2023 at 2PM
WITS
Book, Music and Lyrics by C & C Inniss
Directed by Steven Anthony Wright
Music Direction by elle.morris
Choreography by Melanie Cotton
Arts Bank Theater:
Tuesday, April 4, 2023 at 8PM
Thursday, April 6, 2023 at 8PM (Masks are required for all audience members at this performance.)
Saturday, April 8, 2023 at 8PM
Polyphone
A Festival of New and Emerging Musicals
Presented by the Ira Brind School of Theater Arts at University of the Arts
David Yager, President and CEO, University of the Arts
Kikau Alvaro, Interim Dean, Ira Brind School of Theater Arts
Maggie-Kate Coleman, Artistic Director Polyphone Festival
NORTON I
Book, Music and Lyrics by Giacomo Fizzano
Co-Directed by Maggie-Kate Coleman and Kikau Alvaro
Music Direction by Tom Fosnocht
Additional Staging: Eugene Ma
FringeArts:
Wednesday, April 5, 2023 at 8PM
Friday, April 7, 2023 at 8PM (Masks are required for all audience members at this performance.)
Saturday, April 8, 2023 at 11AM
THE SWEET HEREAFTER
By Daniel Maté
Directed by Kent Nicholson
Music Direction by Kennedy McAlister
FringeArts:
Tuesday, April 4, 2023 at 8PM
Thursday, April 6, 2023 at 8PM (Masks are required for all audience members at this performance.)
Saturday, April 8, 2023 at 5PM
UNTITLED CHERRY ORCHARD MUSICAL
By Emily Gardner Xu Hall
Directed by Priyanka Shetty
Music Direction by Luke McGinnis
Arts Bank Theater:
Wednesday, April 5, 2023 at 8PM
Friday, April 7, 2023 at 8PM (Masks are required for all audience members at this performance.)
Saturday, April 8, 2023 at 2PM
WITS
Book, Music and Lyrics by C & C Inniss
Directed by Steven Anthony Wright
Music Direction by elle.morris
Choreography by Melanie Cotton
Arts Bank Theater:
Tuesday, April 4, 2023 at 8PM
Thursday, April 6, 2023 at 8PM (Masks are required for all audience members at this performance.)
Saturday, April 8, 2023 at 8PM
Music and Lyrics Book and Lyrics
Mark Hollmann Greg Kotis
Directed by Kikau Alvaro
URINETOWN was produced on Broadway in September, 2001 by the Araca
Group and Dodger Theatricals in association with TheaterDreams, Inc., and Lauren Mitchell
Urinetown Is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com
Any video and/or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited.
CAPLAN STUDIO THEATER
Thursday, April 20, 2023 at 7:30 PM
Friday, April 21, 2023 at 7:30 PM
Saturday, April 22, 2023 at 2 PM (Masks are required for all audience members at this performance.)
Saturday, April 22, 2023 at 7:30 PM
URINETOWN, THE MUSICAL
Music and Lyrics Book and Lyrics
Mark Hollmann Greg Kotis
Directed by Kikau Alvaro
URINETOWN was produced on Broadway in September, 2001 by the Araca
Group and Dodger Theatricals in association with TheaterDreams, Inc., and Lauren Mitchell
Urinetown Is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com
Any video and/or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited.
CAPLAN STUDIO THEATER
Thursday, April 20, 2023 at 7:30 PM
Friday, April 21, 2023 at 7:30 PM
Saturday, April 22, 2023 at 2 PM (Masks are required for all audience members at this performance.)
Saturday, April 22, 2023 at 7:30 PM
By William Shakespeare
Produced by Krista Apple
Directed by Jamison Foreman
Dates and Times:
Saturday, April 22, 2023 at 7:30 PM
Sunday, April 23, 2023 at 2 PM (Masks are required for all audience members at this performance.)
Sunday, April 23, 2023 at 7:30 PM
Classical Actors' Lab presents: Hamlet
By William Shakespeare
Produced by Krista Apple
Directed by Jamison Foreman
Dates and Times:
Saturday, April 22, 2023 at 7:30 PM
Sunday, April 23, 2023 at 2 PM (Masks are required for all audience members at this performance.)
Sunday, April 23, 2023 at 7:30 PM
A Children's Theater Festival
Curated and Directed by Ava Kepple
SOLMSSEN COURT
Friday, April 28, 2023 at 5:30 PM
Friday, April 28, 2023 at 7:30 PM
My Mother Once Read...
A Children's Theater Festival
Curated and Directed by Ava Kepple
SOLMSSEN COURT
Friday, April 28, 2023 at 5:30 PM
Friday, April 28, 2023 at 7:30 PM
by Tyler Rocio Ecoña
Directed by Erlina Ortiz
Arts Bank Cabaret
Sunday, April 30, 2023 at 2:30 PM
Monday, May 1, 2023 at 7:30 PM
Felipillo
by Tyler Rocio Ecoña
Directed by Erlina Ortiz
Arts Bank Cabaret
Sunday, April 30, 2023 at 2:30 PM
Monday, May 1, 2023 at 7:30 PM
by Jenny Rachel Weiner
Directed by Piper Loebach
Thursday, May 4, 2023 at 7:30 PM
Saturday, May 6, 2023 at 7:30 PM
Sunday, May 7, 2023 at 2 PM (Masks are required for all audience members at this performance.)
“Horse Girls” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com
THE VIDEOTAPING OR MAKING OF ELECTRONIC OR OTHER AUDIO AND/OR VISUAL RECORDINGS OF THIS PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTING RECORDINGS OR STREAMS IN ANY MEDIUM, INCLUDING THE INTERNET, IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED, A VIOLATION OF THE AUTHOR(S)’S RIGHTS AND ACTIONABLE UNDER UNITED STATES COPYRIGHT LAW. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT: https://concordtheatricals.com/resources/protecting-artists
Horse Girls
by Jenny Rachel Weiner
Directed by Piper Loebach
“Horse Girls” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com
THE VIDEOTAPING OR MAKING OF ELECTRONIC OR OTHER AUDIO AND/OR VISUAL RECORDINGS OF THIS PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTING RECORDINGS OR STREAMS IN ANY MEDIUM, INCLUDING THE INTERNET, IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED, A VIOLATION OF THE AUTHOR(S)’S RIGHTS AND ACTIONABLE UNDER UNITED STATES COPYRIGHT LAW. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT: https://concordtheatricals.com/resources/protecting-artists
by Rose Farrell
Directed by Nora Gair
Friday, May 5, 2023 at 7:30 PM
Saturday, May 6, 2023 at 2 PM (Masks are required for all audience members at this performance.)
Sunday, May 7, 2023 at 7:30 PM
Hot Cold Shower
by Rose Farrell
Directed by Nora Gair
Friday, May 5, 2023 at 7:30 PM
Saturday, May 6, 2023 at 2 PM (Masks are required for all audience members at this performance.)
Sunday, May 7, 2023 at 7:30 PM
Fall 2022
Curated by Robyn Honabach
Caplan Studio Theater
Thursday, December 8, 2022 at 7:30 PM
Saturday, December 10, 2022 at 5 PM (Sensory Friendly Performance)
Saturday, December 10, 2022 at 8 PM (Masks are required for all audience members at this performance.)
Alchemic Oddities
Curated by Robyn Honabach
Dates and Times:
Thursday, December 8, 2022 at 7:30 PM
Saturday, December 10, 2022 at 5 PM (Sensory Friendly Performance)
Saturday, December 10, 2022 at 8 PM (Masks are required for all audience members at this performance.)
Co-Directed by Ben Dibble & Cory Walker
Caplan Studio Theater
Friday, December 9, 2022 at 7:30 PM
Saturday, December 10, 2022 at 2 PM (Masks are required for all audience members at this performance.)
Act One: A First Year Exhibition
Co-Directed by Ben Dibble & Cory Walker
About:
Manifesting Destinies is a sharing of works developed over the course of the semester by the first year students across majors of the Ira Brind School of Theater Arts.
Dates and Times:
Friday, December 9, 2022 at 7:30 PM
Saturday, December 10, 2022 at 2 PM (Masks are required for all audience members at this performance.)
Songs by The Go-Go's
Based on 'The Arcadia' by Sir Philip Sidney
Conceived and Original Book by Jeff Whitty
Adapted by James Magruder
Directed by Jacob Brent
ARTS BANK THEATER
Dates and Times:
Friday, November 11, 2022 at 7:30 P.M.
Saturday, November 12, 2022 at 2:00 P.M. (Masks are required for all audience members at this performance.)
Saturday, November 12, 2022 at 7:30 P.M.
Sunday, November 13, 2022 at 2:00 P.M.
Wednesday, November 16, 2022 at 7:30 P.M.
Thursday, November 17, 2022 at 7:30 P.M.
Friday, November 18, 2022 at 7:30 P.M.
Saturday, November 19, 2022 at 2:00 P.M.
Saturday, November 19, 2022 at 7:30 P.M.
Sunday, November 20, 2022 at 2:00 P.M.
Head Over Heels
Songs by The Go-Go's
Based on 'The Arcadia' by Sir Philip Sidney
Conceived and Original Book by Jeff Whitty
Adapted by James Magruder
Directed by Jacob Brent
Produced by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing. (www.broadwaylicensing.com)
Original Broadway Production produced by Christine Russell, Louise Gund, Donovan Leitch, Rick Ferrari, Gwyneth Paltrow, Scott Sigman, Hunter Arnold, Tom Kirdahy, Jordan Roth
The World Premiere of 'Head Over Heels' took place at Oregon Shakespeare Festival Bill Rauch/Artistic Director; Cynthia Rider/Executive Director
Developed with the support of New York Stage and Film & Vassar's Powerhouse Theater, Summer 2016
About:
HEAD OVER HEELS is the bold new musical comedy from the visionaries that rocked Broadway with Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Avenue Q and Spring Awakening. This laugh-out-loud love story is set to the music of the iconic 1980’s all-female rock band The Go-Go’s, including the hit songs, “We Got the Beat,” “Our Lips Are Sealed,” “Vacation,” Belinda Carlisle’s “Heaven is a Place on Earth” and “Mad About You.”
A hilarious, exuberant celebration of love, HEAD OVER HEELS follows the escapades of a royal family on an outrageous journey to save their beloved kingdom from extinction—only to discover the key to their realm’s survival lies within each of their own hearts.
Dates and Times:
Friday, November 11, 2022 at 7:30 P.M.
Saturday, November 12, 2022 at 2:00 P.M. (Masks are required for all audience members at this performance.)
Saturday, November 12, 2022 at 7:30 P.M.
Sunday, November 13, 2022 at 2:00 P.M.
Wednesday, November 16, 2022 at 7:30 P.M.
Thursday, November 17, 2022 at 7:30 P.M.
Friday, November 18, 2022 at 7:30 P.M.
Saturday, November 19, 2022 at 2:00 P.M.
Saturday, November 19, 2022 at 7:30 P.M.
Sunday, November 20, 2022 at 2:00 P.M.
by Georg Büchner
English Version by Eric Bentley
Directed by Roz Cramer
CAPLAN STUDIO THEATER
Dates and Times:
Friday, October 21, 2022 | 7:30 P.M.
Sunday, October 23, 2022 | 7:30 P.M.
Wednesday, October 26, 2022 | 7:30 P.M.
Saturday, October 29, 2022 | 2:00 P.M. (Masks are required for all audience members at this performance.)
Woyzeck (Bentley trans.)
by Georg Büchner
English Version by Eric Bentley
Directed by Roz Cramer
Woyzeck (Bentley trans.)” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com
About: Coming Soon
Dates and Times:
Friday, October 21, 2022 | 7:30 P.M.
Sunday, October 23, 2022 | 7:30 P.M.
Wednesday, October 26, 2022 | 7:30 P.M.
Saturday, October 29, 2022 | 2:00 P.M. (Masks are required for all audience members at this performance.)
THE VIDEOTAPING OR MAKING OF ELECTRONIC OR OTHER AUDIO AND/OR VISUAL RECORDINGS OF THIS PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTING RECORDINGS OR STREAMS IN ANY MEDIUM, INCLUDING THE INTERNET, IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED, A VIOLATION OF THE AUTHOR(S)’S RIGHTS AND ACTIONABLE UNDER UNITED STATES COPYRIGHT LAW. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT: https://concordtheatricals.com/resources/protecting-artists
a new musical by Grace McLean
Music, Lyrics & Book by Grace McLean
Directed by Bryant Yamil Gipull Garcia
CAPLAN STUDIO THEATER
Dates and Times:
Saturday, October 22, 2022 | 2:00 P.M. (Masks are required for all audience members at this performance.)
Tuesday, October 25, 2022 | 8:30 P.M.
Saturday, October 29, 2022 | 7:30 P.M.
Sunday, October 30, 2022 | 2:00 P.M.
In The Green
a new musical by Grace McLean
Music, Lyrics & Book by Grace McLean
Directed by Bryant Yamil Gipull Garcia
IN THE GREEN is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com)
Produced by LCT3/Lincoln Center Theater, New York City, 2019
Developed in part at the Johnny Mercer Writers Colony at Goodspeed Musicals.
IN THE GREEN was developed, in part, at SPACE on Ryder Farm.
IN THE GREEN was developed, in part, with assistance from The Orchard Project (Ari Edelson, Artistic Director)
Dates and Times:
Saturday, October 22, 2022 | 2:00 P.M. (Masks are required for all audience members at this performance.)
Tuesday, October 25, 2022 | 8:30 P.M.
Saturday, October 29, 2022 | 7:30 P.M.
Sunday, October 30, 2022 | 2:00 P.M.
Created by The Civilians
Written by Steven Cosson and Jim Lewis
Music and Lyrics by Michael Friedman
Directed by Max Segarnick
CAPLAN STUDIO THEATER
Saturday, October 22, 2022 7:30 P.M.
Sunday, October 23, 2022 2:00 P.M. (Masks are required for all audience members at this performance.)
Thursday, October 27, 2022 7:30 P.M.
Friday, October 28, 2022 7:30 P.M.
This Beautiful City
Created by The Civilians
Written by Steven Cosson and Jim Lewis
Music and Lyrics by Michael Friedman
Directed by Max Segarnick
THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com)
This Beautiful City was developed from interviews conducted by Emily Ackerman, Marsha Stephanie Blake, Brad Heberlee, Stephen Plunkett, Alison Weller, and the authors.
Commissioned and developed by The Civilians
(Steven Cosson, Artistic Director; Marion Friedman, Managing Director) with the assistance of the Sundance Institute, Colorado College, and Center Theatre Group.
Development supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts and Z-Space Studio, San Francisco, CA.
World Premiere co-produced by the 2008 Humana Festival of New American Plays at Actors Theatre of Louisville and by the Studio Theatre in Washington, DC as part of its 2008 Opening Our Doors Initiative.
This Beautiful City was co-produced by Center Theatre Group, LA, 2008 and Vineyard Theatre, NY, 2009.
About: This Beautiful City by Steve Cosson and Jim Lewis is a show about the city of Colorado Springs and the intersection of the secular and nonsecular. The show takes the audience through the peak of New Life Church’s impact on the city, and the intense aftershocks a devastating scandal has upon the town.
Dates and Times:
Saturday, October 22, 2022 7:30 P.M.
Sunday, October 23, 2022 2:00 P.M. (Masks are required for all audience members at this performance.)
Thursday, October 27, 2022 7:30 P.M.
Friday, October 28, 2022 7:30 P.M.
By Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Directed By Allen Radway
EVERYBODY is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com)
World Premiere produced by Signature Theatre, New York City
(Paige Evans, Artistic Director; Erika Mallin, Executive Director; James Houghton, Founder)
Arts Bank Theater
September 29 – October 1, 2022 | 7:30 P.M.
October 1–2, 2022 | 2 P.M.
Everybody
By Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Directed By Allen Radway
EVERYBODY is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com)
World Premiere produced by Signature Theatre, New York City
(Paige Evans, Artistic Director; Erika Mallin, Executive Director; James Houghton, Founder)
About:
Spoiler alert: Everybody dies.
But are we ever really ready for Death? Let alone making an account of our lives before the final passage?
MacArthur recipient and Pulitzer Prize finalist Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins poses these questions to five actors – who are selected by lottery to play the title role – in this hilarious contemporary riff on the medieval morality play Everyman. The result is an anarchic and epic journey into the great unknown – every performance.
Everybody offers a metaphysical rhapsody on 21st Century life, which the Ira Brind School of Theater Arts delivers in a fantasia of light, sound, movement, and expression.
So, if we dyin, how we livin?
Content Disclosures:
TBA
Created By Santi Castro
Directed By James Bruenger-Arreguin
CAPLAN STUDIO THEATER
SEPT. 22 – 24 | 2022 | 7:30 P.M.
SEPT. 24 | 2022 | 2 P.M.
Visiones del Cuerpo
Created By Santi Castro
Directed By James Bruenger-Arreguin
Spring 2022
Produced By Bryant Yamil Gipull Garcia, Ian Farrell, Sophie Smyczek, Allison Freels
A Little Death By Hallie Malina & Directed by Ava Kepple
Nonmonogamy By Alex Werthauer & Directed by Raina Jackson
Caplan Studio Theater
February 11–13, 2022 | 7:30 P.M.
February 12–13, 2022 | 2 P.M.
Equinox New Play Festival 2022
Produced By Bryant Yamil Gipull Garcia, Ian Farrell, Sophie Smyczek, Allison Freels
A Little Death By Hallie Malina & Directed by Ava Kepple
Nonmonogamy By Alex Werthauer & Directed by Raina Jackson
About:
The Equinox New Play Festival's 2022 theme is Emotional Embrace, and to us that means exploring intimacy at a distance. How do we define when something is 'intimate', and how can that definition expand past skin touching skin? We currently live in a reality where we are forced to live with a required amount of distance, and this year the festival hopes to present 2 plays that explore the different ways distance can affect our relationships.
A Little Death by Hallie Malina explores what remains after a body rots, questioning love and lust and whether there is a difference between life and death.
Nonmonogamy by Alex Werthauer, After an attempt at consensual non-monogamy goes sour, Sam, Adrian, and Johanna find themselves in a unique, unexpected, and ever-unfolding love triangle. Together, they must navigate the complexities of queer relationships & early adulthood, and find societally unconventional solutions to interpersonal puzzles in this four year long snippet of their lives."
Content Disclosures:
A Little Death: recurring themes and portrayals of death, including vague descriptions of drowning and suicidal ideation; existentialism; manipulative and predatory dialogue; coarse language
Nonmonogamy: drug & alcohol use, themes of sex & sexuality, swearing
By Julia Izumi
Directed By Francesca Montanile Lyons
Arts Bank Main Stage
601 S Broad St. Philadelphia, PA 19147
February 24, 2022 at 7:30 p.m.
February 25, 2022 at 7:30 p.m.
February 26, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
February 27, 2022 at 2:00 p.m.
Sometimes the Rain, Sometimes the Sea
By Julia Izumi
Directed By Francesca Montanile Lyons
About:
Join Dolan, who bears a striking resemblance to the famous, genius author Hans Christian Andersen, as he tells his brand new story The Little Rain Cloud, a story about a young rain cloud who falls to earth and falls in love with a human. But, this proves to be very difficult as unexpected interruptions keep getting in the way. Sometimes the Rain, Sometimes the Sea tells a beautiful story that begs the question: What makes love a true love?
Content Disclosures:
Loud Noises, Haze, Gunshots, and Flashing Lights
PRESENTED BY:
“Sometimes the Rain, Sometimes the Sea” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com.
THE VIDEOTAPING OR MAKING OF ELECTRONIC OR OTHER AUDIO AND/OR VISUAL RECORDINGS OF THIS PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTING RECORDINGS OR STREAMS IN ANY MEDIUM, INCLUDING THE INTERNET, IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED, A VIOLATION OF THE AUTHOR(S)’S RIGHTS AND ACTIONABLE UNDER UNITED STATES COPYRIGHT LAW. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT: https://concordtheatricals.com/resources/protecting-artists.
Directed and Curated By Brennah Leone
Caplan Studio Theater
April 14, 2022 | 7:30 P.M.
April 16, 2022 | 5 P.M.
April 17, 2022 | 2 P.M.
A Rhapsody of Life’s Progress
Directed and Curated By Brennah Leone
About:
Spring is here
and the thought of love lay like a flower,
drawing in other thoughts, like bees.
And as those honeyed bees hum and sing,
the worthiest poets remain uncrowned
In our Rhapsody of Life’s Progress.
Content Disclosures:
frank talk of death, including parental death
religious commentary
mature language
(40th Anniversary Remaster)
Book By Jack McManus
Music and Lyrics By Claire Bosnack, Jack McManus, and Noah Slade
Directed By Amy Dugas Brown
Caplan Studio Theater
April 15, 2022 | 7:30 P.M.
April 16, 2022 | 11 A.M.
April 17, 2022 | 7:30 P.M.
All At Once
(40th Anniversary Remaster)
Book By Jack McManus
Music and Lyrics By Claire Bosnack, Jack McManus, and Noah Slade
Directed By Amy Dugas Brown
About:
In 1975, Danny Marino and Margaret Carter released their seminal album, “All at Once.” Forty years later, the two return to reflect on the album. “All at Once [40th Anniversary Remaster]” tells the story of how the classic album was made, and how it forever altered their lives and their relationship.
Content Disclosures:
Relationship Issues, Substance Abuse
A Festival of New and Emerging Musicals
Presented by the Ira Brind School of Theater Arts at University of the Arts
David Yager, President and CEO, University of the Arts
Kikau Alvaro, Interim Dean, Ira Brind School of Theater Arts
Maggie-Kate Coleman, The Suzanne and Doug Kreitzberg Artistic Director of Polyphone
April 12, 2022 – April 16, 2022
POLYPHONE
A Festival of New and Emerging Musicals
Presented by the Ira Brind School of Theater Arts at University of the Arts
David Yager, President and CEO, University of the Arts
Kikau Alvaro, Interim Dean, Ira Brind School of Theater Arts
Maggie-Kate Coleman, The Suzanne and Doug Kreitzberg Artistic Director of Polyphone
Learn More and Purchase Tickets.
2022 Festival Lineup
ARTS BANK THEATER
DEAR MR. C
April 12 at 8 p.m., April 14 at 8 p.m., April 16 at 8 p.m.
Written and Composed by Tidtaya Sinutoke
Lyrics by Lily Ali-Oshatz, Naomi Matlow and Tidtaya Sinutoke
Directed by Marina Montesanti
CRIMSON LIT: SCARLET LETTER SETLIST
April 13 at 8 p.m., April 15 at 8 p.m., April 16 at 2 p.m.
Book and Lyrics by Krista Knight
Music and Lyrics by Jill Sobule
Directed by Rose Freeman
POLYPHONE READINGS
NORTON I
February 28 at 7:30 p.m.
Book, Music, and Lyrics by Giacomo Fizzano
Directed by Justin Jain
GHOST TOWN
March 21 at 7:30 p.m.
Created by River von Waldron, Linc Millard, and Randy Louise
Directed by Emily Wanamaker
Created By Sophia Snyder
Directed By Alice Yorke
Caplan Studio Theater
May 6, 2022 @ 7:30 p.m.
May 7, 2022 @ 2 p.m.
May 8, 2022 @ 7:30 p.m.
Cerebral
Created By Sophia Snyder
Directed By Alice Yorke
About:
Briar is held captive in an empty room by a smiling creature claiming to help her. While dealing with both external torments and internal shortcomings, she must build up the strength to break herself out or be trapped forever. Cerebral is a twisted fairy tale about forgetfulness, bloodshed, and reclaiming one’s own mind.
Content Disclosures:
Gaslighting, Blood, Self-Injury, Memory Loss, Discussions of a Coma, Physical Altercations, and Abrupt Lighting Changes.
into the death of someone i once knew
Written By Will Vence Jr.
Directed By Bayla Rubin
Caplan Studio Theater
May 5, 2022 @ 7:30
May 7, 2022 @ 7:30
May 8, 2022 @ 2
a psychic investigation
into the death of someone i once knew
Written By Will Vence Jr.
Directed By Bayla Rubin
About:
Following psychic detective August, a psychic investigation… is a modern-day noir comic book on stage. Set in the present day and memories from ten years ago, August must return to their hometown after a decade to investigate the murders of local gay men, including their former lover Talon. The play centers on estrangement, loneliness, returning, and uses the spectacular to analyze the realistic wounds left after you leave everything you ever knew behind.
Content Disclosures:
Talks and visual depictions of physical, emotional, sexual violence, and death/grief, and flashing lights.
Fall 2021
By Andreas Flourakis
Translated by Eleni Drivas
Directed by Fadi Skeiker
9/16 7:00 pm and 9:00 pm
9/18 7:00 pm and 9:00 pm
9/19 7:00 pm and 9:00 pm
I Want A Country
By Andreas Flourakis
Translated by Eleni Drivas
Directed by Fadi Skeiker
I Want A Country
"I want a country that won’t depress me.
To not desert me when the going gets tough.
To be there for me.
And for my kids and for my parents. – And for me in my old age.
For all ages.
We are the country.
Together we form a country." -Andreas Flourakis
About the Play
Imagine yourself living in a country that you used to love, but which you must now leave because you do not feel you belong to it any more.
I Want A Country is a play written by Greek playwright Andreas Fourakis and directed by UArts associate professor Fadi Skeiker. In the play, audience members hear from a variety of individuals, all of whom are in search of a new country, a new community, and a society that restores their humanity and offers new opportunities. While the themes of the play are applicable to citizens of any nation, the directorial vision of the performance focuses on Syrians caught within the Syrian conflict in particular. The performers represent small groups of refugees who are seeking a new country to find refuge. The performance is presented in an immersive theatre format where the audience moves from one performance location to the next, embodying the dualistic structured/structureless mobility of the refugee journey.
Content Disclosures:
Talk of war, talk of diaspora, talk of disease, talk of guns/gun violence, drug references/use, death, crude language and themes, audience participation, loud noises, bright lights, representations of large waves and drowning, cause for motion sickness, screaming, crying.
Book by Roger O’ Hirson
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
Originally produced on the Broadway stage by Stuart Ostrow
Originally directed on the Broadway stage by Bob Fosse
2013 Broadway revival directed by Diane Paulus
Theo Ending Originally Conceived In 1998 by Mitch Sebastian
Directed by Zi Alikhan
Choreographed by Mayte Natalio
ARTS BANK MAIN STAGE
October 8–9, 13–16 | 2021 | 7:30 P.M.
October 9–10, 16–17 | 2021 | 2 P.M.
Pippin
Book by Roger O’ Hirson
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
Originally produced on the Broadway stage by Stuart Ostrow
Originally directed on the Broadway stage by Bob Fosse
2013 Broadway revival directed by Diane Paulus
Theo Ending Originally Conceived In 1998 by Mitch Sebastian
Directed by Zi Alikhan
Choreographed by Mayte Natalio
About:
Join us as we transpoRt you to a world far more ~*extraordinary*~ than your own. PIPPIN folLows a young man in his search for purpose, And introduces our work to you as we help him stay on the right track (lol). We await yoU in our world of spectacle, glory, and most impoЯtantly, magic. 
Content Disclosures:
The Brind School’s production of Pippin contains several moments and themes that could be potentially triggering. Examples include: discussions related to religious groups, inferences of suicide and self harm, depiction of violence, war, and death, as well as topics of sex/sexuality.
Presented By:
PIPPIN is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI).
All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.
www.mtishows.com
Written by Young Jean Lee
Directed by Emily Betts
Caplan Studio Theater
10/29 7:30 p.m.
10/30 2 p.m.
10/31 7:30 p.m.
We’re Gonna Die
Written by Young Jean Lee
Directed by Emily Betts
About:
We’re Gonna Die written by Young Jean Lee is an intimate and charmingly blunt stand-up, pop concert, play with music hybrid that serves as an exploration of grief through a collection of personal stories combined with peppy pop songs from Young Jean Lee’s band, Future Wife. Through this juxtaposition, this piece will highlight a sense of community, temporary relief, and comfort through musically coping and dancing about the one thing we all have in common no matter what, that we’re gonna die someday, and it’ll be okay.
Content Disclosures:
Frank talk of Death, Aging, Loss, Depression, Illness, and Blood
By Enda Walsh
Directed By Monti Cerabino
Caplan Studio Theatre
Thursday, 10/28 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, 10/30 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, 10/31 2 p.m.
Ballyturk
By Enda Walsh
Directed By Monti Cerabino
About: Ballyturk written by Enda Walsh is an absurd play about isolation, companionship, life and death. It follows two people trapped in a room, clinging to absurd daily rituals and to their imaginations of the happenings in the town of Ballyturk, they desperately try to avoid the reality of their situation and find meaning in the world given to them.
Content Disclosures: Corse language, physical violence, blood, talking of animal cruelty and death, explosions/sudden loud noises, depictions of seizures and panic attacks, mentions of cancer/illness, talk of abduction, mild/partial nudity, and depictions of stabbing.
Presented By: “Ballyturk” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com
Created and Directed By Andrew Miqueli
Caplan Studio Theater
11/19 at 7:30 p.m.
11/20 at 2 p.m.
11/21 at 7:30 p.m.
Getting by with a Little Help from My Friends
Created By Andrew Miqueli
About:
Getting By… is a sketch comedy variety show with pre-recorded sketches written by Andrew Miqueli intercut with live entertainment such as stand up and musical guests. It’s a showcase of wildly fun talent all featured in a night of levity and laughter.
Content Disclosures:
References to drug use and mentions of death.
Where and When:
Caplan Studio Theater
11/19 at 7:30 p.m.
11/20 at 2 p.m.
11/21 at 7:30 p.m.
By Amir Gad
Directed By Erin Renee Russo
Caplan Studio Theater
11/18 at 7:30 p.m.
11/20 at 7:30 p.m.
11/21 at 2 p.m.
Hot Spot
By Amir Gad
Directed By Erin Renee Russo
About:
Four years after they finish high school, the Terrific Trio: Sid, Milo, and their leader Chevelle return to their stomping grounds. Weighed down by expectations, and the presence of Chevelle's new college friend Nyomi, the three jump-start a wild night of spirits, summonings, and the ghost of a very jilted Homecoming Queen.
Content Disclosures:
Strobe lights, blood & gore, violence, mentions of death, mentions of animal cruelty and death.
When and Where:
Caplan Studio Theater
11/18 at 7:30 p.m.
11/20 at 7:30 p.m.
11/21 at 2 p.m.
Created By Hallie Malina
Directed By Amy Dugas Brown
Caplan Studio Theater
December 9–10 & 12, 2021 | 7:30 P.M.
December 11, 2021 | 2 P.M.
Buried
Created By Hallie Malina
Directed By Amy Dugas Brown
About:
Buried, a musical excavation by Hallie Malina, uncovers the stories and songs of the lost city of Pompeii - an exploration of death, sex, and the fight to make our bodies our own. Come walk with us in the shadow of a volcano.
Content Disclosures:
themes of death, sex, violence, eating disorders; adult language used throughout
Written & Directed By Nicole Velazquez-Melendez
Directed By Suni B. Rose or Briana Gause
Delights, Dreams & Other Perversions
Written & Directed By Nicole Velazquez-Melendez
Directed By Suni B. Rose or Briana Gause
About:
Dare to step into the unknown! Delights, Dreams & Other Perversions is an original audiovisual fairytale book featuring five stories full to the brim with wit and wonder. Bolstered by ensnaring melodies and playful illustrations ranging from the whimsical to the perverse, Delights promises to take you on a journey of the senses and heart alike. Lose yourself to the thrill of the voyeur, weep for the woman of stories, or sing with the beings of smoke and dust… The unknown is ever dark, but always wondrous. Will you take a peek?
Content Disclosures:
Voyeurism, graphic description of violence against animals, animal death, graphic descriptions of nudity
Spring 2021
Music by Rev. Al Carmines
Directed by Amy Dugas Brown
A serialized musical experience
Streaming Feb. 5–14
In this musical comedy, two philosophers leave the shelter of jail to take a walk through the landscape of American Capitalism. They promenade through wild parties, city streets, political theaters and picnic in a militarized war zone. Will they find the appearance of sin or hold on to their compassion? Fall through the looking glass with them and enjoy the view.
Book and Lyrics by María Irene Fornés
Music by Rev. Al Carmines
Directed by Amy Dugas Brown
A serialized musical experience
Streaming Feb. 5–14 at uartspromenade.com
Pre-recorded and livestreamed performances
Feb. 12–13 at 7 p.m. EST
Feb. 13–14 at 2 p.m. EST
A student-produced festival of student-written new plays
Pre-recorded and livestreamed performances
Feb. 12–13 at 7 p.m. EST
Feb. 13–14 at 2 p.m. EST
Pump to Pump by Matthew Bock
Directed by Emilia Amador
Berzerk! by Will Vence Jr.
Directed by Brennah Leone
Bodies and Bones by Sophia Snyder
Directed by C Castro
Look Up, Canyon by Isabella Capelli
Directed by Ryan Louis
Directed by Kelly Krieger
Feb. 18–21 at 7:30 p.m. EST
Written and composed by Jason Robert Brown
Directed by Kelly Krieger
Feb. 18–21 at 7:30 p.m. EST
The Last Five Years is an emotionally powerful and intimate musical about two New Yorkers in their twenties who fall in and out of love over the span of five years. The piece follows two separate timelines: one telling the story chronologically, the other in reverse. Through this unconventional storytelling structure, four actors will re-examine the musical through a personal lens, rebuilding and redefining Jamie, Cathy and their lost love. Before each performance, two actors will be randomly selected to take on the roles, bringing audiences a different version of this universal love story each night.
Generative work by Brind School students
Directed by Billy Bustamante
March 2021
Recorded
Including and inspired by the work of Adam Guettel
Generative work by Brind School students
Directed by Billy Bustamante
March 2021
Recorded
View a cut of the Student Devised Work: https://vimeo.com/522944716
In his song cycle Myths and Hymns, Guettel paints an emotional landscape of faith and yearning that embraces a boundless spectrum of ideology and spirituality. The lyrics were inspired by Greek mythology and a 19th-century Presbyterian hymnal; the musical vocabulary sweeps from romantic art song and rock to Latin, gospel and R&B. Myths and Hymns elucidates our fantastic desire to transcend earthly bounds, our intrinsic need to connect with something or someone greater in our restless search for enlightenment.
Directed by Becky Wright
April 2021
Recorded audio with accompanying visuals
By Kelly Fleming
Directed by Becky Wright
March 2021
Recorded audio with accompanying visuals
Now streaming!
In October of 1966, front-man and songwriter of the insanely popular band The Grooves suddenly and accidentally dies. In order to cover up his death from their fans, the general public, and with a warning of national safety from MI6, Grooves management replaced him with a lookalike, Will Peers. Will: A Coverup is a retelling of the iconic "Paul is Dead" conspiracy theory in the form of a pre-recorded audio play paired with an audio visualizer, featuring an original psychedelic underscoring to curate a virtual and transportive theatrical experience.
Content disclosure:
Adult language
Death
Substance abuse/Drug use
Disassociation/
Directed by Brett A. Robinson
April 1-4, 2021 at 8:00PM eastern
Livestreamed
By Jaclyn Backhaus
Directed by Brett A. Robinson
April 1-4, 2021 at 8:00PM eastern
Livestreamed
Ten explorers. Four boats. One Grand Canyon. Men on Boats is the true(ish) history of an 1869 expedition, when a one-armed captain and a crew of insane yet loyal volunteers set out to chart the course of the Colorado River.
For tickets: https://www.
Content disclosures:
Please note that this performance includes:
Profanity
Near Drowning/Death Experiences
Alcohol Use
Gunshots
Vomiting
Flashing Lights/Images
Men in Boats is presented by special arrangement with Dramatist Play Service.
Playwrights Horizons, Inc. and Clubbed Thumb produced
MEN ON BOATS in New York City, 2016
April 2021–Recorded
The Blazing World
Music by Sean Eads
Book & Lyrics by Brandy Hoang Collier
Directed by Zi Alikhan
Music Directed by Mo Yeh
Kill the Whale: A Musical Odyssey
By Daniel Emonds
Directed by Chloe Treat
Music Directed by Dan Garmon
Shapeshifters
By Truth Bachman
Directed by Zhailon Levingston
Lilith and Her Demons
By Sarah Hough
Directed by Randi Alexis Hickey
Directed by José Avilés
For Livestream, 5/3-5/9/21
By Lope de Vega
Directed by José Avilés
For Livestream, 5/3-5/9/21
For tickets: universityofthearts.
From the Golden Age of Spanish drama, Fuente Ovejuna documents the motivations behind the murder of Fernando Gomez de Guzman, the Chief Commander of the Order of the Calatrava. Basing the play on an actual historical event, Lope de Vega dramatizes the corruption of the Calatrava’s leaders and the effects of the Commander’s tyranny on the pastoral village of Fuenteovejuna.
The Commander, while glorious in battle, lacks moral character and routinely kidnaps and ravishes young women in the town. When he sets his sights on the lovely Laurencia, the mayor’s daughter and new bride of Frondoso, the town is shocked but stands aside. When Laurenica returns, bloodied and beaten, she finally spurs the town into action against him, resulting in his murder. Even Spanish royalty become involved in the questioning of the town and under torture, all they can learn about the Commander’s murder is: “Fuenteovejuna did it.” Fuente Ovejuna is a timeless tale about people standing together against corruption, tyranny and abuse.
Directed by Becca Claire ’21 (Directing, Playwriting & Production)
May 2021
Recorded
By Quiara Alegría Hudes
Directed by Becca Claire ’21 (Directing, Playwriting & Production)
May 2021
Recorded
A poetic view at the cyclical nature of war and the experiences of those involved.
The musicality of the language eases the reality of the content to make it seamlessly unfold with only four characters, millions of stories and 39 pages. A filmed endeavor with the fifth character being designed, this piece—directed by Becca Clair in spring 2021—ambitiously hopes to change the perspective of war’s generational toll and bring humanity to those painted inhumane within societal standards.
May 2021
Recorded
Directed by Audrey Gregory ’21 (Directing, Playwriting & Production)
May 2021
Recorded
A creepy, twisted world delivered only by sound, Spooky Scary Radio Play will rehearse and record through the semester with a final product that listeners can access at any time! Collaborators aim to take on the horror genre with chilling sounds and detailed voice work that will trick listeners into thinking they're in the room with the characters and keep them on the edge of their couches.
Directed by Justin Jain
May 2021
A musical gaming experience
By Jaedto Israel ’21 (Directing, Playwriting & Production)
Directed by Justin Jain
May 2021
A musical gaming experience
Follow a party of amnesiac adventurers as they uncover the mysteries of a city destroyed by Mother Nature, a showboating diva plant woman with an affinity for Vaudeville. Overgrown hopes to simultaneously be a one-act campy musical comedy and a Full Motion Video game that features elements of DnD-inspired RPG’s and rhythm games such as Parappa the Rapper.
Workshop directed by Amy Dugas Brown
By Juana Parral ’21 (Directing, Playwriting & Production)
Workshop directed by Amy Dugas Brown
Toothache is a play about a woman named Vera who is struggling with a severe toothache she cannot afford to take care of, while working at a Spanish restaurant that has just started out. This play follows the struggles of a healthcare system that does not care about the people that need it most; Vera’s connections with a family of Spaniards at the restaurant where she works; and her struggles with a lack of connection with her own family. Toothache will be in a workshop setting, with the hope of developing the script with the actors in the room, and with the goal of a final online live or pre-recorded performance.
May 2021
Details TBD
By Rodney Murray '21 (Directing, Playwriting & Production)
May 2021
Details TBD
May 10, 2021, 12:00pm-4:00pm EST
The UArts Theater Design and Technology program hosts an annual Portfolio Day. Students across all four years of the BFA program display work from classes, productions and independent projects to visiting professionals, faculty, colleagues, friends and family. This event is a celebration of their work and an opportunity to introduce them and their work to the professional community.
Visitors will be able to meet and chat live with students on that ay from 12:00pm-4:00pm ET. The site will remain live for visitors to see the work displayed in individual galleries and leave comments on what they see.
Fall 2020
Additional Material by Alan Schumuckler
Directed by Elana Mirella Mariani ’21 (Directing, Playwriting & Production)
Available Nov. 6–15, 2020 on Broadway on Demand
Tickets: $10
A poignant and moving comedy that asks us to reflect on what we value most in life, our varying definitions of success, and the ways in which we identify and perceive ourselves and those around us, Ride The Cyclone challenges the meaning of “dying too young” and examines the legacy we leave behind after life.
In this auditory experience with accompanying visuals, audiences follow six dead high school choir students who tell their stories in a bid to win the favor of an elusive fortune telling machine, The Amazing Karnak, who promises to grant life to the most deserved storyteller.
Book, Music and Lyrics by Brooke Maxwell and Jacob Richmond
Additional Material by Alan Schumuckler
Directed by Elana Mirella Mariani ’21 (Directing, Playwriting & Production)
Available Nov. 6–15, 2020 on Broadway on Demand
Tickets: $10
Directed by Justin Rubenstein ’21 (Directing, Playwriting & Production)
A Livestream Play
Nov. 6–8, 7:30 p.m. EST
Tickets: $10
Tonight, Walt is going to read you a screenplay he wrote. It’s about his last days on earth. It’s about a city he’s going to build that’s going to change the world. And it’s about his brother. It’s about everyone who loves him so much, and it’s about how sad they’re going to be when he’s gone. Right? I mean, how can they live without him? How can anyone live without him?
By Lucas Hnath
Directed by Justin Rubenstein ’21 (Directing, Playwriting & Production)
A Livestream Play
Nov. 6–8, 7 p.m. EST
Tickets: $10
Music by Anna K. Jacobs
Directed by James Bruenger ’21 (Directing, Playwriting & Production)
A web-based, interactive multimedia musical experience
Dec. 11 & 12, 8 p.m. EST
Dec. 13, 2 p.m. EST
Who shot Andy Warhol? Superstar Candy Darling, a character based on a real-life member of Warhol’s studio known as The Factory, hosts a happening whodunit musical during which the famous—and infamous—creatures of The Factory all have motives to pull the trigger. But the pop art icon unravels an even bigger mystery as he confronts not only the prime suspects, but also his art and his own greatest creation: himself.
Book by Maggie Kate Coleman
Music by Anna K. Jacobs
Directed by James Bruenger ’21 (Directing, Playwriting & Production)
A web-based, interactive multimedia musical experience
Dec. 11 & 12, 8 p.m. EST
Dec. 13, 2 p.m. EST
Friday, Dec. 18, 7 p.m. EST
Myths and Hymn: An Artistic Talkback
Friday, Dec. 18, 7 p.m. EST
Actor, director, and UArts alumnus Billy Bustamante and a team of student performers, designers, and production artists have spent the fall semester investigating the song cycle Myths and Hymns by Adam Guettel. Ahead of the January 2021 public streaming presentation of the final remotely filmed project, the team will gather to discuss the creative process and share some preliminary material.
Presentation available now
A senior project by Marisa Faller (Directing, Playwriting & Production)
Presentation available now
Each year, I learn more and more about the importance of open, raw, and honest discussion and expression of intimate topics in our everyday lives. The C Word (consent) focuses on topics relating to consent in our society and personal lives through resources like recorded one-on-one Zoom interviews with organizations whose work focuses on consent and self-care; consent-specific educators; doulas; intimacy directors and coordinators; advocates for social justice; sex and relationship counselors/educators; or during our recorded group Zoom discussions.
I have collected artists and social justice advocates living in Pennsylvania, Vermont and Massachusetts—some of whom are UArts students or grads—to guide these important discussions and to submit personal creations, if they feel so inclined. Look out for the immortal and always-evolving Prezi link coming soon, and please feel free to submit a piece of art whenever you are able—in whatever visual form it may be—to be posted (and credited!) on the Prezi.
Email mfaller@uarts.edu for questions, concerns or submissions.
Directed by Rebecca Wright
An online workshop
Presentation date TBD
The Dust Bowl is one of the single most infamous periods in United States history. The cataclysmic combination of the greatest financial crisis the U.S. has ever experienced and a monumental environmental disaster made life hell on earth for those unlucky enough to live through it.
The play uses this tragic period as the setting for the coming-of-age story of a young girl who struggles with nearly crippling visions of a presence she often sees in the dust. Living in a once small (now virtually non-existent) settlement, the newly orphaned child is taken in by the ladies of a nondescript cathouse therein. To see this tragedy through the eyes of a child may shine a new light on the day-to-day mundanity that made up so many lives. The routines that went along with this episode in history were specific and taxing, yet many persevered.
By Rebecca Smith ’21 (Directing, Playwriting & Production)
Directed by Rebecca Wright
An online workshop
Presentation date TBD
A Senior Project by Monique Chambers
ETNAD serves to uplift and vigorously showcase the talents of a wide variety of artists including producers, vocalists, rappers and DJs. We strive to create a comfortable environment for young Black men and women so that they know that their voice matters and is always valid. Our number one goal is to help young artists mold their voice and feel confident enough to pursue their dreams. In the form of a website, ETNAD will spread exposure and share content. To start, the website will feature three to four artists and include things like solo and group interviews, photoshoots, bios for each artist, and spotlight “artists of the week.”