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UBU THE KING**
By Alfred Jarry
Directed by Rob Gander
October 2—11
Redfield Proscenium Theatre
One of the most extraordinary events of the late nineteenth century in Paris happened December 11, 1895 at the Theatre de l’Oeuvre where the audience was scandalized by Alfred Jarry’s revolutionary satire Ubu Roi. Developed from a school boy farce, Ubu Roi began with a four letter word, defied all the traditions of the stage, and ridiculed values of the bourgeois society. The script for this production will be adapted, translated, devised, and improvised by University of Nevada, Reno students to recapture the outrage, lewdness, and satire of Jarry’s original.
**Warning: This production contains crude language, bathroom humor, and may offend conservatives, liberals, independents, women, men, eunuchs, Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, and people from all walks of life. Sorry, no nudity.
This production is a proud entry in the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival and organization dedicated to encourage, recognize, and celebrate the finest and most diverse work produced in university and college theater programs.
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ROMEO and JULIET
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Jim Bernardi
November 12—22
Redfield Studio Theatre
One of Shakespeare’s most popular and accessible plays, Romeo and Juliet tells the story of two star crossed-lovers and the unhappy fate that befell them as a result of a long and bitter feud between their families. The play contains some of Shakespeare’s most beautiful and lyrical love poetry and is perhaps the finest celebration of the joys of young love ever written.
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AMERICAN COLLEGE THEATRE FESTIVAL -- REGION 7
We are pleased to be hosting the Region 7 ACTF event which runs from February 15 through February 19 . For more information go to: www.kcactf.org/7. |
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GREASE
Book, Music and Lyrics by
Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey
Directed by Sue Klemp
April 16—May 2• Redfield Proscenium Theatre
Here is Rydell High's senior class of 1959; duck-tailed, hot-rodding "Burger Palace Boys" and their gumsnapping, hip-shaking "Pink Ladies" in bobby sox and pedal pushers, evoking the look and sound of the 1950s in this rollicking musical. Head "greaser" Danny Zuko and new (good) girl Sandy Dumbrowski try to relive the high romance of their "Summer Nights" as the rest of the gang sings and dances its way through such songs as "Greased Lightnin'", "It's Raining on Prom Night", "Alone at the Drive-In Movie" recalling the music of Buddy Holly, Little Richard and Elvis Presley that became the soundtrack of a
generation. An 8-year run on Broadway and two subsequent revivals along with innumerable school and community productions place Grease among the world's most popular musicals.
"A lively and funny musical--as well as the dancingest one in town...it's a winner...the songs are dandies [that portray] the early rockers with zip and charm...the sheer energy of Grease carries all before it."---N.Y. Daily News
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