Join The Department of Theatre and Dance this month as we present:
Everybody
Written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Director: Karen Kessler
Strother Theatre
- September 10-11, 14-18 at 7:30 pm
- September 12 at 2:30 pm
This modern riff on the fifteenth-century morality play Everyman follows Everybody (chosen from amongst the cast by lottery at each performance) as they journey through life’s greatest mystery—the meaning of living.
General Public: $15 in advance, $17 at the door
Faculty/Staff/Students/Seniors: $12 in advance, $14 at the door
The Catastrophist
Written by Lauren M. Gunderson
Director: Laura Kloser
The Cave Theatre
- September 21, 24, 26, 28, 30 at 7:30 pm
- September 25, October 2 at 2:30 pm
How do you plan for a catastrophe? Virologist Nathan Wolfe, named one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People in the World for his work tracking viral pandemic outbreaks, proposed pandemic insurance years before the novel coronavirus outbreak. No one bought it. Now, in a post-COVID world, we hear his story—presented as cinematic digital theatre. MTC Playwright in Residence Lauren Gunderson returns with a time-jumping tale based on the life and work of Nathan Wolfe (who also happens to be her husband). Though not a play about COVID19, it is a true story of a pandemic expert. An interactive deep dive into the profundities of scientific exploration and the harrowing realities of facing your own mortality, The Catastrophist is a world premiere theatrical experience built of and for this moment in time.
General Public/Faculty/Staff/Students/Seniors: $6 in advance, $8 at the door
The Burdens
Written by Matt Schatz
Director: Nor White
The Cave Theatre
- September 23, 25, 27, 29, October 1-2 at 7:30 pm
- September 26 at 2:30 pm
Mordy is a struggling musician living in Los Angeles. His older sister Jane is a successful attorney and a mother of three in New Jersey. But when their widowed mother's life becomes emotionally and financially taxed by her terrible, centenarian father, these two adult siblings are drawn together into an elaborate plot to relieve their mother’s burden and their own. Told almost entirely via text messages, The Burdens is a dark, family comedy about how technology helps keep us close, while still enabling us to keep our distance. It’s sometimes easier to type something than it is to say it face to face. But please, be careful of auto-correct. It can be murder.
General Public/Faculty/Staff/Students/Seniors: $6 in advance, $8 at the door
Roe
Written by Lisa Loomer
Director: Veronica Santoyo
University Theatre
- September 23-25, 29- October 2 at 7:30 pm
- September 26 at 2:30 pm
Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 case that legalized abortion, is still fiercely debated over forty years later. In this incisive play, acclaimed writer Lisa Loomer cuts through the headlines and rhetoric to reveal the divergent personal journeys of lawyer Sarah Weddington and plaintiff Norma McCorvey ("Jane Roe") in the years following the fateful decision. In turns shocking, humorous, and poignant, ROE reflects the polarization in America today while illuminating the heart and passion each side has for its cause.
General Public: $18 in advance, $20 at the door
Faculty/Staff/Students/Seniors: $15 in advance, $17 at the door
Tickets and show information available Online, at the College of Fine Arts Box Office (Monday-Friday 12 noon-5 p.m. at Sursa Hall), via phone at 765-285-8749, and 1 hour before each performance at the performance venue.