Theatre Arts Lab Series

Three show package only $36 available by phone at 708-488-5000.

Macbeth
By William Shakespeare
Adapted and directed by Krista Hansen

November 13, 14, 15, 2009 :: Lund Auditorium
Friday, Saturday :: 7:30 p.m.
Sunday :: 3:00 p.m.

A mysterious, fast-paced tale of unbridled ambition, Macbeth is one of Shakespeare’s most highly acclaimed tragedies. Follow Macbeth’s journey from war hero to tyrant to outcast, along the downward spiral of greed and the inevitable demise that comes from choosing personal profit over the greater good.

SPECIAL EFFECTS NOTICE: This production contains the use of flashing lights, stage fog, live gunfire, and graphic violence.

Recommended for mature audiences.

See the article about MACBETH in this week's Wednesday Journal!

Lend Me a Tenor
By Ken Ludwig
Directed by Maggie Speer

February 25, 26, 27, 28, 2010 :: Martin Recital Hall
Friday, Saturday :: 7:30 p.m.
Sunday :: 3:00 p.m.

World famous tenor, Tito Morelli (known to the world as Il Stupendo), is to perform “Otello” for the Cleveland Grand Opera Company, but he arrives too late to rehearse. Through a hilarious set of mishaps including two ladies and a bellhop all vying for his attention, Tito is given a double dose of tranquilizers and passes out cold. But the show must go on! Saunders (the general manager) persuades Max (his assistant, who just happens to be an aspiring opera singer) to put on Tito’s costume and go on in the role, thus fooling the audience. It all goes according to plan until Tito awakens and puts on the other costume. Now TWO Otellos are running around, creating a chain-reaction of mistaken identity, plot twists, and double entendres, not to mention the slamming of a lot of doors!

The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!)
By Joanne Bogart and Eric Rockwell
Directed by Krista Hansen

April 15, 16, 17, 18, 2010
Martin Recital Hall
Friday, Saturday :: 7:30 p.m.
Sunday :: 3:00 p.m.

Five musicals in one! Follow the same plot through five different composer styles, featuring music á la Rodgers & Hammerstein, Stephen Sondheim, Jerry Herman, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and Kander & Ebb. Because sometimes one musical just isn’t enough.

The Rose Night
By Ryan Beacom
Thursday, October 15, 2009 :: 7:00 p.m.
Martin Recital Hall

Showcasing new plays and local playwrights, DUPAC’s Reader’s Theatre provides artists and audiences a glimpse into the playwriting process. In this new play by DU alum Ryan Beacom, the complications of love and the power of forgiveness are explored across the generations of a torn family.

Free to Be…You and Me
Conceived by Marlo Thomas and Friends
Directed by Ernie Nolan
December 4–6, 2009 :: Martin Recital Hall
Friday :: 7:00 p.m.
Saturday :: 11:00 a.m. & 3:00 p.m.
Sunday :: 1:00 pm.

Consisting of songs, poems and short scenes, this snappy show encourages kids to think less about what they should be and more about what they could be. Life-enhancing themes are blended with music and humor to help children invent their own futures without limitation, instilling the message that anyone can achieve anything one wants.

THE BLACK BOX EXPERIMENT

In the Heartland : A Journey Through the Works of Sam Shepard

March 19 and 20, 2010 :: 7:30 p.m.
Martin Recital Hall

In the Heartland features various works by Sam Shepard, one of America’s most noted Pulitzer Prize-winning playwrights. Shepard’s work combines complex characters, troubling circumstances and deep emotion, often set in the non-defined, dusty heart of the American plains.