Join The Department of Theatre and Dance this month as we present:
Violet
Book and Lyrics by Brian Crawley
Music by Jeanine Tesori
Director and Choreographer: Christie Zimmerman
Musical Directors: Michael Rafter and Johnna Tavianini
University Theatre
- February 11-12, 15-19 at 7:30 pm
- February 13 at 2:30 pm
As a girl, Violet was struck by a wayward axe blade when her father was chopping wood, leaving her with a visible scar across her face. With enough money finally saved she's traveling across the Deep South in 1964 towards a miracle – the healing touch of a TV evangelist who will make her beautiful. Although she may not succeed in having the scar on her face healed, Violet is able to repair those scars that are lying deeper than her skin. On the way, she meets a young, African-American soldier whose love for her reaches far past her physical "imperfections."
General Public: $18 in advance, $20 at the door
Faculty/Staff/Students/Seniors: $15 in advance, $17 at the door
Pintop
Written by Brenden Dahl
Director: Brynn Allison-Harty
The Cave Theatre
- February 15-19 at 7:30 pm
- February 19-20 at 2:30 pm
Rose’s friends, who have never felt real emotions, can’t help her. Eve is a widowed self-help guru, more concerned with astrology and chakras than Rose’s problems. Celia is a prolific criminal defense attorney, too obsessed with brunch cocktails and grudges to do anything useful.
Rose’s husband, who thinks everything is a joke, is a beacon of mediocrity. They met in college and fell in love over post-expressionism and hyper-caffeination, but now their relationship is dying and Rose has nothing left to paint about.
Rose’s son, who’s constantly going through phases, is a compulsive liar. He’s an otherwise well-adjusted nine-year-old kid, and they’re really stupid, trivial lies, but it bothers Rose more than she’d care to admit.
Rose Evelyn Hawthorne lives in Pintop, a city, really more of a town, and she's unraveling. Then she’s accused of murder.
General Public/Faculty/Staff/Students/Seniors: $6 in advance, $8 at the door
Streets to the Stage: A History of Hip Hop
Choreographer: Jennifer Meckley
Korsgaard Dance Studio
- February 24-27 at 7:30 pm
This is a hip-hop dance concert that will explore the hip-hop culture through choreography and performance. The piece will look at hip-hop through a concert dance lens rather than solely a commercialized dance style, and how it translates from a street dance form to the concert stage.
General Public/Faculty/Staff/Students/Seniors: $6 in advance, $8 at the door
Significant Other
Written by Joshua Harmon
Director: Matthew Reeder
Strother Theatre
- February 25-26, 28-March 3 at 7:30 pm
- February 26-27 at 2:30 pm
Jordan Berman would love to be in love, but that’s easier said than done. So until he meets Mr. Right, he wards off lonely nights with his trio of close girlfriends. But as singles’ nights turn into bachelorette parties, Jordan discovers that the only thing harder than finding love is supporting the loved ones around you when they do. From the critically acclaimed writer who brought you Bad Jews.
General Public: $15 in advance, $17 at the door
Faculty/Staff/Students/Seniors: $12 in advance, $14 at the door
Tickets and show information available Online, at the College of Fine Arts Box Office (Monday-Friday 12 noon-5 p.m.), via phone at 765-285-8749, and 1 hour before each performance at the performance venue.