Welcome!
Thank you for your interest in the Department of Speech Communication and Theatre. This virtual visit will help answer your questions about our programs, courses, activities, and faculty. We would also like to welcome you in person. Please consider a visit to our offices, classrooms, shops, and theaters in the Church Fine Arts Building on North Virginia Street in Reno.
The people in our department are interested in building understanding, skills, and confidence in oral communication. Students give presentations, act in plays, and participate in interpersonal communication activities. Faculty members encourage classroom interaction-questions and dialog. Teachers and students collaborate on theater productions, communication research, and classroom projects. We think human beings learn best by doing, and our programs reflect that principle.
Talk to us. And welcome to our website.
Gordon Zimmerman, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Speech Communication and Theatre
Department Events
Nevada Rep Summer Festival presents:
Henceforward
by
Alan Ayckbourne
Performances: July 3, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12
at 7:30 p.m.
Redfield Studio Theatre
For tickets, go to www.unr.edu/arts or visit the
Lawlor Events Center Box Office.
Tickets by phone at 784-4444 or 1-800-225-2277.
“Out in a computerized fortress somewhere in the uncharted regions of the Northern Line lives a lonely composer, Jerome, who has not been able to depress a key on his digital audio system since his detested wife removed herself and his beloved daughter. Jerome plans to regain access to the child by hiring an actress to play his fiancée, and impress the Child Welfare Department with a masquerade of perfect domestic harmony. The plan might have worked out but for the other occupant in the flat.” (Faber & Faber edition summary)
“In telling this essentially one-character story, Ayckbourn succeeds yet again in discovering achingly funny means of expressing extreme distress.” Irving Wardle reviewing the original Scarborough production in The Times, July 1987.
For information on the upcoming season,
go to our Nevada Repertory Company website.
The University of Nevada, Reno Speech Communication and Theatre Department proudly celebrates its new relationship with the Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival.
Visit the Festival’s website at www.laketahoeshakespeare.com to read about University of Nevada, Reno theatre student’s summer internship experiences--on their very own blog.
The Nevada Repertory Company
2008-2009 Season
Fall auditions: Tuesday, August 26 at 7:00 pm
Redfield Proscenium Theatre
Mini-Rep:
Two contemporary plays with interrelated themes presented in alternating performances
Audience Advisory: Both plays containss adult language and situations.
May not be suitable for all members of the family.
October 2, 4, 8, 10 at 7:30 pm
October 12 at 1:30 pm
Redfield Studio Theatre
Juvenilia
by Wendy MacLeod
directed by Rob Gander
October 3, 7, 9, 11 at 7:30 pm
October 5 at 1:30 pm
Redfield Studio Theatre
This is Our Youth
by Kenneth Lonergan
directed by Rob Gander
November 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22 at 7:30 pm
November 23 at 1:30 pm
Redfield Proscenium Theatre
Much Ado About Nothing
by William Shakespeare
Guest Directed by Jan Powell
Spring auditions: Wednesday, January 21 at 7:00 pm
Redfield Proscenium Theatre
February 27, 28, March 4, 5, 6, 7 at 7:30 pm
March 8 at 1:30 pm
Redfield Proscenium Theatre
The Foreigner
by Larry Shue
Directed by Sue Klemp
April 24, 25, 29, 30, May 1, 2 at 7:30 pm
May 3 at 1:30 pm
Redfield Studio Theatre
Metamorphoses
by Mary Zimmerman
Directed by Dr. Jim Bernardi
Audience Advisory: Contains adult situations and nudity.
May not be suitable for all members of the family.
Tickets for all Neveda Repertory Productions available through tickets.com or at Lawlor Events Center box office. More information below & at arts365.
Nevada Repertory Company Resident Technical/Design Staff
Michelle Spencer Davidson
Michael Fernbach
Matthew McKinney
Larry Walters
2008-2009 Box Office Information
Advance tickets can be purchased by phone (1-800-225-2277) or in person at the Lawlor Events Center, 1500 N. Virginia St., lower level entrance, Mon. - Fri., 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sat. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and University Arts Theatre Box Office, located in the lobby of the Church Fine Arts Building, on the evening or afternoon of performance when remaining tickets will be sold at the theatre box office beginning one hour before curtain time. Tickets may be charged to an American Express, Discovery, MasterCard or Visa credit card.
Tickets are also available online around the clock at www.unr.edu/arts. Click on the “buy tickets here” logo, select the event you wish to attend, and follow the prompts to purchase tickets.
Information: (775) 78404ART Fax: (775) 784-3566 www.unr.edu/nevadarep
MINI-REP SPECIALS
Admission to all Mini-Rep performances: $15
University students, seniors, children $14
Combined admission to both shows: $25
NEVADA REP SPECIALS FOR ALL OTHER PRODUCTIONS
Opening weekend specials:
General admission tickets for $ 13
Bargain Nights: $15
Includes all seats for Wednesday and Thursday night performances
Regular Ticket Prices for non Mini-Rep productions
General admission $17
University students, seniors, children $15
Season Ticket: $60 (Save $21 over combined General Admission prices)
For information contact: Lawlor Events Center, 775-784-4444.
Parking is available in the Brian J. Whalen Parking Complex just north of the Church Fine Arts Building. Parking for patrons is free after 7 pm Monday through Thursday, after 5pm Friday, and all day Saturday & Sunday.
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Student Productions -- in CFA Room 19
For more information on these shows contact Sue Klemp, 775-784-6541.
No shows scheduled for Fall 2008. Watch this space for Spring 2009 offerings.
Children's Theatre Class Production
TBA
For information on tours to area schools, contact Sue Klemp for more information, sklemp@unr.edu or 775-784-6541.
