Published: Friday, August 21, 2009
UW drama school celebrates its newly renovated theater
The University of Washington School of Drama has a new 2009-10 season lineup that includes one of the best from the Bard, a quirky musical tragi-comedy and a hilarious show about history’s great betrayal, while the school also throws a party for its newly renovated historic theater on the corner of 41st Street and University Way.
The theater has been renamed the Floyd & Delores Jones Playhouse after a nearly $2.4 million donation from the foundation. A free community open house is planned from l to 6 p.m. Oct. 2 and will include ongoing tours.
Season subscription prices range from $48 to $76.50 for all six shows. Student subscriptions are $39. All evening performances begin at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday matinees are at 2 p.m. The ticket office is at 4001 University Way NE, Seattle. For season brochures, ticket and subscription information call 206-543-4880 or go to drama.washington.edu.
The school of drama’s new season lineup is:
“The Tempest”: By William Shakespeare. Oct. 25. This show is packed with a tempest, a shipwreck, castaways, lost children, music, first love, revenge, drunken clowns, murder plots, magic, monsters, spirits and three Roman gods.
“References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot”: By Jose Rivera. Nov. 30. The story is rooted in magical realism as we find Gabriela waiting for her army husband to return and is seduced by the Moon, harassed by a coyote, comforted by her cat and propositioned by her 14-year-old neighbor.
“The Last Days of Judas Iscariot”: By Stephen Adly Guirgis. Jan. 31. 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.
“Translations”: By Brian Friel. April 18. 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.
“Bat Boy: The Musical”: Book and lyrics by Keythe Farley and Brian Flemming with music by Laurence O’Keefe. April 25. After being discovered in a cave and adopted by a well-meaning family, half-bat, half-human Edgar is then blamed by the townsfolk for their troubles.
“The Two Noble Kinsmen”: By John Fletcher. May 23. This adaptation, based on Shakespeare’s classic tale of two cousins who fall in love with the same woman, is performed by a diverse UW student population that includes athletes and ROTC members as they weave personal experiences into this musical.
Theresa Goffredo: 425-339-3424, goffredo@heraldnet.com.
The theater has been renamed the Floyd & Delores Jones Playhouse after a nearly $2.4 million donation from the foundation. A free community open house is planned from l to 6 p.m. Oct. 2 and will include ongoing tours.
Season subscription prices range from $48 to $76.50 for all six shows. Student subscriptions are $39. All evening performances begin at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday matinees are at 2 p.m. The ticket office is at 4001 University Way NE, Seattle. For season brochures, ticket and subscription information call 206-543-4880 or go to drama.washington.edu.
The school of drama’s new season lineup is:
“The Tempest”: By William Shakespeare. Oct. 25. This show is packed with a tempest, a shipwreck, castaways, lost children, music, first love, revenge, drunken clowns, murder plots, magic, monsters, spirits and three Roman gods.
“References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot”: By Jose Rivera. Nov. 30. The story is rooted in magical realism as we find Gabriela waiting for her army husband to return and is seduced by the Moon, harassed by a coyote, comforted by her cat and propositioned by her 14-year-old neighbor.
“The Last Days of Judas Iscariot”: By Stephen Adly Guirgis. Jan. 31. 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.
“Translations”: By Brian Friel. April 18. 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.
“Bat Boy: The Musical”: Book and lyrics by Keythe Farley and Brian Flemming with music by Laurence O’Keefe. April 25. After being discovered in a cave and adopted by a well-meaning family, half-bat, half-human Edgar is then blamed by the townsfolk for their troubles.
“The Two Noble Kinsmen”: By John Fletcher. May 23. This adaptation, based on Shakespeare’s classic tale of two cousins who fall in love with the same woman, is performed by a diverse UW student population that includes athletes and ROTC members as they weave personal experiences into this musical.
Theresa Goffredo: 425-339-3424, goffredo@heraldnet.com.
Comments
(